DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Joseph Adler, Maryland Secretary of Personnel] JOSEPH ADLER
Secretary of Personnel, 1994-95
Deputy Secretary of Personnel, 1992-94

Deputy Secretary of Personnel, December 1992 to March 5, 1994. State Coordinator, Equal Employment Opportunity Division, Department of Personnel, 1992-94.

Secretary of Personnel, March 5, 1994 to January 1995. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1994; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1994. Chair, State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council, 1994; Board of Trustees, Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans, 1994.

Member, Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 1994; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1994; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 1994; Governor's Construction Industry Employers' Advisory Council, 1994; Commission on Correctional Standards, 1994; Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, 1994; Procurement Advisory Council, 1994; State Information Technology Board, 1994; Interdepartmental Committee for Minority Affairs, 1994; Maryland State Employees Risk Management Advisory Council, 1994; Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System, 1994; Board of Revenue Estimates, 1994; Subsequent Injury Fund Board, 1994.

Intern and public affairs specialist, Human Resources Administration, New York City, 1967-70.

Member, Governor's Committee on Contracting for Services, 1982-83; Governor's Productivity Planning Committee, 1984-85; University of Maryland Medical System Salary Gap Task Force, 1986-87; State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council, 1986-89; Subsequent Injury Fund Board, 1987-91 (chair, 1990-91).

Director, Office of Employee Relations, Baltimore County, 1989-90.

Executive Assistant, Office of Governor, 1990-92.

Director of Personnel and Labor Relations, Prince George's County, 1995-2002.

Director, Office of Human Resources, Montgomery County, November 2002 to January 2015. Board of Investment Trustees, Montgomery County, 2002-15.

City College of New York, B.A. (political science), 1970; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, M.A. (public administration), 1972; University of Baltimore. Research specialist. New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1972-75. Assistant Director, Department of Research and Collective Bargaining Services, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 1975-78. Director, Public Sector Labor Relations Center, and Assistant Professor, Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Memphis State University, 1978-80. Executive Director, Maryland Classified Employees Association, 1981-89. Senior consultant, Segal Consulting, 2015-. Board of Directors (president), Maryland Chapter, National Public Employer Labor Relations Association. Member, Labor Relations Special Expert Panel, Society for Human Resource Management. Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 2011.

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