DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Dept. of General Services
301 West Preston St., Suite 1401
Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2305
(410) 767-4960
e-mail: boyd.rutherford@dgs.state.md.us
fax: (410) 333-5480
web: www.dgs.state.md.us/

Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Construction Advisor, Board of Public Works, 2003-. Chair, Government House Trust, 2003-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2003-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2003-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2003-; Customer Council (State Use Industries), 2003-; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2003-; General Professional Services Selection Board, 2003-; Hall of Records Commission, 2003-; State Information Technology Board, 2003-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-; Pricing Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, 2003-; Pricing and Selection Committee for Rehabilitation and Employment Programs, 2003-; Procurement Advisory Council, 2003-; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 2003-; Maryland Security Council, 2003-; State Use Industries Management Council, 2003-. Board of Directors, Bainbridge Development Corporation, 2003-. Chair, Maryland Green Buildings Council, 2003-. Member, Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003. Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, 2003-; Rebuild La Plata Task Force, 2003-.

Associate Administrator, Office of Performance Improvement, U.S. General Services Administration, 2002-03. Associate Administrator, Office of Enterprise Development, U.S. General Services Administration, 2001-03.

Born in Washington, DC, April 1, 1957. Howard University, B.A. (economics & political science), 1979. University of Southern California, M.A. (communications management), 1990; J.D., 1990. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1997. Attorney. Analyst, Energy Group, World Corporate Department, Bankers Trust Company, 1979-81. Marketing representative, Control Data Corporation, 1981-86. Senior account executive, Telenet Communications Corporation, 1986-87. Litigation associate, Carlsmith Wickman Case Mukai & Ichiki, 1990-91. Attorney, Daihatsu America, Inc., 1991-92. Counsel, Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc., 1992-94. Associate, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., 1994-98. Associate, Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, 1998-2000. Director of business development, Kelly Law Registry, 2000-01. Member, Howard County Republican Central Committee, 1996-2002. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Republican National Lawyers Association; Howard County Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1998-2000; Baltimore City Brownfields Redevelopment Council, 1998-2000. Board of Directors, Corridor Transportation Corporation, 1999-2000.

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