DEPARTMENTS

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

• Aging
• Agriculture
• Budget & Fiscal Planning
• Budget & Management
• Budget & Procurement
• Business & Economic Development
• Commerce
• Disabilities
• Economic & Community Development
• Economic & Employment Development
• Education
• Employment & Social Services
• Employment & Training
• Environment
• General Services
• Health
• Health & Mental Hygiene
• Housing & Community Development
• Human Resources
• Human Services
• Information Technology
• Juvenile Services
• Labor
• Labor, Licensing, & Regulation
• Licensing & Regulation
• Natural Resources
• Personnel
• Planning
• Public Safety & Correctional Services
• State Police
• Transportation
• Veterans Affairs

AGING

• Sue Fryer Ward, Secretary of Aging, 1998-2003
• Jean W. Roesser, Secretary of Aging, 2003-07
• Gloria G. Lawlah, Secretary of Aging, 2007-15
• Rona E. Kramer, Secretary of Aging, 2015-23

AGRICULTURE

• Young D. Hance, Secretary of Agriculture, 1972-79
• Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Secretary of Agriculture, 1979-91
• Robert L. Walker, Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-94
• Lewis R. Riley, Secretary of Agriculture, 1994-97
• Henry A. Virts, D.V.M., Secretary of Agriculture, 1998-2001
• Hagner R. Mister, Secretary of Agriculture, 2001-03
• Lewis R. Riley, Secretary of Agriculture, 2003-07
• Roger L. Richardson, Secretary of Agriculture, 2007-09
• Earl F. (Buddy) Hance, Secretary of Agriculture, 2009-15
• Joseph Bartenfelder, Secretary of Agriculture, 2015-23
• Steven A. Connelly, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, 2023 (Jan. 11-18)

BUDGET & FISCAL PLANNING
(formerly Budget & Procurement)

• James P. Slicher, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1969-72
• R. Kenneth Barnes, Jr., Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1972-77
• Thomas W. Schmidt, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1977-81
• H. Louis Stettler III, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1981-87
• Charles L. Benton, Jr., Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1987-94
• Marita B. Brown, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1995
• David R. Brinkley, Secretary of Budget & Management

BUDGET & MANAGEMENT
(formerly Budget & Fiscal Planning)

• Frederick W. Puddester, Secretary of Budget & Management, 1996-2000
• T. Eloise Foster, Secretary of Budget & Management, 2000-03
• James C. DiPaula, Jr., Secretary of Budget & Management 2003-05
• Cecilia Januszkiewicz, Secretary of Budget & Management, 2005-07
• T. Eloise Foster, Secretary of Budget & Management, 2007-15
• David R. Brinkley, Secretary of Budget & Management, 2015-23
• Marc L. Nicole, Acting Secretary of Budget & Management, 2023 (Jan. 11-18)

BUDGET & PROCUREMENT

• Walter N. Kirkman, Director, 1939-48
• James G. Rennie, Director, 1948-66
• James P. Slicher, Director, 1967-69

BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(formerly Economic & Employment Development)

• James T. Brady, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 1995-98
  
• James D. Fielder, Jr., Ph.D., Acting Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 1998
  
• Richard C. Mike Lewin, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 1998-2000
• David S. Iannucci, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2000-03
• Aris Melissaratos, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2003-07
• David W. Edgerley, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2007-09
• Christian S. Johansson, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2009-13
• Dominick E. Murray, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2013-15
• Robert L. Walker, Acting Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2015
• R. Michael Gill, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 2015

COMMERCE

• R. Michael Gill, Secretary of Commerce, 2015-19
• Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of Commerce, 2019-22
• R. Michael Gill, Secretary of Commerce, 2022-23

DISABILITIES

• Kristen Cox, Secretary of Disabilities, 2004-07
• Catherine A. Raggio, Secretary of Disabilities, 2007-14
• George P. Failla, Jr., Acting Secretary of Disabilities, 2014-15

ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• Edmond F. Rovner, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1970-73
• Joseph G. Anastasi, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1973-77
• Herbert B. Cahan, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1977-79
• James O. Roberson, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1979-83
• Frank J. DeFrancis, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1984-85
• Thomas H. Maddux, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1985-86

