WORKGROUP ON ESTABLISHING A SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BEST PRACTICES & INNOVATION NETWORK

Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Workgroup)

Appointed by Governor: Laura E. Bacon; Nawal Benmouna, Ph.D.; Vernon E. Curry; Jackie L. Johnson, Jr.; Tuviah Ehud Schlesinger, Ph.D.

Appointed by Senate President: Katie Frye Hester

Appointed by House Speaker: Pamela Lanman Guzzone

Appointed by President, University of Maryland Baltimore County: Ramana Vinjamvri, Ph.D.

Ex officio: Troy A. LeMaile-Stovall, Chief Executive Officer, Maryland Technology Development Corporation

Staff: Donna Ruginski

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e-mail: ruginski@umbc.edu

Report to Governor & General Assembly due Dec, 1, 2026 (Chapter 448, Acts of 2024; Chapter 749, Acts of 2025).

In June 2024, the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network was formed by the General Assembly (Chapter 448, Acts of 2024).

The Workgroup charge is to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open-access science, technology and innovation network, or hub of citizen scientists and experts in science, technology, and industry.

Ten members compose the Workgroup. Of these, six are appointed by the Governor; one each by the Senate President and the House Speaker; and one is appointed by the President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County. One member serves ex officio.

Authorization for the Workgroup originally was to end June 30, 2025, but was extended to June 30, 2027 (Chapter 749, Acts of 2025).

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