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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

COUNTY EXECUTIVES

FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE


O. JAMES LIGHTHIZER
County Executive (Democrat), 1982-90



County Executive, Anne Arundel County, 1982-90. Member, Social Services Board, Anne Arundel County, 1982-90. Member, Regional Planning Council, 1982-90; State Commission on the Capital City, 1982-90; Advisory Board On Liability, 1983-84; Physical Fitness Commission, 1989-90; Task Force on School Construction Finance, 1989-90; Wildlife Advisory Commission, 1989-90; Governor's Commission on Growth in the Chesapeake Region, 1989-94.

Member, House of Delegates, representing Anne Arundel County (District 33), 1979-82. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1979-82.

Secretary of Transportation, 1991-95. Member, Baltimore Regional Council of Governments, 1991-92. Chair, Task Force on Chesapeake Bay Ferries, 1991-95; Maryland Greenways Commission, 1991-95; Governor's Motor Carrier Task Force for Safety and Uniformity, 1991-92; Maryland Port Commission, 1991-95; Maryland Transportation Authority, 1991-95. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1991-95; Governor's Subcabinet for Energy Management, 1991-95; Governor's International Cabinet, 1991-95; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 1991-95; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 1991-95; Governor's Drug and Alcohol Commission, 1991-95; Maryland Economic Development Corporation, 1991-95; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1991-95; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1991-95; Procurement Advisory Council, 1991-95. Chair, Maryland Civil War Heritage Commission, 1992-99. Member, Interagency Economic Growth, Resource Protection,and Planning Committee, 1994-95; Executive Agency Recycling Coordinating Council (past chair), 1994-95; Maryland State Employee's Risk Management Advisory Council, 1994-95. Chair, Baltimore/Washington International Airport Commission, 1994-97.

Member, Governor's Commission on the Structure and Efficiency of State Government, 2003 (chair, environmental programs subcommittee); Maryland Historical Trust, 2004-. Co-Chair, Task Force on Traffic Capacity across the Chesapeake Bay, 2004-06.

Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, March 28, 1946. Attended Ashtabula parochial schools; Dayton University, B.A. (political science), 1968; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Attorney. Member, Maryland State and Anne Arundel County Bar Associations. Partner, Miles & Stockbridge. Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1987-88. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988. President, Civil War Preservation Trust, 1999-. Married; five children.

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