ECONOMIC & EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
(formerly Economic & Community Development)

• J. Randall Evans, Secretary of Economic & Employment Development, 1987-91
• Mark L. Wasserman, Secretary of Economic & Employment Development, 1991-94
• James D. Fielder, Jr., Ph.D., Acting Secretary of Economic & Employment Development, 1995

EDUCATION

• M. Bates Stephens, State Superintendent of Schools, 1916-19
• Albert S. Cook, State Superintendent of Schools, 1920-40
• Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., State Superintendent of Schools, 1940-64
• James A. Sensenbaugh, State Superintendent of Schools, 1964-76
• David W. Hornbeck, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 1976-88
• Joseph L. Shilling, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 1988-91
• Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 1991-2011
• Bernard J. Sadusky, Ed.D., Interim State Superintendent of Schools, 2011-12
• Lillian M. Lowery, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 2012-15
• Jack R. Smith, Ph.D., Interim State Superintendent of Schools, 2015-16
• Karen B. Salmon, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 2016-21
• Mohammed Choudhury, State Superintendent of Schools, 2021-23
• Sylvia A. Lawson, Ph.D., Acting State Superintendent of Schools, Oct. 6-23, 2023

EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL SERVICES

• Rita C. Davidson, Secretary of Employment & Social Services, 1970-72
• David T. Mason, Secretary of Employment & Social Services, 1972-75
• Richard A. Batterton, Secretary of Employment & Social Services, 1975

EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING

• Brent M. Johnson, Secretary of Employment & Training, 1983-86
• Rosemary Malcolm-Rodgers, Secretary of Employment & Training, 1986-87

ENVIRONMENT

• Martin W. Walsh, Jr., Secretary of the Environment, 1987-90
• Robert Perciasepe, Secretary of the Environment, 1990-93
• David A. C. Carroll, Secretary of the Environment, 1993-94
• Jane T. Nishida, Secretary of the Environment, 1995-2002
• Merrylin Zaw-Mon, Acting Secretary of the Environment, 2002
• Richard F. Pecora, Secretary of the Environment, 2002-03
• Lynn Y. Buhl, Acting Secretary of the Environment, 2003
• Kendl P. Philbrick, Secretary of the Environment, 2003-07
• Shari T. Wilson, Secretary of the Environment, 2007-10
• Robert M. Summers, Ph.D., Secretary of the Environment, 2011-15
• Benjamin H. Grumbles, Secretary of the Environment, 2015-22
• Horacio A. Tablada, Secretary of the Environment, 2022-23
• Suzanne E. Dorsey, Ph.D., Acting Secretary of the Environment, 2023 (Jan. 3-18)

GENERAL SERVICES

• George R. Lewis, Secretary of General Services, 1970-77
• J. Max Millstone, Secretary of General Services, 1977-83
• Earl F. Seboda, Secretary of General Services, 1983-90
• Martin W. Walsh, Jr., Secretary of General Services, 1990-95
• Eugene R. Lynch, Secretary of General Services, 1996-98 (acting secretary, 1995-96)
• Peta N. Richkus, Secretary of General Services, 1999-2003
• Boyd K. Rutherford, Secretary of General Services, 2003-06
• R. Stevens (Steve) Cassard, Jr., Secretary of General Services, 2006-07
• Alvin C. Collins, Secretary of General Services, 2007-14
• C. Gail Bassette, Secretary of General Services, 2015-16
• Nelson E. Reichart, Acting Secretary of General Services, 2016
• Ellington E. Churchill, Jr.,, Secretary of General Services, 2016-23

HEALTH

• Dennis R. Schrader, Acting Secretary of Health, 2017-18
• Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, 2018-20
• Dennis R. Schrader, Acting Secretary of Health, 2020-21
• Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health, 2021-23

HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE

• Neil Solomon, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1969-79
• Charles R. Buck, Jr., Sc.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1979-83
• Adele Wilzack, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1983-91
• Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1991-94
• Martin P. Wasserman, M.D., J.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1994-99
• Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1999-2002
• Arlene H. Stephenson, Acting Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2002-03
• Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2003-04
• S. Anthony (Tony) McCann, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2004-07
• John M. Colmers, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2007-11
• Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2011-14
• Van T. Mitchell, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2015-16
• Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2016-17

