DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, 201 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2399
(410) 767-6505; 1-877-463-3464 (toll free, Maryland)
(410) 767-6500 (public information)
e-mail: samccann@dhmh.state.md.us
fax: (410) 767-6489; tdd: 1-800-735-2258 (toll free)
web: www.dhmh.state.md.us

S. Anthony (Tony) McCann, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, November 2004. Photo by Mark M. Odell.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2004-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2004-05; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 2004-05; Children's Cabinet, 2005-. Member, Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 2004-05; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2004-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2004-; Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, 2004-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2004-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2004-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2004-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2004-; State Emergency Medical Services Board, 2004-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2004-; State Advisory Council on Hepatitis C, 2004-05; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2004-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2004-; State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 2004-05; State Advisory Council on Medical Privacy and Confidentiality, 2004-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2004-; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 2004-; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, 2004-05; Interagency Nutrient Reduction Oversight Committee, 2004-; State Advisory Council on Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness, 2004-; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2004-; State Commission on Public Safety Technology and Critical Infrastructure, 2004-05; Rural Maryland Council, 2004-; Maryland Security Council, 2004-05; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2004-; State Advisory Council on Water Security and Sewerage Systems, 2004; Women's Health Promotion Council, 2004-. Chair, State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2004-. Chair, Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing, 2004-; CommunityChoice Advisory Group, 2005-. Member, Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2005-; Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention, 2006-; Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans, 2006-.

Senior health analyst & division leader, Committee on the Budget of the U.S. Senate, 1985-86 (staff member, 1981-85). Assistant Secretary of Management & Budget, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, 1986-89. Assistant Secretary for Finance & Planning, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 1989-93. Staff Director, Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Related Agencies of Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-2001. Commissioner, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, 2001-03.

Born in Washington, DC, September 9, 1943. Lake Forest College, B.A. (government), 1966. Syracuse University, M.A. (political science), 1969. Instructor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1970-73. Research technician, Executive Department, Onandaga County, New York, 1972-73. Program Director, Health Programs, National Association of Counties, 1973-79. Deputy Director, American International Health Alliance, 1993-95. Director of Financial Affairs, Smithsonian Institution, 2001-04.

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