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100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032 - 2023
(410) 514-7000; 1-800-756-0119 (customer service, toll free)
e-mail: webmaster@mdhousing.org
fax: (410) 987-4070; tty: 1-800-735-2258 (Maryland Relay)
web: www.mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

Stephen D. Silver, Chief Financial Officer & Senior Advisor (410) 514-7122
e-mail: silver@mdhousing.org
MARYLAND SMART GROWTH INVESTMENT FUND WORK GROUP
Staff: Carol Anne Gilbert (410) 514-7288; e-mail: gilbert@mdhousing.org

Chair: Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development

Appointed by Secretary of Housing & Community Development: Richard G. Griffin; David S. Iannucci, Esq.; Robert S. Kaufman; Rod Lawrence; Donald A. Manekin; Brenda McKenzie; John M. Prugh.

Appointed by Senate President: James C. Rosapepe

Appointed by House Speaker: Stephen W. Lafferty

Ex officio: Teresa A. Garraty, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management; Thomas S. Dann, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Jenny B. King, designee of Secretary of Planning; Andrew J. Scott, designee of Secretary of Transportation; Jon M. Laria, Esq., Chair, Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission.

COUNSEL
Anthony J. Mohan, Principal Counsel (410) 514-7800
e-mail: mohan@mdhousing.org

Mark S. Petrauskas, Deputy Counsel (410) 514-7819
e-mail: petrauskas@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF FAIR PRACTICES
Gordon Outlaw, Director (410) 514-7018
e-mail: outlaw@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Peter M. Dolkart, Director (410) 514-7015
e-mail: dolkart@mdhousing.org

CHIEF OF STAFF
Asuntha M. Chiang-Smith, Chief of Staff (410) 514-7004
e-mail: chiangsmith@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Ja'Nai Keith, Chief (410) 514-7040
e-mail: keith@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Erlene B. Wilson, Executive Director (410) 514-7704
e-mail: wilson@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Kelly L. Vaughn, Director (410) 514-7404
e-mail: vaughnk@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Lawrence J. Simpson, Director (410) 514-7021
e-mail: simpson@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING, & RESEARCH
Massoud Ahmadi, Ph.D., Director (410) 514-7192
e-mail: ahmadi@mdhousing.org

Fereidoon Shahrokh, Deputy Director (410) 514-7171
e-mail: shahrokh@mdhousing.org

DEPUTY SECRETARY

DIVISION OF CREDIT ASSURANCE

Norman C. Swoboda, Deputy Director (410) 514-7355
e-mail: swoboda@mdhousing.org

MARYLAND HOUSING FUND
(S00A2201, formerly 37.01.22)
FY2014 appropriation: $427,895; authorized positions:
George C. Eaton III, Director (410) 514-7325
e-mail: eaton@mdhousing.org

ASSET MANAGEMENT
(S00A2202)
FY2014 appropriation: $4,875,760; authorized positions:

MULTI-FAMILY OPERATIONS
F. William Beans, Director (410) 514-7349; e-mail: beans@mdhousing.org

SINGLE-FAMILY OPERATIONS
Allen Cartwright, Director (410) 514-7338; e-mail: cartwright@mdhousing.org

SPECIAL ASSETS
Russell L. Baxter, Director (410) 514-7328; e-mail: baxterr@mdhousing.org

BUILDING CODES ADMINISTRATION
(S00A2203, formerly 37.01.21.03)
FY2014 appropriation: $703,902; authorized positions:
Edward G. Landon, Director (410) 514-7444
e-mail: landon@mdhousing.org
web: http://mdcodes.umbc.edu/

MARYLAND BUILDING REHABILITATION CODE PROGRAM
Staff: Steve Shen (410) 514-7214
e-mail: shen@mdhousing.org

MARYLAND BUILDING REHABILITATION CODE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chair (chosen by Governor): William E. Barnard, State Fire Marshal

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
George Holback. Term expires 2010.

Mark B. Goldsborough; Miles J. Haber; Malinda Y. C. Steward. Terms expire 2011.

Vernon L. Gauss, Jr.; Katherine A. Hearn; James L. Walls, Jr.; Monica Wharton-Henley. Terms expire 2012.

Debra M. Anderson; Sharon S. Gilyeat; Sei-Hwa Steve Shen; Zachary R. Stith. Terms expire 2013.

Daniel F. DiVito; Johns W. Hopkins, Jr.; Richard C. Truitt, Sr. Terms expire 2014.

William R. Bryant; Richard G. Murphy. Terms expire 2015.

Michael Braverman. Term expires 2016.

four vacancies

Ex officio: Cari C. Watrous, designee of Secretary of Disabilities; Carol Anne Gilbert, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Leonard J. Howie III, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Michael K. Day, designee of State Historic Preservation Officer.

DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

Kathleen A. Mizzer, Assistant (410) 514-7402
e-mail: mizzer@mdhousing.org

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Frank B. Coakley, Executive Director (410) 514-7410; 1-800-222-3919 (toll free)
e-mail: coakley@mdhousing.org

William F. Ariano, Jr., Deputy Director (410) 514-7412
e-mail: ariano@mdhousing.org

HOUSING FINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE
Clarence J. Snuggs, Chair

Appointed by Governor upon recommendation of Secretary of Housing & Community Development to 4-year terms: John T. Shannon, Jr., 2013; Kristin L. Faust, 2015; Ruth M. Louie, 2015.