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• Jacqueline H. Rogers, Ph.D., Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 1987-95
• Patricia J. Payne, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 1995-98
• Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 1998-2003
• Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 2003-06
• Shawn S. Karimian, Acting Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 2006-07
• Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 2007-14
• Clarence J. Snuggs, Acting Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 2014-15
• Kenneth C. Holt, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 2015-23
• Owen P. McEvoy, Acting Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 2023 (Jan. 1-18)

HUMAN RESOURCES
(formerly Employment & Social Services)

• Richard A. Batterton, Secretary of Human Resources, 1975-79
• Kalman R. Hettleman, Secretary of Human Resources, 1979-83
• Ruth W. Massinga, Secretary of Human Resources, 1983-89
• Carolyn W. Colvin, Secretary of Human Resources, 1989-94
• Luther W. Starnes, Secretary of Human Resources, 1994-95
• Alvin C. Collins, Secretary of Human Resources, 1995-98
• Lynda G. Fox, Secretary of Human Resources, 1998-2001
• Emelda P. Johnson, Secretary of Human Resources, 2001-03
• Christopher J. McCabe, Secretary of Human Resources, 2003-07
• Brenda Donald, Secretary of Human Resources, 2007-10
• Brian L. Wilbon, Acting Secretary of Human Resources, 2010-11
• Theodore (Ted) Dallas, Secretary of Human Resources, 2011-15
• Sam Malhotra, Secretary of Human Resources, 2015-16
• Gregory S. James, Acting Secretary of Human Resources, 2016-17
• Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of Human Resources, 2017

HUMAN SERVICES

• Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of Human Services, 2017-23

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Elliot H. Schlanger, Secretary of Information Technology, 2008-13
• Isabel FitzGerald, Secretary of Information Technology, 2013-15
• David A. Garcia, Secretary of Information Technology, 2015-17
• Michael G. Leahy, Secretary of Information Technology, 2018-23
• Melissa S. Leaman, Acting Secretary of Information Technology, 2023 (Jan. 11-18)

JUVENILE SERVICES
(formerly Juvenile Justice)

• Linda D'Amario Rossi, Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1989-91
• Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1991
• Mary Ann Saar, Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1991-95
• Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 1995-97
  
• Gilberto de Jesus, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 1997-99
• Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 2000-03
• Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., Secretary of Juvenile Services, 2003-07
• Donald W. DeVore, Secretary of Juvenile Services, 2007-11
• Sam J. Abed, Secretary of Juvenile Services, 2011-23

LABOR
(formerly Labor, Licensing & Regulation)

• James E. Rzepkowski, Acting Secretary of Labor, 2019
• Tiffany P. Robinson, Secretary of Labor, 2019-23

LABOR, LICENSING, & REGULATION
(formerly Licensing & Regulation)

• Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 1995-98
• John P. O'Connor, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 1999-2003
• James D. Fielder, Jr., Ph.D., Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2003-07
• Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2007-09
• Alexander M. Sanchez, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2009-12
• Scott R. Jensen, Interim Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2012
• Leonard J. Howie III, Esq., Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2012-15
• Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2015-19
• James E. Rzepkowski, Acting Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 2019

LICENSING & REGULATION

• John R. Jewell, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1970-76
• William A. Urie, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1976-79
• Ejner J. Johnson, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1979
• John J. Corbley, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1979-84
• Frederick L. Dewberry, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1984-86
• William A. Fogle, Jr., Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1987-94
• Frank W. Stegman, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1995

NATURAL RESOURCES

• J. Millard Tawes, Secretary of Natural Resources, 1969-71
• James B. Coulter, Secretary of Natural Resources, 1971-83
• Torrey C. Brown, M.D., Secretary of Natural Resources, 1983-94
• John R. Griffin, Secretary of Natural Resources, 1995-99
• Sarah J. Taylor-Rogers, Ph.D., Secretary of Natural Resources, 1999-2001
• Stanley K. Arthur, Acting Secretary of Natural Resources, Aug. 9 - Sept. 4, 2001
• J. Charles Fox, Secretary of Natural Resources, 2001-03
• C. Ronald Franks, Secretary of Natural Resources, 2003-07
• John R. Griffin, Secretary of Natural Resources, 2007-13
• Joseph P. Gill, Secretary of Natural Resources, 2013-15
• Mark J. Belton, Secretary of Natural Resources, 2015-19
• Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, Secretary of Natural Resources, 2019-23
• Allan Fisher, Ph.D., Acting Secretary of Natural Resources, 2023 (Jan. 11-18)

