DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

Matthew J. Power, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-4485
Linda C. Janey, J.D., Assistant Secretary, Communications & Intergovernmental Affairs (410) 767-4395
J. Rodney Little, Director, Historical & Cultural Programs (410) 514-7601
Donald Halligan, Assistant Secretary, Planning Services (410) 767-0901

301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

Matthew J. Power, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-4485
e-mail: mpower@mdp.state.md.us

COUNSEL
Shelley S. Wasserman, Assistant Attorney General (410) 767-4731
e-mail: swasserman@mdp.state.md.us

ADMINISTRATION
(D40W0101, formerly 23.23.01.01)
FY2007 appropriation: $3,053,545; authorized positions: 40
Samer Atiya, Chief (410) 767-5767
e-mail: satiya@mdp.state.md.us

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES
Ted Cozmo, Manager (410) 767-6334
e-mail: tcozmo@mdp.state.md.us

PATUXENT RIVER COMMISSION
Staff: Daniel M. Baldwin (410) 767-4558
e-mail: dbaldwin@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/info/patux.htm

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Allan R. Smith, Chair (chosen by Commission in Sept., 1-year term), 2006

Capt. Donald L. Brown, USN (ret.); Meosotis Carmen Curtis; Ginger D. Klingelhoefer Ellis; C. Bernard Fowler; Cecilia A. Lammers; Janet Volk Siddiqui, M.D.; one vacancy. Terms expire 2006.

Mohammed T. Habibian, Ph.D.; Michael R. Leszcz; Donald J. Marquardt. Terms expire 2007.

David G. Bourdon; Walter R. Boynton, Ph.D.; Kevin L. Bruening; F. Hamer Campbell, Jr.; Kelton L. Clark, Ph.D.; Luis F. Dieguez; Capt. Raymond A. Dudderar, USN (ret.); Earl F. Hance; Mary E. Kilbourne; Pamela B. King; Jack C. Leighty, D.V.M.; Dale A. Shaner, Jr.; Barbara Sollner-Webb, Ph.D.; Lt. Col. Henry C. Turner, Jr. (ret.); Frederick L. Tutman. Terms expire 2009.

Wayne E. Clark; Reuben B. Collins II. Terms expire 2010.

Ex officio: John C. Rhoderick, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; David Seaborn, designee of Secretary of the Environment; Kenneth T. Yetman, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Meg Andrews, designee of Secretary of Transportation; Daniel M. Baldwin, designee of Secretary of Planning; Robert S. Pace, Chief, Planning Division, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

COMMUNICATIONS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

COMMUNICATIONS
Cynthia Ptak, Director (410) 767-4544
e-mail: cptak@mdp.state.md.us

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Weldon Freeman, Director (410) 767-6851
e-mail: wfreeman@mdp.state.md.us

INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES
Moutasem Atiya, Webmaster (410) 767-4432
e-mail: matiya@mdp.state.md.us

LEGISLATIVE OFFICE
Sharon Reichlyn, Legislative Coordinator (410) 767-4432
e-mail: sreichlyn@mdp.state.md.us

OUTREACH & MARKETING
Vacancy, Director (410) 767-4614

PLANNING RESEARCH SERVICES (LIBRARY)
(410) 767-4458

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
John G. Coleman, Jr., Public Information Officer (410) 767-4432
e-mail: jcoleman@mdp.state.md.us

STATE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Linda C. Janey, J.D., Director (410) 767-4490
e-mail: ljaney@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/clhouse/clearinghouse-home.htm

CLEARINGHOUSE & PLAN REVIEW SECTION
Myrna Barnes, Manager (410) 767-4488
e-mail: mbarnes@mdp.state.md.us

DIVISION OF HISTORICAL & CULTURAL PROGRAMS

Elizabeth A. Hughes, Deputy Director & Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (410) 514-7604
e-mail: ehughes@mdp.state.md.us

COMMISSION ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Tonya M. Hardy, Executive Director (410) 216-6190
e-mail: thardy@mdp.state.md.us

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
John W. Franklin, Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term), 2008
Lenneal J. Henderson, Jr., 2005; Godfrey Blackstone, 2007; Walter B. Hill, Jr., Ph.D., 2008; Mary Louise Jones, 2009; Newell E. Quinton, 2009; Mary L. Brown, Esq., 2010; Anita Neal Powell, 2010; one vacancy.

