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BRENDA DONALD, Secretary of Human Resources
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Children's Cabinet, 2007-. Chair, Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2007-. Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2007-; Maryland Child Care Subsidy Coordinating Council, 2007-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2007-; Advisory Council for Children, 2007-; Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force, 2007-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2007-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2007-; Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention, 2007-; Task Force to Study Group-Home Education and Placement Practices, 2007-; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2007-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2007-; Maryland Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Committee, 2007-; Mental Health Transformation Working Group, 2007-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2007-; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 2007-; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 2007-; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 2007-; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2007-; State Board of Victim Services, 2007-; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2007-.
Legislative Assistant to Council member Wilhelmina Rolark, District of Columbia, 1982-83. Assistant Manager for Public Relations, District of Columbia Lottery Board, 1983-85. Assistant City Manager, City of Little Rock, Arkansas, 1993-94 (assistant to city manager, 1991-93; chief of staff, 1986-90). Director, Child and Family Services Agency, District of Columbia, 2004-05 (chief of staff, 2001-04). Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families, and Elders, District of Columbia, 2005-06.
George Washington University, B.A. (journalism), with honors, 1975; Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, 1972-73; University of Arkansas at Little Rock, M.P.A., 1993; Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, certificate, 2000. Freelance reporter, The Washington Informer, 1976. Technical editor, Northeast Corridor Project, DeLeuw, Cather & Parsons, 1977-79. Minority Outreach Director, Northeast Corridor Project, Boone, Young & Associates, 1979-81. Director of Public Relations & Membership, Associated Minority Contractors of America, 1982. Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1995. Vice-President for Municipal Programs, DC Agenda, 1996-2001. Chair, Fellows Network (alumni organization of Annie E. Casey Foundation Fellows), 1998-2000.
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