Appointed by Governor: one vacancy
Ex officio: Danette Gerald Howard, Ph.D., Secretary of Higher Education; Patrick G. O'Shea, Ph.D., designee of Chancellor, University System of Maryland; Charles C. Jackson, Acting President, St. Mary's College of Maryland; Gerald W. Clark, President, Calvert County Board of County Commissioners; Candice Quinn Kelly, President, County Commissioners of Charles County, Maryland; Francis J. (Jack) Russell, President, St. Mary's County Board of County Commissioners; Gary Kessler, designee of U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower & Reserve Affairs; Bradley M. Gottfried, Ph.D., President, College of Southern Maryland; Joseph F. Anderson III, Chair, Board of Governors, Southern Maryland Higher Education Center; Eric W. Franklin, Chair, Southern Maryland Workforce Investment Board; Tina M. Bjarekull, President, Maryland Independent College & University Association; Bonnie Green, designee of President, Board of Directors, Patuxent Partnership.
Staff: Geoffrey Newman
c/o Maryland Higher Education Commission
6 North Liberty St., 10th floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-3085
e-mail: gnewman@mhec.state.md.us
Final Report to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 1, 2013.
In July 2011, the Southern Maryland Higher Education Council was established (Chapter 622, Acts of 2011). The Council is to develop a strategy to improve access to higher education for Southern Maryland residents. The Council will examine existing needs for higher education in the region and determine whether those needs are being met. The Council will recommend ways to meet any additional higher education needs, and formulate long- and short-term plans to improve access to higher education in Southern Maryland.
Authorization for the Council ends June 30, 2014 (Chapter 346, Acts of 2013).
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