MARYLAND ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Contact: J. Rodney Little, Director, Maryland Historical Trust (410) 514-7601
e-mail: rlittle@mdp.state.md.us

Chair: Richard E. Hall, Secretary of Planning

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms: Harry K. Schwartz, 2005; David G. Blick, 2006; Richard D. Wagner, Ph.D., 2008.

Ex officio: Alvin C. Collins, Secretary of General Services; Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; John D. Porcari, Secretary of Transportation.

MARYLAND HERITAGE AREAS AUTHORITY
Contact: Richard B. Hughes (410) 514-7685
e-mail: rhughes@mdp.state.md.us

Chair: Richard E. Hall, Secretary of Planning

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms: Robert D. Agee. Term expires 2006.

Stephen R. Mathews; Jayne H. Plank; Donna M. Ware; Pamela L. Williams; one vacancy. Terms expire 2008.

Sheryl M. Elliott, Ph.D.; Bruce L. Reeder; Sergio Vitale; one vacancy. Terms expire 2010.

Ex officio: Hannah L. Byron, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Kurt Sommer, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Kenneth M. Miller, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Sylvia Ramsey, designee of Secretary of Transportation; vacancy, designee of Secretary of Higher Education; J. Rodney Little, State Historic Preservation Officer.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST
J. Rodney Little, Director (chosen by Trust with Governor's approval) (410) 514-7601
Elizabeth A. Hughes, Deputy Director (410) 514-7604
e-mail: ehughes@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms:
Harrison B. Wetherill, Jr., Esq., Chair (chosen by Trust in June, 1-year term), 2011

Charles L. Edson, Esq., 2007; Gilbert Gude, 2008; O. James Lighthizer, Esq., 2008; Gail H. Yerges, 2008; Martin P. Azola, 2009; Howard A. Buchanan, 2009; John L. Seidel, Ph.D., 2009; Alvin H. Luckenbach, Ph.D., 2010; Robert E. Merritt, 2010; Randall F. Vega, 2010; Brien Poffenberger, 2011.

Appointed by Board of Trustees to 1-year terms (June): G. Bernard Callan; Dean Camlin; W. Dickerson Charlton; Rhonda Deeg; Ralph E. Eshelman, Ph.D.; Karen Lewand; Douglass C. Reed; Barrie P. Tilghman. Terms expire 2007.

Ex officio: vacancy, designee of Governor; Thomas M. Middleton, designee of Senate President; Maggie McIntosh, designee of House Speaker.

OFFICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Maureen Kavanaugh, Chief Archaeologist (410) 514-7660
e-mail: mkavanaugh@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/archeol.html

Charles L. Hall, Ph.D., State Terrestrial Archaeologist (410) 514-7665
e-mail: chall@mdp.state.md.us

Susan B. M. Langley, Ph.D., State Underwater Archaeologist (410) 514-7662
e-mail: slangley@mdp.state.md.us

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ARCHAEOLOGY
Appointed by Governor upon recommendation of Secretary of Planning & with Senate advice & consent to 3-year terms:
Michele C. Aubry, Chair (chosen by Committee), 2008
Richard J. Dent, Ph.D., 2008; Susan W. Trail, 2008; William S. Dudley, Ph.D., 2009; John Davis Newton, 2009; Marian C. Creveling, 2011; Robert D. Wall, Ph.D., 2011.

