State House (view from East St.), Annapolis, Maryland, April 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Michael S. Steele, Lt. Governor (410) 974-3591
R. Karl Aumann, Secretary of State (410) 974-5521
Jean W. Roesser, Secretary of Aging (410) 767-1102
Lewis R. Riley, Secretary of Agriculture (410) 841-5880
James C. DiPaula, Jr., Secretary of Budget & Management (410) 260-7041
Aris Melissaratos, Secretary of Business & Economic Development (410) 767-6302
Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools (410) 767-0462
Kendl P. Philbrick, Acting Secretary of the Environment (410) 537-3084
Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services (410) 767-4960
Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene (410) 767-6505
Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development (410) 514-7005
Christopher J. McCabe, Secretary of Human Resources (410) 767-7109
Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., Secretary of Juvenile Services (410) 230-3100
James D. Fielder, Jr., Ph.D., Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation (410) 230-6020
C. Ronald Franks, Secretary of Natural Resources (410) 260-8101
Audrey E. Scott, Secretary of Planning (410) 767-4500
Mary Ann Saar, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services (410) 339-5004
Col. Edward T. Norris, Secretary of State Police (410) 653-4219
Robert L. Flanagan, Secretary of Transportation (410) 865-1000
Thomas E. (Tim) Hutchins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (410) 333-4428
John A. Sabatini, Jr., Ed.D., Acting Secretary of Higher Education (410) 260-4500
Maj. Gen. Bruce F. Tuxill, Adjutant General (410) 576-6097

Contact: Steven L. Kreseski, Chief of Staff

State House
100 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 974-3570
e-mail: skreseski@gov.state.md.us
fax: (410) 974-5735

Cabinet Attendees:
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General
William Donald Schaefer, Comptroller of Maryland
Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer
Allen C. Woods III, Executive Director, Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention
Sharon R. Pinder, Director, Office of Minority Affairs


Additional Cabinet Attendees from Governor's Office:
Mary Beth Carozza, Deputy Chief of Staff
Edward McDonald, Deputy Chief of Staff


Joseph M. Getty, Director of Policy
Jervis S. Finney, Chief Legal Counsel
Kenneth H. Masters, Chief Legislative Officer
Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Secretary of Appointments
Paul E. Schurick, Director of Communications & Strategic Planning
David J. Byrd, Lt. Governor's Chief of Staff
Paul D. Ellington, Lt. Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff
Zachary L. McDaniels, Lt. Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff

The Governor's Executive Council originated as the Governor's Advisory Council in 1922. It reorganized in 1969 as the Governor's Executive Council. Today, the Council is known as the Governor's Cabinet. Meeting weekly, it coordinates, directs, and supervises State government.

The Council is comprised of twenty-three ex officio members. They include the Governor, who chairs the Council; the Lieutenant Governor; the Secretary of State; the secretary of each principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; the State Superintendent of Schools; the Secretary of Higher Education, and the Adjutant General. The Governor may appoint an executive secretary for the Council (Code State Government Article, secs. 8-101 through 8-105; State Finance and Procurement Article, sec. 5-202).

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