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EDUCATION

NANCY S. GRASMICK, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools since 1991. Assistant
Superintendent, 1978-85, and Associate Superintendent, 1985-89, Baltimore County
Public Schools. Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and Families, 1989-95. Secretary of
Juvenile Services, 1991. Chair, Cabinet Council for Career and Technology Education,
Educational Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions. Member, Governor's
Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile
Justice, Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, State Coordinating Council (for
residential placement of handicapped children), State Information Technology Board. Born
in Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland State Teachers College at Towson, B.S., 1961, Gallaudet
University, M.S., 1965, The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1979. Principal, Chatsworth
School, 1974-78. Professional Advisory Board, Metropolitan Baltimore Association of Learning
Disabled Children. President, Child Care Foundation. Chair, Advisory Council, The Johns
Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies. Phi Delta Kappa, The Johns Hopkins
University. Board of Directors, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Humanitarian Award, March
of Dimes, 1990. National Educational Administrator of the Year Award, 1992. Vernon E.
Andersen Distinguished Lecture Award, University of Maryland, 1992. Distinguished
Alumna of the Year, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992. Office address: 200 West Baltimore
St., Baltimore, MD 21201—2595, tel. (410) 767-0462, fax: (410) 333-2226

ENVIRONMENT

JANE T. NISHIDA, Secretary of the Environment since 1995. Counsel to House
Environmental Matters Committee, 1981-83. Counsel to Senate Economic Affairs
Committee, 1983-84. Assistant Legislative Officer, 1984-88, and Deputy Legislative
Officer, 1988-91, Office of the Governor. Member, Governor's Council on the Chesapeake
Bay, Implementation Committee of the Chesapeake Executive Council, Chesapeake Bay
Trust, State Council on Cancer Control, Maryland Greenways Commission, Governor's
Pesticide Council, State Soil Conservation Committee, Scenic and Wild Rivers Review
Board, Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, Northeast Ozone
Transport Commission, Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing
Competitiveness. Chair, Asbestos Oversight Committee. Board member, World Trade
Center Institute. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, April 26, 1955. Lewis and Clark College,
Portland, Oregon, B.A. (international relations), 1977, Georgetown University Law Center,
J.D., 1980. Law clerk, American Academy of Judicial Education, 1979, Federal Judicial
Center, 1979-80. Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 1991-95. Office address:
2500 Broening Highway, Baltimore, MD 21224—6612, tel. (410) 631-3084, fax (410)
631-3888

GENERAL SERVICES

EUGENE R. LYNCH, Secretary of General Services since 1996 (Acting Secretary,
1995-96). Chief Assistant to County Executive, Montgomery County, 1990-94. Chief
Administrative Officer, Montgomery County, 1994-95. Chair, Government House Trust.
Member, Interagency Committee on School Construction, General Professional Services
Selection Board, State Information Technology Board, Hall of Records Commission,
Maryland Food Center Authority, State Use Industries Advisory Committee, Commission
on Correctional Standards, Pricing Committee for Blind Industries and Services of
Maryland, Pricing and Selection Committee for Rehabilitation and Employment Programs.
Born in Naples, Italy April 27, 1957. University of Maryland College Park, B.A. (economics),
summa cum laude, 1985. Founder and chief operating officer, 1982-90, Shelter Works, Inc.,
a residential construction company. Member, Board of Overseers, Center for Advanced
Research in Biotechnology, Montgomery County Housing Partnership. Married, four children.
Office address: 301 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201—2305, tel. (410) 767-4960,
fax (410) 767-5480

HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE

MARTIN P. WASSERMAN, M.D., J.D., Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
since 1994. Director, Montgomery County Health Department, 1987-91. Health Officer,
Prince George's County Health Department, 1991-94. Member, Governor's Subcabinet
for Children, Youth, and Families, Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, Cabinet
Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Governor's Pesticide Council, State Health
Resources Planning Commission, Medical Assistance Advisory Committee, State
Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, Domiciliary Care Facilities Board, State
Emergency Medical Services Board, State Information Technology Board, Board of
Directors, Maryland Bioprocessing Center. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, May 29, 1942.
Williams College, B.A. (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1964, Johns Hopkins University, M.D.,
1968, University of Maryland, J.D. (with honors), 1977. Chief of Pediatrics, Gallup Indian
Medical Center, New Mexico, 1971-72. Office of Program Planning & Evaluation, 1972-73.
Chief Medical Officer & Director, National Health Services Corps, 1973-74. Director,
Pediatric Outpatient Clinic & Emergency Room, Univ. of MD, 1974-76. CEO/Medical
Director, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, 1976-77. Chief Medical Officer, Health Services
Admin., U.S. Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, 1977-78. Director, Dept. of Health &
Human Services, Arlington, Virginia, 1978-87. Member, National Assoc. of County Health
Officials, 1985—(president 1988-92). Maryland Assoc. of County Health Officials, 1987—
(president 1992). Office address: 201 West Preston St., Suite 500, Baltimore, MD
21201—2399, tel. (410) 767-6505, fax (410) 767-6489