OFFICE OF HERITAGE PLANNING & OUTREACH
(D40W0107, formerly S00A2301, and 37.01.23.01)
FY2007 appropriation: $4,893,804; authorized positions: 17
Richard B. Hughes, Chief (410) 514-7685
e-mail: rhughes@mdhousing.org

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Miriam L. Hensley, Chief (410) 514-7607
e-mail: mhensley@mdp.state.md.us

OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
(D40W0108, formerly S00A2302, and 37.01.23.02)
FY2007 appropriation: $5,242,224; authorized positions: 32
Vacancy, Chief
(410) 586-8511 (Jefferson Patterson Historical Park & Museum)

MUSEUM ASSISTANCE REVIEW PANEL
Mary S. Alexander, Administrator (410) 514-7622
e-mail: malexander@mdp.state.md.us

Appointed by Secretary of Planning to 3-year terms:
Mark Hudson, Chair (chosen by Secretary of Planning), 2010
C. Douglass Alves, 2009; Sandy Bellamy, 2009; Kristen Harbeson, 2009; Courtney B. Wilson, 2009; Laura Anderson Wright, 2009; Amanda Apple, 2010; Karen Cooper, 2010; Avi Y. Decter, 2010; Mary Jurkiewicz, 2010; Lisa Mason-Chaney, 2010; Debra Pence, 2010; Jenifer Roth, 2010; Ken Rucker, 2010.

Representing Executive Branch: one vacancy

Ex officio: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., Senate President; Samuel I. Rosenberg, designee of House Speaker.

BANNEKER-DOUGLASS MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
Wendi L. Perry, Director (410) 216-6189
e-mail: wperry@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/bdm.html

JEFFERSON PATTERSON HISTORICAL PARK & MUSEUM
[administered by Maryland Historical Trust]
Michael A. Smolek, Director (410) 586-8512
e-mail: msmolek@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.jefpat.org

Banneker-Douglass Museum, 84 Franklin St., Annapolis, Maryland, July 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE
JEFFERSON PATTERSON HISTORICAL PARK & MUSEUM
Dwight L. Young, Chair (chosen by Committee)

Appointed by Governor: three vacancies

Donor: Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (deceased)

Appointed by Donor: Christine Mentor-Dowd; Thomas W. Richards; Samuel N. Stokes.

Appointed by Calvert County Board of County Commissioners: Erica Stone

Appointed by National Trust for Historic Preservation: Dwight L. Young

Appointed by President, Society for American Archaeology: William W. Fitzhugh, Ph.D.

Ex officio: vacancy, designee of Governor; Richard E. Hall, Secretary of Planning.

MARYLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION LABORATORY
Patricia M. Samford, Director (410) 586-8551
e-mail: psamford@mdp.state.md.us

Edward E. Chaney, Deputy Director (410) 586-8554
e-mail: echaney@mdp.state.md.us

OFFICE OF PRESERVATION SERVICES
(D40W0110, formerly S00A2305, and 37.01.23.05)
FY2007 appropriation: $823,370; authorized positions: 12
Michael K. Day, Chief & Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (410) 514-7629
e-mail: mday@mdp.state.md.us

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE & EASEMENTS
Richard Brand, Administrator (410) 514-7634
e-mail: rbrand@mdp.state.md.us

REHABILITATION TAX CREDIT UNIT
Daniel Sams, Administrator (410) 514-7620
e-mail: dsams@mdp.state.md.us

REVIEW & COMPLIANCE
Elizabeth J. Cole, Administrator (410) 514-7631
e-mail: ecole@mdp.state.md.us

OFFICE OF RESEARCH, SURVEY, & REGISTRATION
(D40W0109, formerly S00A2304, and 37.01.23.04)
FY2007 appropriation: $854,239; authorized positions: 11
Orlando Ridout V, Chief (410) 514-7642
e-mail: oridout@mdp.state.md.us

CULTURAL CONSERVATION
Elaine Eff, Administrator (410) 514-7653
e-mail: eeff@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/folklore.html

EVALUATION & REGISTRATION
Peter Kurtze, Administrator (410) 514-7649
e-mail: pkurtze@mdp.state.md.us

