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[photo, State House, Annapolis, Maryland] Wes Moore, Governor

State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
(410) 974-3901; 1-800-811-8336 (toll free, Maryland)
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    • State House, Annapolis, Maryland, June 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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    ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
    [photo, State House, Annapolis, Maryland]     GOVERNOR
    Wes Moore, Governor (elected by voters to 4-year term), 2026

    Kristina Broadie Jeter, Assistant Chief of Staff for Executive Operations & Protocol
    Gregory Lorjuste, Director of Executive Operations
    Kelsey Boyce, Executive Assistant
    Eric Holder, Executive Aide to Governor
    Cecelia Scheeler, J.D., Briefing Manager
    Benjamin Meyers, Advance Assistant
    State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
    (410) 974-3901; 1-800-811-8336 (toll free); fax: (410) 974-3275, (410) 974-5152; tdd: (410) 333-3098

    State House, Annapolis, Maryland, January 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    [photo, State House, Annapolis, Maryland]

    Lester Davis, Chief of Staff
    Dylan Arant, Director, Public Engagement
    Alexis Covey-Brandt, Senior Advisor
    Allisa Mason, Executive Office Director
    Angie Jenkins, Special Assistant
    Shanthan Benjamin-Webb, Special Assistant & Cabinet Liaison
    State House, Room 207
    100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
    e-mail: lester.davis@maryland.gov


    State House, Annapolis, Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    DEPUTY CHIEFS OF STAFF

    Manny Welsh, Principal Deputy Chief of Staff & Chief Administrative Officer
    Walter Donoughe, Policy Advisor
    Caroline Canas, Executive Assistant; e-mail: caroline.canas@maryland.gov
    State House, Room 202
    100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
    (410) 260-3982
    e-mail: manny.welsh@maryland.gov

    Jonny Dorsey, Deputy Chief of Staff
    Francesca Ioffreda, Chief Innovation Officer
    Vijay Ramasamy, Policy Advisor
    Kelsey Soderberg, Policy Advisor
    Vacancy, Executive Assistant
    State House, Room 204
    100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
    (410) 260-3816; fax: (410) 974-5332
    e-mail: jonny.dorsey@maryland.gov

    Adam R. Flasch, Deputy Chief of Staff
    Samuel Friedman, Policy Advisor (410) 858-6482
    Fred L. Wineland Building, 16 Francis St., Annapolis, MD 21401
    (410) 974-2678

    Chichi Nyagah-Nash, Deputy Chief of Staff
    Connor Shinn, Senior Policy Advisor
    Meghan Conklin, Chief Sustainability Officer
    Katelin Moody, Special Assistant
    State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
    (410) 260-3805
    e-mail: chichi.nyagah-nash1@maryland.gov

    Pokuaa (PK) Owusu-Acheaw, J.D., Deputy Chief of Staff
    Laura A. Gyamfi, Esq., Senior Policy Advisor
    State House, Room 201
    100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
    (410) 974-2461
    e-mail: pokuaa.owusu-acheaw@maryland.gov

    [photo, Entrance Hall, Government House, Annapolis, Maryland]


    Entrance Hall, Government House, Annapolis, Maryland, 2009. Photo courtesy of Commission on Artistic Property.

    [photo, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland]

    100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    SECRETARY OF STATE
    Susan C. Lee, Esq., Secretary of State
    Michael W. Lore, Esq., Deputy Secretary of State
    Alexandria P. Liu, Chief of Staff
    Fred L. Wineland Building, 16 Francis St., Annapolis, MD 21401
    (410) 974-5521
    web: http://sos.maryland.gov/

    OFFICE OF FIRST LADY
    Dawn Flythe Moore, First Lady of Maryland
    Athena Hernandez, Chief of Staff
    Madeleine Murphy, Executive Assistant; e-mail: madeleine.murphy@maryland.gov
    State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
    (410) 974-5750
    e-mail: first.lady@maryland.gov
    web: https://governor.maryland.gov/leadership/firstlady/Pages/default.aspx

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