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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

SECRETARY


JAMES A. ADKINS, Secretary of Veterans Affairs



Secretary of Veterans Affairs since May 16, 2007. Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, May 9-16, 2007. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2004-2006 (acting deputy secretary, 2003-04). Chief of Staff & Assistant Adjutant General for State Operations, Maryland Military Department, 1997-2003.

Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Governor's Commission on Maryland Military Monuments, 2007-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, 2007-; Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans, 2007-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2007-.

Born in Cambridge, Maryland, May 1, 1954. University of the State of New York, B.A. (sociology), 1984; Washington College, M.A. (history), 1991. Served in U.S. Army/Maryland National Guard, 1975-1997 (legion of merit; maryland distinguished service cross; order of the white cross, republic of estonia). Graduate, Defense Language Institute (russian), 1976; U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, 1987; U.S. Army War College, 1996. Chair, Board of Trustees, James B. Richardson Foundation & Museum, 2003-04. Board of Trustees, Dorchester County Historical Society, 2003-06. Community Association Committee, Dorchester General Hospital, 2005-. Board of Directors, Terrapin Institute, 2005-.

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