State government members appointed by Governor upon recommendation of Secretary of Housing & Community Development: Carol Anne Gilbert, Stephen D. Silver, Clarence J. Snuggs, Dept. of Housing & Community Development; R. Stevens Cassard, Jr., Dept. of Business & Economic Development.

MARYLAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
(formerly S00A2002)
Staff: Ronald Callison (410) 514-7179; e-mail: callison@mdhousing.org

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Alice G. Pinderhughes, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2016
Kenneth Banks, 2014; Eric C. Brown, 2014; Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Ph.D., 2014; Bert J. Hash, Jr., 2014; Dale R. McArdle, 2015; Myriam A. Torrico, 2015; Linda L. Rose, 2015; Albert (Buz) Winchester III, 2015; Elizabeth S. Glenn, 2016; Paul K. Casey, Esq., 2016.

Appointed by Senate President (nonvoting): one vacancy

Appointed by House Speaker (nonvoting): Heather R. Mizeur

Ex officio (nonvoting): Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development

BOND FINANCE
Roy A. Westlund, Deputy Director (410) 514-7411
e-mail: westlund@mdhousing.org
CDA FINANCE
Teresa R. Smith, Director (410) 514-7428; e-mail: smithte@mdhousing.org

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROGRAMS
Patricia R. Sylvester, Director (410) 514-7481
e-mail: sylvester@mdhousing.org

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
(S00A2502/ 07, formerly 37.01.25.02/.07)
FY2014 appropriation: $31,422,994; authorized positions:
John Maneval, Deputy Director (410) 514-7455; e-mail: maneval@mdhousing.org

RENTAL SERVICE
(S00A2505, formerly 37.01.25.05)
FY2014 appropriation: $226,778,179; authorized positions:
Gary Markowski, Deputy Director (410) 514-7487; e-mail: markowski@mdhousing.org

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING PROGRAMS
Tonna L. Phelps, Director (410) 514-7509
e-mail: phelps@mdhousing.org

Vacancy, Deputy Director (410) 514-7440


HOME OWNERSHIP
(S00A2503, formerly S00A2503/ 08, formerly 37.01.25.03/.08)
FY2014 appropriation: $4,812,635; authorized positions:
William Manahan, Assistant Director (410) 514-7508; e-mail: manahan@mdhousing.org

SPECIAL LOANS
(S00A2504/ 09, formerly 37.01.25.04/.09)
FY2014 appropriation: $31,951,086; authorized positions:
Nancy S. Palmer, Assistant Director (410) 514-7542; e-mail: palmer@dhcd.state.md.us

DIVISION OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Ruth V. Putnam, Deputy Director (410) 514-7106
e-mail: putnam@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF ACCOUNTING
Susan Harvey, Director (410) 514-7109
e-mail: harvey@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF BUDGET
Drusilla B. Pierce, Director (410) 514-7114
e-mail: pierce@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF FACILITIES & FLEET MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Deborah L. Tolson, Director (410) 514-7102
e-mail: tolson@mdhousing.org

MARYLAND HOUSING FUND FINANCE & LOAN ACCOUNTING
Ruth V. Putnam, Director (410) 514-7106
e-mail: putnam@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
Eleanor Kennedy, Director (410) 514-7112
e-mail: kennedy@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & REPORTING
James Kline, Director (410) 514-5147
e-mail: kline@mdhousing.org

DIVISION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Robert Dean, Deputy Chief Information Officer (410) 514-7445
e-mail: deanr@mdhousing.org

DIVISION OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION

Ronald D. Waters, Deputy Director (410) 514-7224
e-mail: waters@dhcd.state.md.us

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & POLICY
Jennine Auerbach, Director (410) 209-5814
e-mail: auerbach@mdhousing.org

Karen Forbes, Assistant Director (410) 209-5828
e-mail: forbes@mdhousing.org

COMMUNITY ACCESS & PARTNERSHIP
Amy Seitz, Director (410) 209-5813
e-mail: seitz@mdhousing.org

GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Providencia Sharpe, Technical Advisor & Grants Manager (410) 514-7231
e-mail: sharpe@mdhousing.org

INFORMATION SERVICES
Virginia Tepper, Director (410) 514-7259
e-mail: tepper@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
Cindy Stone, Director (410) 514-7256
e-mail: stonec@mdhousing.org

COMMUNITY LEGACY PROGRAM
Kevin N. Baynes, Director (410) 209-5823
e-mail: baynes@mdhousing.org

COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Reginald Stanfield, Director (410) 514-7209
e-mail: stanfield@mdhousing.org

NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSWORKS PROGRAM
Dawn R. Medley, Director (410) 514-7237
e-mail: medley@mdhousing.org

INFRASTRUCTURE BOND PROGRAM
Charles F. G. Day, Jr., Manager (410) 514-7245; e-mail: dayc@mdhousing.org

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