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Israel C. (Izzy) Patoka, Executive Director
301 West Preston St., Suite 1500, Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2304
(410) 767-4159
e-mail: karen.monath@maryland.gov
web: www.community.maryland.gov
301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, March 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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Origin & Functions |
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COMMUNICATIONS
Tony White, Director (410) 767-6248; e-mail: tony.white@maryland.gov
FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES
Mark Byrd, Coordinator (410) 767-1822; e-mail: mark.byrd@maryland.gov
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Ashley Valis, Deputy Director (410) 260-3886; e-mail: ashley.valis@maryland.gov
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Joni L. Jones, Ph.D., Director (410) 216-6190; e-mail: joni.jones@maryland.gov
web: www.africanamerican.maryland.gov
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Theodore H. Mack, Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2015
Evan Richardson, 2012; Kelsey R. Bush, 2013; Charles M. Christian, Ph.D., 2013; William A. Coates, 2013; Lyndra L. Levin, 2013; Michael G. Miller, 2013; Barbara J. Mobarak, 2013; Lynn Groesbeck Bowman, 2014; Najah K. Duvall-Gabriel, 2014; Michael G. Kent, 2014; Sharon E. Parker, 2014; Clara L. Small, Ph.D., 2014; Rev. Tamara D. England, D.Min., 2015; Dale G. Green, 2015; Cheryl J. LaRoche, Ph.D., 2015; Donna A. Cypress, 2016; Jean Bailey, Ph.D., 2017; four vacancies.
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Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, Maryland, July 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Valentina I. Ukwuoma, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2013
Alex A. Agwuna; Kwaku Agyemang-Duah; Ollie P. Anderson, Jr.; Tebabu Assefa; Nicholas N. Azinge, M.D.; Jewru Bandeh; Mumin A. Barre; Sarian S. Bouma; Watchen Harris Bruce; Sylvester Okey Ezeani; Yonnas K. Kefle, Ph.D.; Alfred M. Nkere; Joseph N. Offoha; Chukwuma Godwin Okeke, Pharm.D.; Anthony Mikoyan Okolo; Modupe Rachel Oladapo; Adetoun Olumide; Eva Shaw-Taylor; Mamadou Ibra Sy; Paschal Udumukwu; one vacancy. Terms expire 2013.
Denise A. Barnes. Term expires 2015.
OFFICE OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Yi Shen, Administrator (410) 767-7138; e-mail: yi.shen@maryland.gov
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Gregorio A. Arenas; Lorena M. Clauser; Richard V. Cook; Maria D'Arcy; Elizabeth Ysla Leight; Hector G. Manzano; Ricardo Martinez; Sonia E. Mora; Cesar Moreno-Perez; Walkiria Pool; Oscar T. Ramirez; Nicolas H. Ramos V; Giberto A. Zelaya II. Terms expire 2016.
Office of Governor representative (nonvoting): one vacancy
Ex officio (nonvoting): Jorge I. Austrich, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Lilly Cubano, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Rosa Cruz, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Ted Dallas, Secretary of Human Resources; Leonard J. Howie III, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Susan C. Spinnato, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Genevieve Segura, designee of Secretary of Higher Education.
COMMISSION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 3-year terms:
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON MIDDLE-EASTERN AMERICAN AFFAIRS
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Chadi Soliman Abdeldayem; Durriya H. Badani; Barry Bogage; Sarit Brosh; Salwa Ahmed Egebaly; Enas Elhanafi; Toba M. Rainess; Farzaneh M. Riar; Rafi Rone; Amin Salam; Suliman Shihadeh; Joseph A. Taylor; Ibrahim Uyar; Siron Zidan. Terms expire 2015.
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN AFFAIRSGOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
web: www.asian.maryland.gov
Jane T. Nishida, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2015
Bethsaida Amigable-Wong; Katherine M. (Kitty) Chin; Kwang Hee Choi; Elizabeth Chung; George Dang; Mencie Y. Hairston; Humberto H. Ho; Clarence K. Lam, M.D.; Ngoc Minh Le; Dottie Tiejun Li; Kap Yung Park; Lily H. Qi; Larry H. Shinagawa, Ph.D.; Thanit Thangpijaigul; Sovan Tun, Ph.D.; Diosa Borlaza-Gilchrist Woods; Yun Jung Yang, Esq.; Edward Yip, Esq.; Bob P. Zhang; Kui Zhao. Terms expire 2015.
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Curtis A. Ward, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor)
Joseph E. Baptiste, D.D.S.; Donald E. Bridgeman; Gabriel J. Christian, Esq.; Karen B. Francis; Neil Mattei; Shanta Ramson, Esq.; Ludmilla F. Wikkeling-Scott, Dr.P.H.; Suzanne E. Williams. Terms expire 2016.
Jessy P. Mejia, Administrator (410) 767-7857; 1-800-714-8813 (toll free); e-mail: jessy.mejia@maryland.gov
web: www.hispanic.maryland.gov
Yolanda M. Welch, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Elizabeth C. Bellavance; Veronica A. Cool; Christina M. Diaz-Malone; Ricardo Alberto Flores; Col. Roberto L. Hylton; Carmen Ortiz Larsen. Terms expire 2012.
E. Keith Colston, Administrator (410) 767-7631; e-mail: keith.colston@maryland.gov
web: www.americanindian.maryland.gov
Auriel A. Fenwick, Chair (chosen by Commission in June, 1-year term), 2012
Guy Granville Wells, 2013; Kathryn E. Robbins Fitzhugh, 2014; Robert F. Killen, 2014; Thomas W. Windsor II, 2014; Leanora E. Winters, 2014; Virginia R. Busby, Ph.D., 2015; Ashley C. Minner, 2015; Patricia Ward Carson, 2016.
Iman Awad, Administrator (410) 767-7925; e-mail: iman.awad@maryland.gov
web: www.middleeastern.maryland.gov
Anwer J. Hasan, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2015
Dorreya R. Elmenshawy; Bagher Fardanesh, Ph.D.; Miriam Galston, J.D., Ph.D.; Huzeyin Saribasak; Julian H. Spirer; one vacancy. Terms expire 2011.
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Chanhok Jasdip Jesse Singh, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2016
Anis Ahmed; Arthur Pavan Bezwada; Ishani Chowdhury; Rani David; Sharad Doshi; Kamala Edwards, Ph.D.; Mohan L. Grover; Suresh C. Gupta, M.D.; Irma Hafeez; Tahira M. Hussain; Seena Desai Iyer, Ph.D.; Sheila H. Khatri; Nirmal K. Pahadi, Ph.D.; Shailesh J. Patel; Asoka Ramaweera; Amjad Riar, M.D.; Kia Scherr; Davang Shah, Esq.; Rama J. Shaikh; Baljinder Singh. Terms expire 2016.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON SERVICE & VOLUNTEERISM
Barbara E. Reynolds, Director (410) 767-4803
e-mail: barbara.reynolds@maryland.gov
VOLUNTEER MARYLAND
Maureen K. Eccleston, Executive Director (410) 767-6203
e-mail: maureen.eccleston@maryland.gov
web: www.volunteermaryland.org
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