GOVERNOR'S CONSULTING COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Richard Longstreth, Ph.D., Acting Chair (chosen by Committee, 1-year term), 2005
Edward C. Papenfuse, Ph.D., 2002; W. Peter Pearre, 2002; Nancy Miller Schamu, 2002; Julie H. Ernstein, 2005; Robert M. Vogel, 2005; two vacancies.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & LIBRARY SERVICES
Mary Louise de Sarran, Administrator (410) 514-7655
e-mail: mdesarran@mdp.state.md.us

MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST LIBRARY
Mary Louise de Sarran, Librarian (410) 514-7655

SURVEY & RESEARCH
Marcia M. Miller, Administrator (410) 514-7646
e-mail: mmiller@mdp.state.md.us

PLANNING SERVICES

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
Patricia A. Goucher, Director (410) 767-4620
e-mail: pgoucher@mdp.state.md.us

David Whitaker, Deputy Director (410) 767-4564
e-mail: dwhitaker@mdp.state.md.us

APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COUNCIL STAFF SUPPORT
Albert Feldstein, Regional Planner (301) 777-2158
e-mail: afeldstein@mdp.state.md.us

PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Vacancy, Manager (410) 767-4570

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING


WATER & SEWER PLANNING
Laurence Fogelson, Manager (410) 767-4549
e-mail: lfogelson@mdp.state.md.us

WESTERN MARYLAND REGIONAL OFFICE
William Atkinson, Regional Planner
111 South George St., Cumberland, MD 21502 - 3007
(301) 777-2158
e-mail: batkinson@mdp.state.md.us

LAND USE ANALYSIS
Stephanie M. Martins, Director (410) 767-4559
e-mail: smartins@mdp.state.md.us

BAY RESTORATION
Jason Dubow, Manager (410) 767-3370
e-mail: jdubow@mdp.state.md.us

PLAN REVIEW
Michael Nortrup, Manager (410) 767-4556
e-mail: mnortrup@mdp.state.md.us

REGIONAL OFFICES

LOWER EASTERN SHORE REGIONAL OFFICE
Tracey Gordy, Regional Planner
Salisbury Multi-Service Center
201 Baptist St., Box 24, Salisbury, MD 21801 - 4974
(410) 543-6904
e-mail: tgordy@mdp.state.md.us

SOUTHERN MARYLAND REGIONAL OFFICE
Michael Paone, Regional Planner
Goldstein Treasury Building, Room 411
80 Calvert St., Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1999
(410) 974-2228
e-mail: mpaone@mdp.state.md.us

UPPER EASTERN SHORE REGIONAL OFFICE
Mark Gradecak, Regional Planner
120 Broadway, Centreville, MD 21617 - 1000
(410) 758-5080
e-mail: mgradecak@mdp.state.md.us

OFFICE OF SMART GROWTH
(D40W0113)
David A. Costello, Director (410) 767-4580
e-mail: dcostello@mdp.state.md.us

PLANNING DATA SERVICES
(D40W0103, formerly 23.23.01.03)
FY2007 appropriation: $1,474,925; authorized positions: 20
Michel A. Lettre, Director (410) 767-4450
e-mail: mlettre@mdp.state.md.us

PROPERTY MAPPING SECTION (PARCEL MAPPING PROGRAM)
(formerly D40W0106)
Robert F. Dadd, Manager (410) 767-4455
e-mail: bdadd@mdp.state.md.us

REDISTRICTING & REAPPORTIONMENT
Nasrin Rahman, Manager (410) 767-4450
e-mail: nrahman@mdp.state.md.us

RESEARCH & STATE DATA CENTER
Jane Traynham, Manager (410) 767-4450
e-mail: jtraynham@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc/

RESOURCE CONSERVATION PLANNING
Joseph F. Tassone, Director (410) 767-4562
e-mail: jtassone@mdp.state.md.us

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