DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

Florence E. (Betsy) Burian, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-4566
Rachel Audi, Assistant Secretary, Communications & Intergovernmental Affairs (410) 767-4432
J. Rodney Little, Assistant Secretary, Historical & Cultural Programs (410) 514-7601
Thomas W. Rimrodt, Assistant Secretary, Planning Services (410) 767-4551
William P. (Skip) Gibson, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Development (410) 767-0902

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

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

Florence E. (Betsy) Burian, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-4566
e-mail: bburian@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)
FY2006 appropriation: $2,404,951; authorized positions: 36
Matthew J. Power, Chief (410) 767-4210
e-mail: mpower@mdp.state.md.us

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

PATUXENT RIVER COMMISSION
Staff: Tay E. Harris (410) 767-4558
e-mail: tharris@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

Nazir Baig; Capt. Donald L. Brown, USN (ret.); Meosotis Carmen Curtis; Ginger D. Klingelhoefer Ellis; C. Bernard Fowler; David M. Jenkins; 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.

Ex officio: John C. Rhoderick, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; David Seaborn, designee of Secretary of the Environment; Kenneth E. Shanks, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Meg Andrews, designee of Secretary of Transportation; Tay E. Harris, designee of Secretary of Planning; Robert S. Pace, Chief, Planning Division, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

COMMUNICATIONS & INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

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 & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
John Coleman, Director (410) 767-4614
e-mail: jcoleman@mdp.state.md.us

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

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
Charles E. (Chuck) Gates, Jr., Public Information Officer (410) 767-3370
e-mail: cgates@mdp.state.md.us

STATE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Linda C. Janey, 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
Linda C. Janey, Manager (410) 767-4490

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
Kimberly Respass Orange, 2003; Col. William A. DeShields (Ret.), 2005; Barbara B. Bentley, 2006; Mary L. Brown, Esq., 2006; Godfrey Blackstone, 2007; Walter B. Hill, Jr., Ph.D., 2008; Mary Louise Jones, 2009; Newell E. Quinton, 2009.

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: Audrey E. Scott, 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: R. Stevens Cassard, Jr., Secretary of General Services; Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Robert L. Flanagan, Secretary of Transportation.

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

Chair: Audrey E. Scott, Secretary of Planning

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms: Robert D. Agee; Sheryl M. Elliott, Ph.D.; Louise L. Hayman; Paul L. Oliver; Bruce L. Reeder. Terms expire 2006.

Jack S. Griswold; Stephen R. Mathews; Jayne H. Plank; Donna M. Ware; Pamela L. Williams. Terms expire 2008.

Ex officio: Dennis M. Castleman, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Elise A. Butler, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Kenneth M. Miller, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Sylvia Ramsey, designee of Secretary of Transportation; Patricia Faulkner, 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), 2007

Alvin H. Luckenbach, Ph.D., 2006; Robert E. Merritt, 2006; Michael R. Ward, 2006; Charles L. Edson, Esq., 2007; Patricia A. Schooley, 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.

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 2006.

Ex officio: Paul E. Schurick, 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, 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
Louise E. Akerson, 2006; William S. Dudley, Ph.D., 2006; Marian C. Creveling, 2007; Robert D. Wall, Ph.D., 2007; Richard J. Dent, Ph.D., 2008; Susan W. Trail, 2008.

OFFICE OF HERITAGE PLANNING & OUTREACH
Richard B. Hughes, Chief (410) 514-7685
e-mail: rhughes@mdhousing.org

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT, PLANNING, & EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
(D40W0107, formerly S00A2301, and 37.01.23.01)
FY2006 appropriation: $2,283,421; authorized positions: 17
Richard B. Hughes, Director (410) 514-7685
e-mail: rhughes@mdp.state.md.us

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)
FY2006 appropriation: $2,784,609; authorized positions: 32
Wayne E. Clark, Chief
(410) 586-8511 (Jefferson Patterson Historical Park & Museum)
e-mail: wclark@mdp.state.md.us

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:
Mary Kay Harper, Chair (chosen by Secretary of Planning), 2005
Jeffrey Buchheit, 2002; Wilton C. Corkern, Ph.D., 2002; Stephen Hardy, Ph.D., 2002; Sally Johnston, 2002; Doris Hillian Ligon, 2002; Larry L. Martin, Ph.D., 2002; Alexandra Roosa, 2002; Catherine Allen, 2003; Avi Decter, 2003; Peter Lesher, 2003; Joanne Martin, Ph.D., 2003; Elizabeth Shatto, 2003; Steven C. Newsome, Ph.D., 2004; Stephen Patrick, 2004.

Ex officio: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., Senate President; Samuel I. Rosenberg, designee of House Speaker; Edward C. Papenfuse, Ph.D., State Archivist; Dennis M. Castleman, Assistant Secretary for Tourism, Film, & the Arts.

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) 586-8500
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
Thomas W. Richards, Chair (chosen by Committee)

Appointed by Governor: Ralph E. Eshelman, Ph.D., 1999; Ailene F. Hutchins, 1999; Thomas J. Hance, Jr., 2007.

Donor: Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (deceased)

Appointed by Donor: Charles T. Akre; Isabelle G. Breckinridge; Thomas W. Richards.

Appointed by Calvert County Board of County Commissioners: Herman E. Schieke, Jr.

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

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

Ex officio: Mary D. Kane, designee of Governor; Audrey E. Scott, Secretary of Planning.

MARYLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION LABORATORY
Julia A. King, Ph.D., Director (410) 586-8551
e-mail: jking@mdp.state.md.us

OFFICE OF PRESERVATION SERVICES
(D40W0110, formerly S00A2305, and 37.01.23.05)
FY2006 appropriation: $598,588; authorized positions: 12
Michael K. Day, Chief (410) 514-7629
e-mail: mday@mdp.state.md.us

OFFICE OF RESEARCH, SURVEY, & REGISTRATION
(D40W0109, formerly S00A2304, and 37.01.23.04)
FY2006 appropriation: $694,504; 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
William J. Murtagh, Ph.D., 2002; Edward C. Papenfuse, Ph.D., 2002; W. Peter Pearre, 2002; Nancy Miller Schamu, 2002; Julie H. Ernstein, 2005; Robert M. Vogel, 2005; one vacancy.

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
James Noonan, Director (410) 767-4551
e-mail: jnoonan@mdp.state.md.us

PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
James Noonan, Manager (410) 767-4551

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
David Whitaker, Manager (410) 767-4564
e-mail: dwhitaker@mdp.state.md.us

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

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

SMART GROWTH & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Patricia A. Goucher, Director (410) 767-4551
e-mail: pgoucher@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

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

OFFICE OF SMART GROWTH
Douglas A. Burkhardt, Director (410) 767-4947
e-mail: dburkhardt@mdp.state.md.us

PRIORITY PLACES IMPLEMENTATION

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Vacancy, Manager (410) 767-4611

TECHNICAL PLANNING SUPPORT
Richard E. Hall, Manager (410) 767-4562
e-mail: rhall@mdp.state.md.us

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

PLANNING DATA SERVICES
(D40W0103, formerly 23.23.01.03)
FY2006 appropriation: $1,168,081; authorized positions: 11
Michel A. Lettre, Director (410) 767-4450
e-mail: mlettre@mdp.state.md.us

PROPERTY MAPPING SECTION (PARCEL MAPPING PROGRAM)
(D40W0106)
FY2006 appropriation: $373,093; authorized positions: 9
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/

SYSTEMS SUPPORT
Robert F. Dadd, Manager (410) 767-4455
e-mail: bdadd@mdp.state.md.us

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