DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Business & Economic Development
217 East Redwood St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3316
(410) 767-6301; 1-800-541-8549 (toll free)
e-mail: dedgerley@choosemaryland.org
fax: (410) 333-8628
web: www.choosemaryland.org

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2007-; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2007-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2007-. Chair, Maryland Military Installation Council, 2007-. Board of Directors, Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, 2007-. Member, Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2007-; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2007-; Maryland Aviation Commission, 2007-. Board of Directors, Bainbridge Development Corporation, 2007-. Member, Task Force to Study the Boating Industry in Maryland, 2007-; Maryland Clean Car and Energy Policy Task Force, 2007-; Climate Change Commission, 2007-. Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2007-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2007-; Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority, 2007-; Maryland Economic Development Commission, 2007-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2007-; State Planning Committee for Higher Education, 2007-; State Highway Access Valuation Board, 2007-; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2007-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2007-; Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority, 2007-; Maryland Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Committee, 2007-; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2007-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2007-; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 2007-; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 2007-; Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing, 2007-. Board of Directors, PenMar Development Corporation, 2007-. Member, Maryland Port Commission, 2007-; Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, 2007-; Maryland Rural Broadband Coordination Board, 2007-; Rural Maryland Council, 2007-; Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority, 2007-. Board of Directors, Maryland Technology Development Corporation, 2007-. Board of Advisors, Institute of Human Virology, 2007-. Member, Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2007- (executive committee, 2007-).

Director, Office of Development Assistance, Allegany County, 1976-83. Director, Department of Economic Development, Allegany County, 1983-95. Director, Department of Economic Development, Montgomery County, 1995-2006. Member, Incubator Technical Advisory Board, Maryland Technology Development Corporation.

Frostburg State College, B.S. (political science, social science), 1974; Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music, graduate certificate in management, 1975; Mount St. Mary's College, M.B.A., 1976. Technical writer, Human Resources Development Commission, 1975-76. Community Living Supervisor, Friends Aware (group home), 1979-81. Special Assistant to President, Montgomery College, 1995-2007. Influential Marylanders, Daily Record, 2007.

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