STATE INVESTMENT COUNCIL

Chairperson: Peter A. Whittaker, 1987

Vice-Chairperson: William S. James, State
Treasurer, 1986

Appointed from the Board of Trustees of the State
Retirement and Pension Systems: Richard J.
Benik, 1985; May Town, 1988.

Public members: Howard P. Colhoun, 1985;
George D. Stewart, 1986; Frank A. Cappiello,
1987.

The State Investment Council supervises the
activities of the State Investment Agency on behalf
of the Board of Trustees. The Council reviews all
investment programs to ensure compliance with
established policy. The Council prepares and peri-
odically updates an operations manual detailing
the functions of the Investment Council, the goals
and objectives of the several investment programs,
and the policies governing investment selection and
retention. The Agency may commingle assets of
the several pension systems, provided that it main-
tains records of the percentage participation of
each system in any investment.

The Council consists of seven members. Four are
appointed by the Board of Trustees from among its
membership for staggered four-year terms, one
each representing the Employees' System, the
Teachers' System, the State Police System, and the
ex officio trustees. Three public members are
appointed by the Board of Trustees with the
approval of the Board of Public Works for stag-
gered four-year terms. Public members may not be
members or beneficiaries of any of the pension
systems and must have experience in the manage-
ment and control of large investment funds. The
Board of Trustees annually designates the chair-
person and vice-chairperson of the Investment
Council.

STATE'S ATTORNEYS'
COORDINATOR

STATE'S ATTORNEYS' COORDINATION
COUNCIL

Chairperson: Warren B. Duckett, Jr., State's
Attorney/or Anne Arundel County, 1987

Sleplien H. Sachs, Attorney General; M. Kenneth
Long, Slate's Attorney representing Western
Maryland, 1985; Kurt L. Schmoke, State's
Attorney for Baltimore City, 1987; Sandra A.
O'Connor, State's Attorney for Baltimore
County, 1987; Warren F. Sengstack, State's

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Attorney representing Southern Maryland, 1985;
Thomas E. Hickman, State's Attorney for Carrol!
County representing Centra! Maryland, 1985;
Arthur A. Marshall, Jr., State's Attorney for
Prince George's County, 1987; Andrew L.
Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County,
1987; J. Donald Braden, State's Attorney
representing the Upper Eastern Shore, 1985;
Hugh Vinson, State's Attorney representing the
Lower Eastern Shore, 1985.

Secretary: David H. Hugel, State's Attorneys'
Coordinator

STATE'S ATTORNEYS' COORDINATOR

David H. Hugel, State's Attorneys' Coordinator

500 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 528-6334

The State's Attorneys' Coordination Council
was created by Chapter 710, Acts of 1977. The
same act established the office of State's Attorneys'
Coordinator, with the Coordinator being selected
by and serving at the pleasure of the State's
Attorneys' Coordination Council.

The State's Attorneys' Coordinator has the re-
sponsibility to establish and implement standard
and specialized training programs and provide
materials for State's Attorneys and their profes-
sional staff's, as well as to provide and coordinate
continuing legal education programs and services
for them. With the approval of the Council, he
establishes and implements uniform reporting pro-
cedures for State's Attorneys and their staffs and
meets and confers regularly with the Attorney
General, the State's Attorneys, and the State's
Attorneys' Coordination Council. The Coordina-
tor also serves as a liaison between Maryland's
State's Attorneys and other local, state, and federal
law enforcement agencies and organizations.

The Coordinator's Office publishes a bi-monthly
newsletter, The Maryland Prosecutor, as well as
specialized manuals on subjects of concern to
Maryland prosecutors. Annually, the State's At-
torneys' Coordinator submits a report to the
Governor, the Attorney General, the General
Assembly, the State's Attorneys' Coordination
Council, and the Maryland State's Attorneys'
Association, Inc., on the activities of his office.

The State's Attorneys' Coordination Council is
composed of the Attorney General of Maryland,
the State's Attorneys for Baltimore City, Baltimore
County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George's
County, and Montgomery County, and the State's
Attorney from either Howard, Carroll, or Harford