PERSONNEL
(now Office of Personnel Services & Benefits within Department of Budget & Management)

• Henry G. Bosz, Secretary of Personnel, 1970-79
• Theodore E. Thornton, Sr, Secretary of Personnel, 1979-84
• John F. X. O'Brien, Secretary of Personnel, 1984-87
• Hilda E. Ford, Secretary of Personnel, 1987-94
• Joseph Adler, Secretary of Personnel, 1994
• Michael J. Knapp, Secretary of Personnel, 1995-96

PLANNING

• Vladimir A. Wahbe, Secretary of State Planning, 1969-79
• Constance Lieder, Secretary of State Planning, 1979-89
  [From 1989 to 2000, Department lost its cabinet status & functioned as Office of Planning]
  
• Harriet Tregoning, Secretary of Planning, 2000-01
• Roy W. Kienitz, Secretary of Planning, 2001-03
• Audrey E. Scott, Secretary of Planning, 2003-07
• Richard E. Hall, Secretary of Planning, 2007-15
• David R. Craig, Secretary of Planning, 2015-16
• Wendi W. Peters, Acting Secretary of Planning, 2016-17
• Robert S. McCord, Acting Secretary of Planning, 2017-18
• Robert S. McCord, Secretary of Planning, 2018-22
• Sandra B. (Sandy) Schrader, Acting Secretary of Planning, 2022-23

PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

• Robert J. Lally, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1970-79
• Gordon C. Kamka, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1979-81
• Thomas W. Schmidt, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1981-83
• Frank A. Hall, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1983-86
• Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1987-97
• Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1997-2003
• Mary Ann Saar, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2003-07
• Gary D. Maynard, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2007-13
• Gregg R. Hershberger, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2013-14
• Stephen T. Moyer, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2015-19
• J. Michael Zeigler, Acting Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2019
• Robert L. Green, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2019-22

STATE POLICE

• Larry W. Tolliver, Superintendent of State Police, 1994
• Col. David B. Mitchell, Secretary of State Police, 1995-2003
• Col. Edward T. Norris, Secretary of State Police, 2003
• Col. Thomas E. (Tim) Hutchins, Secretary of State Police, 2004-07
• Col. Terrence B. Sheridan, Secretary of State Police, 2007-11
• Col. Marcus L. Brown, Secretary of State Police, 2011-15
• Col. William M. Pallozzi, Secretary of State Police, 2015-20
• Col. Woodrow W. Jones III, Secretary of State Police, 2020-22

TRANSPORTATION

• Harry R. Hughes, Secretary of Transportation, 1971-77
• Herman K. Intemann, Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79
• James J. O'Donnell, Secretary of Transportation, 1979-81
• Lowell K. Bridwell, Secretary of Transportation, 1981-84
• William K. Hellmann, Secretary of Transportation, 1984-87
• Richard H. Trainor, Secretary of Transportation, 1987-91
• O. James Lighthizer, Secretary of Transportation, 1991-94
• David L. Winstead, Secretary of Transportation, 1995-98
• John D. Porcari, Secretary of Transportation, 1999-2003
• Robert L. Flanagan, Secretary of Transportation, 2003-07
• John D. Porcari, Secretary of Transportation, 2007-09
• Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, Secretary of Transportation, 2009-12
• Darrell B. Mobley, Acting Secretary of Transportation, 2012-13
• James T. Smith, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, 2013-15
• Pete K. Rahn, Secretary of Transportation, 2015-20
• Gregory I. Slater, Secretary of Transportation, 2021-22
• James F. Ports, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, 2022-23

VETERANS AFFAIRS

• Thomas E. Bratten, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1999-2003
• Thomas E. (Tim) Hutchins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2003
• Lawrence J. Kimble, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2003-04
• George W. Owings III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2004-07
• James A. Adkins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2007-09
• Edward Chow, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009-15
• George W. Owings III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2015-23

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