DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS & MILITARY FAMILIES

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FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Ross S. Cohen, Maryland Acting Secretary of Veterans & Military Families] ROSS S. COHEN
Acting Secretary of Veterans & Military Families, 2025


Acting Secretary of Veterans and Military Families, May 12 to July 31, 2025. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2024. Deputy Secretary of Veterans and Military Families, 2024-.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2025. Chair, Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2025. Chair, Commission on Veterans and Military Families, 2025; Maryland Veterans Trust, 2025.

Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2025; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2025; State Coordinating Committee for Health and Human Services Transportation, 2025; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2025; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2025; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2025; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2025; Maryland 250 Commission, 2025; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2025. Member, Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances, 2025.

Born in Rockville, Maryland, September 29, 1978. Brown University, B.A. (history), magna cum laude, 2001. Served in U.S. Army, 2002-05 (enlisted airborne infantryman, stationed in alaska, deployed to eastern afghanistan in support of operation enduring freedom). Princeton University, M.A. (public affairs), 2007. Editorial assistant, International Herald Tribune, 1999, 2000. English language editor, UB Post, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2001. Co-Founder and Director, ServiceNation: Mission Serve, 2009-11. Vice-President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 2011-15 (executive director, hiring our heroes). Excutive Director, Military and Veterans Affairs, JP Morgan, Chase & Co., 2015-16. Principal, Blue Raincoat Strategies, 2017-20. Chief External Affairs Officer, Blue Star Families, 2019-23. Married; one child.

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