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BRENT M. JOHNSON, Secretary of Employment and Training, 1983-. Born on January 27,
1941, in Rochester, New Hampshire. Graduated from the University of Southern Maine, B.A.;

Catholic University of America, M.A., 1970, Ph.D., 1972. Served in U.S. Air Force,
1963-1968, with rank of captain. Associate director of athletics, Federal City College,
Washington, D.C., 1968-1970; assistant director, State Board for Community Colleges,
1970-1975; executive director. State Board for Community Colleges, 1975-1983; adjunct
professor of higher education. Catholic University of America. Member, Governor's Employ-
ment and Training Council, and Governor's High Technology Roundtable. Married, 1 child.
Office address: 1100 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore 21201.

CONSTANCE LIEDER, Secretary of State Planning, 1979-. Bom on April 25, 1934, in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Wellesley College, B.A., 1956; University of Michigan, A.M., 1957; Harvard
Graduate School of Design, M.C.P., 1960; Princeton, M.A., 1971. Phi Beta Kappa; Durant
Scholar (Wellesley); Ford Foundation Fellow (Michigan); Mellon Fellow (Princeton). Former
planning and housing consultant active throughout the United States. Executive director,
(Baltimore) Mayor's Task Force on Population Migration, 1978. First woman elected president
of the American Institute of Planners (1977-78). Instructor, The Johns Hopkins University
Evening College, 1967-1968; assistant professor, School of Social Work and Community
Planning, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1971-1973; professor, Graduate Program in
Urban Planning, Morgan State University (part-time), 1975-1978. Member, American
Planning Association; American Institute of Certified Planners; Council of State Planning
Agencies; Women Executives in State Government. Married to Bert A. Winterbottom. Office
address: 301 W. Preston St., Baltimore 21201.

RUTH WHITE MASSINGA, Secretary of Human Resources, 1983—. Bom on February 5,
1940, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Southern University, B.A., 1961; Boston University, M.S.W.,
1965. Executive director, Maryland Social Services Administration, DHR, 1979-1983; deputy
executive director. Child Development Associate Consortium, Washington, D.C., 1977-1979;

director, Berkeley Children's Services, Berkeley, California, 1973-1977; chair, National
Council of State Administrators Task Force on Adolescent Pregnancy. Member, American
Public Welfare Association; Black Administrators in Child Welfare; Women Executives in
State Government, Inc. One son. Office address: 1100 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore 21201.

JOHN F. X. O'BRIEN, Secretary of Personnel, 1984—. Bom on January 26, 1936, in
Baltimore. Attended Eastern College of Commerce; University of Baltimore; graduated
University of Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1964. Served in the U.S. Army, 1956-1958.
Member, Maryland House of Delegates, 1967-1975. Served on Ways and Means Committee,
1967-1970. Vice-Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, 1971-1975; Chairman,
Joint Committee on State Personnel Management Study. Member, Joint Budget and Audit
Committee; Maryland Commission on the Functions of Government; Joint Executive/
Legislative Task Force on Pensions. Assistant to Chief Engineer, State Roads Commission,
1964-1966; Administrative Officer, Department of General Services, 1966-1974; Assistant
Secretary, Department of Personnel, 1975-1979; legislative liaison, Office of the Governor,
1979-1983; Chief Legislative Officer, Office of the Governor, 1983-1984. Married to Marlene
Foppiano O'Brien; one daughter, Kelly. Office address: 301 W. Preston St., Baltimore 21201.