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SUBCABINET FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES
Contact: Kenneth H. Rumsey
(410) 767-6212
e-mail: ken@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
Chair: Linda S. Thompson, Dr.P.H., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families (410) 767-4160
Designated by Governor: Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Ronald M. Kreitner, Director of Planning.
Ex officio: Frederick W. Puddester, Secretary of Budget & Management; Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Lynda G. Fox, Secretary of Human Resources; Gilberto de Jesus, Secretary of Juvenile Justice; Beatrice M. Rodgers, Director, Office for Individuals with Disabilities.
Erlene Wilson, Executive Assistant (410) 767-4160
Walter F. Blanton, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2001
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Andrea (Chris) Banks, 1999; Diane DePanfilis, Ph.D., 1999; Elaine R. Fisher, 1999; Gloria Goldfaden, 1999; Leslie K. Shedlin, Esq., 1999; Capt. Leo B. Bateman, 2000; Rev. Ann F. Lightner-Fuller, 2000; Ellen Mugmon, 2000; Charles I. Shubin, M.D., 2000; Lucia F. Ayers, 2001; Johnnie L. Smith, 2001; James M. Trent, 2001.
Designated by Senate President: Jennie M. Forehand
Designated by House Speaker: Lisa A. Gladden
Governmental representatives appointed by Governor: vacancy, State Dept. of Education; Polly B. Harrison, M.D., Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene; vacancy, Dept. of Human Resources; Deborah A. Unitus, Judiciary; Patricia C. Jessamy, Esq., State's Attorney, Baltimore City.
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Delores F. Baden, Ed.D., 1999; Sally J. Michel, 1999; Wilbert H. Sirota, Esq., 1999; Alfred A. Hopkins, 2000; A. G. Newmyer III, 2000; Joyce Bonnett, 2001; Deborah R. Stark, 2001; two vacancies.
DIRECTOR
Kenneth H. Rumsey, Director
(410) 767-6212
e-mail: ken@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
Bernard Guyer, M.D., Chair (chosen by Governor), 1998
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Diane K. Fitzwater, R.N.; Preston M. Gazaway III, M.D.; David A. Nagey, M.D. Terms expire 1998.
Eileen Ehudin-Pagano, C.N.M.; Ronald L. Gutberlet, M.D.; Carol B. Payne, R.N.; John M. Ryan, M.D. Terms expire 1999.
Mary L. Harless; George R. Huggins, M.D.; Anne Swisher; Dorothy L. Powell, Ed.D. Term expires 2000.
one vacancy
Nominated by Senate President: Barbara A. Hoffman
Nominated by House Speaker: Dan K. Morhaim
Ex officio: Russell W. Moy, M.D., designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Lynda G. Fox, Secretary of Human Resources; Vicki L. Taliaferro, R.N., Specialist, School Health Services, Division of Compensatory Education & Support Services, State Dept. of Education; Susan J. Tucker, M.D., Chief, Division of Maternal & Child Health, Medical Care Policy Administration, Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene; Linda S. Thompson, Dr.P.H., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families; Patricia A. Flowers-Coulson, Esq., Director, Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy.
Appointed by Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families:
Co-Chair: Brenda Coakley-Rouse, Director, Early Childhood & Head Start Partnerships
Co-Chair: Kay Mullican, President, Maryland Head Start Association
Lois Bell; Olivia Biggs; Fannie F. Buchanan; Joan Y. Case; Michael Chapman; Tearesa L. French; Mary M. Gunning; Sarah Hall; Linda M. Heisner; Dan Hellerbach; Kathy S. Hepburn; Patricia A. Jennings; Carlethea Johnson; Rose Ann Meinecke, R.N.; Marla T. Owen; Paul Pittman; Stephen Rohde; Charlene H. Uhl; Monica Vacca; Nancy Vorobey; Edward Young.
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Hal Donofrio, 1997; Daniel H. Framm, M.D., 1998; Sana F. Shtasel, Esq., 1998; Delores G. Kelley; Ruth M. Kirk; seven vacancies.
Students appointed by Governor to 2-year terms: two vacancies
Ex officio: Justin Kopca, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management; Joan Y. Case, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Russell W. Moy, M.D., designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Elizabeth Stemley, designee of Secretary of Human Resources; Vicki L. Taliaferro, R.N., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Linda S. Thompson, Dr.P.H., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families.
Chair: Calvin D. Street, designee of Secretary of Human Resources
Ex officio: Carol Ann Baglin, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Walter G. R. Wirshing, designee of Secretary of Juvenile Justice; Kenneth H. Rumsey, designee of Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families.
Ex officio (nonvoting): Beatrice M. Rodgers, Director, Office for Individuals with Disabilities
Gwen Tromley, Esq., Counsel
TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Vanessa I. Ringgold (410) 767-6223
"LISA L." COORDINATION
Christine Harrell, Coordinator
(410) 767-4159
e-mail: chris_h@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
MARYLAND SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER INITIATIVE
Donna Behrens, R.N., Director (410) 767-4269
PERSONNEL, PROCUREMENT, & PURCHASING
Pamela A. Johnson, Manager (410) 767-4662
RESEARCH, EVALUATION, & MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
David M. Ayer, Director
(410) 767-6214
e-mail: david_a@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
SUBCABINET FUND ADMINISTRATION
Scott E. Finkelsen, Manager
(410) 767-6201
e-mai: scott@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIPS
In 1997, renamed Early Childhood and Head Start Partnerships.
INFANTS & TODDLERS PROGRAM
In 1997, transferred to Division of Special Education, State Department of Education and renamed Maryland Infants and Toddlers, Preschool Services Branch (Chapter 386, Acts of 1997).
INTERAGENCY FUNDING STRATEGIES & RATES
Under Finance, renamed Interagency Rates in July 1998.
LICENSING POLICY BOARD
Under the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, the Board merged with Resource Development Committee to become Resource Development and Licensing Committee in August 1998.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Under Administration, combined with Research, Evaluation, and Planning to form Research, Evaluation, and Management Information Systems in 1998.
MARYLAND MAKING THE GRADE
Renamed Maryland School-Based Health Center Initiative in January 1998.
OMBUDSMAN
Abolished in June 1998.
PROGRAM & POLICY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Abolished in 1997.
RATES SETTING
Under Interagency Funding Strategies and Rates, abolished in July 1998.
RESEARCH, EVALUATION, & PLANNING
Under Administration, merged with Management Information Systems to form Research, Evaluation, and Management Information Systems in 1998.
SERVICE INTEGRATION DIVISION
Renamed Systems Integration in 1997.
SYSTEM INTEGRATION SUPPORT DIVISION
Renamed Service Integration Division in 1996.
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
In December 1998, reorganized as Community Partnerships for Children, Youth, and Families.
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