DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Commerce
World Trade Center Baltimore, 401 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202 - 3316
(410) 767-6300; 1-888-choosemd (toll free); fax: (410) 333-8628; tty: (410) 333-6926
e-mail: harry.coker1@maryland.gov
web: http://commerce.maryland.gov/

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2025-; Governor's Economic Competitiveness Subcabinet, 2025-; Governor's Subcabinet on Infrastructure, 2025-; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2025-; Sustainable Growth Subcabinet, 2025-; Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2025-; Governor's Artificial Intelligence Subcabinet, 2024-. Chair, Commerce Subcabinet, 2025-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2025-. Co-Chair, Employment Advancement Right Now (EARN) Stakeholder Work Group, 2025-.

Member, Maryland Advanced Air Mobility Council, 2025-. Board of Directors, Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, 2025-. Member, Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2025-; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2025-; Animal Waste Technology Fund Advisory Committee, 2025-; Apprenticeship 2030 Commission, 2025-; Maryland Aviation Commission, 2025-. Board of Directors, Bainbridge Development Corporation, 2025-. Member, Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force, 2025-; Coast Smart Council, 2025-. Board of Directors, Maryland Community Investment Corporation, 2025-. Member, Correctional Education Council, 2025-; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2025-; Maryland Cybersecurity Council, 2025-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2025-; Maryland Economic Council, 2025-; Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority, 2025-; Maryland Economic Development Commission, 2025-; Energy Industry Revitalization Working Group, 2025-, of Commission on Climate Change; Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund Authority, 2025-; Maryland Entertainment Industry Council, 2025-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2025-; Equitech Growth Commission, 2025-; Maryland Food System Resiliency Council, 2025-; Government Efficiency Commission, 2025-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2025-; Maryland Commission on Health Equity, 2025-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2025-; State Highway Access Valuation Board, 2025-; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2025-; Historic St. Mary’s City Fort to 400 Commission, 2025-; Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority, 2025-; Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board, 2025-; Maryland Manufacturing Advisory Board, 2025-; Council on Open Data, 2025-; Maryland Port Commission, 2025-. Board of Directors, Maryland Public-Private Partnership Marketing Corporation, 2022-. Member, Port of Deposit State Historical Park Stakeholder Advisory Committee, 2025-. Executive Board, Regional Additive Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland, 2025-. Member, Rural Maryland Council, 2025-; Maryland Semiquincentennial Commission, 2023; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2025-; Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority, 2025-. Member, Board of Directors, Maryland Technology Development Corporation, 2025-; Maryland Commission on Transportation Revenue and Infrastructure Needs, 2025-; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 2025-; Maryland 250 Commission, 2025-. Board of Regents, University System of Maryland, 2025-. Member, Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2025- (career & technical education committee, 2025-); Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee, 2025-; Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2025-.

Past director, Open Source Enterprise, and deputy director, Office of Public Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency. Executive Director, National Security Agency, 2017-19. National Cyber Director, Office of National Cyber Director, White House, 2023-25.

U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1980; Naval Postgraduate School, M.S. (computer science), 1987; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1992. Served in U.S. Navy, 1980-2000 (surface warfare officer, 1980-86; engineering duty officer, 1986-2000). Senior Fellow, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University, 2019-2023. Past member, Board of Directors, U.S. Naval Academy Foundation; U.S. Navy Memorial.

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