Co-Chair: Ryan B. Moran, Dr.P.H., Acting Secretary of Health
Co-Chair: Jonathan N. Kromm, Ph.D., Executive Director, State Health Services Cost Review Commission
Appointed by Senate President: Mary L. Washington, Ph.D.
Appointed by House Speaker: Jamila J. Woods
Appointed by Secretary of Health with advice of State Health Services Cost Review Commission: Bryan Buckley, Dr.P.H.; Cynthia Calixte, M.D.; Elizabeth L. Chung; Laura Garcia; Darrell Gray II, M.D.; Melony G. Griffith; Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera, M.D., Ph.D.; G. Johnson Koilpillai, M.D.; Chanté Richardson, Ph.D.; Sara A. Seitz; Tiffany Wiggins, M.D.; three vacancies.
Representing Maryland Association of County Health Officers: Kisha N. Davis, M.D.
Ex officio: Leslie Ray, designee of Secretary of Aging; Kelsey H. Goering, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management; Tonya B. Wigfall, designee of Secretary of Commerce; Kirsten C. Bosak, designee of Secretary of Disabilities; Sylvia A. Lawson, Ph.D., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Alyssa S. Lord, Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health Administration; Ryan B. Moran, Dr.P.H., Deputy Secretary for Health Care Financing & Medicaid; Nilesh Kalyanaraman, M.D., Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services; Danielle Meister, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Richard Lichenstein, M.D., designee of Secretary of Human Services; Alfred P. Sundara, designee of Secretary of Planning; Marie L. Grant, J.D., Acting Maryland Insurance Commissioner; Mark A. Luckner, Executive Director, Maryland Community Health Resources Commission; Michael J. (Ben) Steffen, Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission; Camille Blake Fall, J.D., Executive Director, Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities.
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Final Report to Governor, Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, Senate Finance Committee, House Appropriations Committee, & House Health & Government Operations Committee due Dec. 1, 2025 (Chapter 749, Acts of 2021; Chapter 787, Acts of 2024; Code Health-General Article, sec. 13–5107).
Using a health equity framework, the Commission examines the health of Maryland residents; and ways for State and local governments to collaborate in implementing policies that affect their health. The Commission also considers factors affecting health, such as access to safe and affordable housing; education; employment; economic stability; inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace; mobility and access to transportation; social justice; the environment; public safety; and food insecurity.
The Commission advises the Secretary of Health and through the Secretary the senior administrators and planners in the Maryland Department of Health on issues of racial, ethnic, cultural or socioeconomic health disparities; facilitates coordination of State agencies in developing a comprehensive health equity plan that addresses the social determinants of health; sets goals for health equity; and is to prepare a plan for the State to achieve health equity.
Forty-four members constitute the Commission. One member is appointed by the Senate President, and one by the House Speaker. Fourteen members are appointed by the Secretary of Health. A local health officer represents the Maryland Association of County Health Officers. Twenty-seven members serve ex officio. The Secretary of Health and the Executive Director of the State Health Services Cost Review Commission co-chair the Commission (Chapter 787, Acts of 2024; Code Health-General Article, sec. 13–4303).
Authorization for the Commission ends June 30, 2026 (Chapter 787, Acts of 2024; Code Health-General Article, sec. 13–5107).
Jennifer Bailey, R.N.; Margo Coruzzi; Tiffany Deprospero; Geoff Dougherty, Ph.D.; Susan Elerding; Jessica Galarraga, M.D.; Shante’ Gilmore; Sherita Hill Golden, M.D.; Chrisna Gray; Delysha D’Mellow Henry; Nikardi Hynes; Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera, M.D., Ph.D.; Shawnta Jackson; Terris King, Sc.D.; Gabby Knighton; G. Johnson Koilpillai, M.D.; Julie Kornmann; Djinge Lindsay, M.D.; Tanesha Mondestin; Brian Sims.
As provided by law, the Maryland Commission on Health Equity formed the Data Advisory Committee in January 2022 (Chapter 749, Acts of 2021; Chapter 787, Acts of 2024; Code Health-General, sec. 13–4206). The original Data Advisory Committee was disbanded by October 2024 and a new committee was established in January 2025.
The Committee makes recommendations on data collection, needs, quality, reporting, evaluation, and visualization for the Maryland Commission on Health Equity. Moreover, parameters of a health equity data set to be maintained by a State designated health information exchange are to be defined by the Committee. These parameters will include indicators for social and economic conditions; environmental conditions; health status; behaviors; health care; and priority health outcomes for monitoring health equity for racial and ethnic minority populations in Maryland.
The data set for which parameters are defined is to include data from health care facilities that report to the State Health Services Cost Review Commission; health care payers that report to the Maryland Health Care Commission; and any other data source the Committee determines necessary.
HEALTH EQUITY POLICY COMMITTEE
Michelle Briggs Blanc; Michelle Boulden-Hammond; Meenakshi G Brewster, M.D.; Dimitrios Cavathas; Darrell Gaskin, Ph.D.; Michael Planz; Eleanor Preston; Donald Shell, M.D. Terms expire 2026.
In Jan. 2022, Health Equity Policy Committee was created by Maryland Commission on Health Equity.
Committee advised Maryland Commission on Health Equity on employing a health equity framework to address and eliminate health disparities.
Disbanded by Oct. 2024.
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Appointed by Chair, Maryland Commission on Health Equity:
Betsy Baker; Orville Browne, Th.D.; Rev. Dr. Sandra Conner; Leeshe Grimes, Ph.D.; Gabriela D Lemus, Ph.D.; Djinge Lindsay; Brian C. Simms; Kim Sydnor, Ph.D.; Hoai-An Truong, Pharm.D.; Toni Lynn Thompson-Chittams, M.D. Terms expire 2024.
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