DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & ECONOMIC MOBILITY

SECRETARY


[photo, Walter L. Simmons, Secretary of Social & Economic Mobility] WALTER L. SIMMONS, Secretary of Social & Economic Mobility



Secretary of Service and Civic Innovation since February 20, 2026. Acting Secretary of Service and Civic Innovation, October 20, 2025 to February 20, 2026.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2025-. Member, Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2025-.

Member, Government Efficiency Commission, 2024-; Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services, 2024-.

Executive Director, Workforce Development Board, Prince George’s County.

Newberry College, B.A. Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, Employ Prince George’s, Inc., 2018-. Member, Tri-County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, 2013-14; Prince George’s County Advisory Board, Greater Washington Community Foundation, 2018-25. Chair, Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Chair, Board of Directors, IMPACTdmv, 2020-. Board of Directors, Power52 Foundation, 2020-21; Maryland Workforce Association, 2020-25; National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, 2020-; Maryland Nonprofits, 2020-; Maryland Association for Adult, Community and Continuing Education, 2021-22; National Association of Workforce Boards, 2021-25. Board of Directors, Bi-County Business Roundtable, 2023-; Maryland Chamber of Commerce; National Association of Workforce Boards.

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