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NATURAL RESOURCES

JOHN R. GRIFFIN, Secretary of Natural Resources since 1995. Director of legislative
and budgetary affairs for standing committee of Prince George's County Council,
1972-78. Executive Assistant, Office of the Governor, 1979-83. Deputy Secretary,
Department of Natural Resources, 1984-95. Member, Chesapeake Bay Commission;
Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay; Chesapeake Bay Trust; Maryland Greenways
Commission; Seafood Marketing Advisory Committee; Governor's Pesticide Council;
State Soil Conservation Committee; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board; Governor's
Commission on Service. Born in Rochester, New York, April 25, 1946. Niagara University,
B.A., 1969; The Catholic University of America, M.A., 1972. Distinguished Service Award,
Maryland Municipal League, 1982; Distinguished Service Award, National Governors'
Association, 1984. Married; three daughters. Office address: Tawes State Office Building,
580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401—2397; tel. (410) 974-3041; fax (410) 974-2383.

PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services since
1987. Police Commissioner, Baltimore City, 1984-87. Chair, Vehicle Theft Prevention
Council. Member, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (co-chair, task force
on sentencing & intermediate sanctions); State Board of Victim Services; State Information
Technology Board; Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee; Board of Trustees,
Baltimore City Community College. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 16, 1927.
Attended Frederick Douglass High School. Served in U.S. Army, 1945-46. University of
Baltimore, B.S., 1971; Coppin State College, M.Ed., 1973; University of Baltimore School of
Law, J.D., 1986. Southern Police Institute, certificate, 1969; National Executive Institute,
certificate, 1984. Member, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association; National Organization of
Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). Life member, International Association of
Chiefs of Police; National Association of Black Public Administrators; American Correctional
Association. Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Recipient
of numerous civic and superior public service awards. Office address: 300 East Joppa Road,
Suite 1000, Baltimore, MD 21286-3020; tel. (410) 339-5004; fax (410) 339-5064.

STATE POLICE

DAVID B. MITCHELL, Secretary of State Police since 1995. Chief of Police, Prince
George's County, 1990-95 (began career with county police force in 1971). Chair, Police
Training Commission; Handgun Roster Board. Member, Cabinet Council on Criminal
and Juvenile Justice (co-chair, task force on law enforcement); Governor's Executive
Committee on Drunk and Drugged Drivers; State Advisory Board for Juvenile Justice;
State Postmortem Examiners Commission; Board of Trustees for State Retirement and
Pension System; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
September 17, 1950. University of Maryland, B.S. (management & technology), 1981;
University of Maryland, M.A. (public policy), 1986. Graduated from Federal Bureau of
Investigation National Academy, 1988; National Executive Institute, 1991. Author,
"Contemporary Police Practices in Domestic Violence Cases: Arresting the Abuser—Is It
Enough?," in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, vol. 83, no. 1 (1992). Community
Service Award, Human Relations Commission, 1992; President's Award, National
Conference of Christians and Jews, 1993. Office address: 1201 Reisterstown Road,
Pikesville, MD 21208-3899; tel. (410) 653-4219; fax (410) 653-9651.

TRANSPORTATION

DAVID L. WINSTEAD, Secretary of Transportation since 1995. Chair, Maryland
Transportation Authority; Maryland Port Commission; Maryland Greenways
Commission; Governor's Motor Carrier Task Force for Safety and Uniformity. Member,
Transportation Professional Services Selection Board; Procurement Advisory Council;
Capital Debt Affordability Committee; Maryland Economic Development Corporation;
State Information Technology Board; Patuxent River Commission; Pricing and Selection
Committee for Rehabilitation and Employment; Interagency Committee on Specialized
Transportation. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 23, 1947. Denison University, B.A.,
1969; Columbia University, M.B.A., 1971; Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of
America, J.D., 1982. Served in the District of Columbia Air National Guard, 1969-75.
Special assistant to U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias, 1975-79. Executive Director,
Washington Baltimore Regional Association, 1981-87. Partner, Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick &
Lane, 1987-95. Member, Urban Land Institute; Greater Washington Board of Trade;
Maryland Chamber of Commerce; Lambda Alpha Land (economics honorary society);
Economic Club of Washington. Office address: P. O. Box 8755, Baltimore/Washington
International Airport, Baltimore, MD 21240-0755; tel. (410) 865-1000; fax (410)
859-7615.