ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
EDUCATIONAL BLOCK GRANTS

Chairperson: Mona-Lee Bretall

Bernard Bell; Thomas E. Bellavance, Ph.D.;
Clarence W. Blount; William R. Burroughs;
Susan R. Buswell; Dr. Thurman Butcher; Robert
Y. Dubel, Ed.D.; Doris A. Eugene; Richard T.
Ewing, Jr.; Sol Gnatt; Suzanne C. Hall; Doris M.
Johnson; Michael J. Morris; Sister Regina
Pellegrini; Hercules Pinkney, Jr., Ed.D.; Barbara
A. Risacher; William H. Rohrer; E. Kathleen
Shoap; James Spencer; Forrest Wright.

Staff contact: Dr. Richard M. Petre, Assistant
Deputy State Superintendent

c/o State Department of Education
200 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore 21201-2595 Telephone: 333-2385

The Advisory Committee for Educational Block
Grants, originally called the Education Advisory
Committee, was created by Executive Order in
1981. Pursuant to the federal Education Consoli-
dation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Com-
mittee advises the State Department of Education
on the allocation of federal funds among eligible
State education programs. It also advises the De-
partment in planning, developing, supporting, im-
plementing, and evaluating these programs.

Committee members are appointed by the Gov-
ernor for one-year terms. They represent public
and private elementary and secondary schoolchil-
dren, classroom teachers, parents of elementary
and secondary schoolchildren, local boards of ed-
ucation, local and regional school administrators,
institutions of higher learning, and the State legis-
lature.

GOVERNOR'S EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING COUNCIL

Chairperson: Leslie Meil, 1988

Robert A. Bair; Sterling Bollinger; Leo E. Green;
David W. Hornbeck; Ruth Massinga; Lucille
Maurer; Joseph F. Mitchell; Marion Pines; Fern
V. Piret; Melvin A. Steinberg; Peter P. Thomas,
Sr. Terms expire 1987.

Samuel Q. Johnson III; George H. Lechlider; Carl
M. Loffler, Jr; Stanley Mazaroff; Stephanie J.
Montgomery; Joshua I. Smith; C. William
Struever. Terms expire 1988. Fifteen vacancies.

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James E. Callahan, Executive Director

301 W. Preston St., Room 1514
Baltimore 21201
Telephone: 225-1050

By Executive Order, the Governor created the
Council, in March 1983, as Maryland's State job
training coordinating council under the federal
Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300). Lat-
er that year the Council was established by statute
(Chapter 268, Acts of 1983). In 1985, the Gover-
nor gave additional responsibilities to the Council
and made it a unit within the Executive Depart-
ment (Executive Order 01.01.1985.14). The Coun-
cil helps plan, coordinate, and monitor the provi-
sion of employment and training programs and
services in accordance with federal law.

The Council consists of 38 members appointed
by the Governor for initial terms of from one to
three years. The Governor designates the chair-
person, who may not be an elected official or an
employee of the State or local government.

COMMISSION ON THE FAMILY

Chairperson: Dennis F. Rasmussen

Philip C. Jimeno; Dr. Elizabeth Koopman;
Virginia Middleton O'Rourke; Sandra J. Skolnik;
Rosalie Streett; Valerie von AUmen.

Nonvoting members: Rosalie S. Abrams; Diane
Daffin; Eric M. Fine, M.D.; Dr. Nardindar Kelly;
Karen Nettler.

Office of Baltimore County Executive
100 Court House
400 Washington Ave.
Towson 21204 Telephone: 494-2450

At the request of the General Assembly, the
Governor created the Commission on the Family
in November 1986 (Joint Resolution no. 2, Acts
of 1986). The Commission is to study how State
government affects the family and recommend
how the State can better support and strengthen
the family.

Annually, the Commission will report its find-
ings and recommendations to the Governor and
General Assembly. The Commission's final report
is to be submitted by July 1989.