GOVERNOR

GOVERNOR'S COORDINATING OFFICES

OFFICE FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES

301 West Preston St., Suite 1502
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-4160
e-mail: bonnie@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
fax: (410) 333-5248
toll free: 1-877-MD YOUTH (639-6884)
tty: (410) 333-3098
web: www.ocyf.state.md.us

OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

SUBCABINET FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES

Chair: Bonnie A. Kirkland, Esq., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families (410) 767-4160

Designated by Governor: Sue Fryer Ward, Secretary of Aging; Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Roy W. Kienitz, Secretary of Planning.

Ex officio: T. Eloise Foster, Secretary of Budget & Management; Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Emelda P. Johnson, Secretary of Human Resources; Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary of Juvenile Justice; Beatrice M. Rodgers, Director, Office for Individuals with Disabilities.

SUBCABINET PARTNERSHIP TEAM
Contact: Dianne Madoni (410) 767-4163

Designated by participating agencies: Carol Ann Baglin, Ed.D.; Jean E. Clarren; JoAnn G. Goedert; Rosemary K. Johnston; Dianne Madoni; Theodore V. Martin; Linda E. Mouzon; G. Edward Ommert; Connie Reynolds; Kenneth H. Rumsey; Mae Rupert; Patricia Davis Spann; Arlene H. Stephenson; Calvin D. Street; Roann Tsakalas; Bobette Watts; Walter G. R. Wirsching.

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & LICENSING COMMITTEE
Roann Tsakalas, Co-Chair (chosen by Subcabinet) (410) 767-6208
Albert Zachik, M.D., Co-Chair (chosen by Subcabinet) (410) 767-6649

Appointed by Subcabinet Partnership Team: Linda L. Bluth, Ed.D.; Jean E. Clarren; William H. Dorrill; Dorie Flynn; Jeff Gruel; Frederick Herbert; Christie L. Johnson; Angela Lloyd; James McComb; David Putsche; Lynell Tucker; Grace E. Turner; Jean J. Ward; Bobette Watts; three vacancies.

OFFICE FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES

COMMUNICATIONS
Cleo Stamatos, Communications Director (410) 767-4182

LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Julie Buchwald Jeffers, Legislative Liaison (410) 767-4183
e-mail: julie@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND
Contact: Pamela A. Johnson (410) 767-4662

CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Dorothy V. Harris, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2004
Vacancy, Vice-Chair (chosen by Governor)
Richard A. Swirnow, 2002; Edward T. Kilcullen, Jr., 2003; Henrietta J. Parker, 2003; Joan L. Zlotnik, 2003; Dino E. Flores, Jr., Esq., 2004; Ann C. Helton, 2004; Kim J. Amos, 2005; Wendy G. Lane, M.D., 2005; one vacancy.

COUNSEL
JoAnn G. Goedert, Counsel (410) 767-6220

ADMINISTRATION
Pamela A. Johnson, Chief Administrative Officer (410) 767-4662

HUMAN RESOURCES
Vacancy, Coordinator (410) 767-4162

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Fred Dawson, Manager (410) 767-6168

PROCUREMENT
Kenneth Young, Procurement Officer (410) 767-4027

FINANCE & OPERATIONS
Kenneth H. Rumsey, Chief Financial Officer (410) 767-6225
e-mail: ken@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

SUBCABINET FUND ADMINISTRATION
Scott E. Finkelsen, Manager (410) 767-0854
e-mail: scott@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

POLICY & PLANNING
Patricia Davis Spann, Director (410) 767-6241
e-mail: pat@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT PREVENTION
Alisa Santucci, Program Director, Child Abuse & Neglect Initiative (410) 767-1841
e-mail: alisa@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

STATE COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
Carolyn Billingsley, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2005

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Ellen Mugmon; Charles I. Shubin, M.D. Terms expire 2003.

Lucia F. Biers; Rev. Lisa R. Connors; Melissa M. Lane; James M. Trent. Terms expire 2004.

Bill B. Benton, D.P.A.; Linda L. Davis; Diane DePanfilis, Ph.D.; Howard Dubowitz, M.D.; Gloria Goldfaden; Leslie K. Shedlin, Esq.; Linda S. Spassil; Allen R. Walker, M.D. Terms expire 2005.

Governmental representatives appointed by Governor: Richard D. Scott, State Dept. of Education; Mary Louise Orth, Dept. of Juvenile Justice; Stephen K. Berry, Dept. of Human Resources; Deborah A. Unitus, Judiciary; Joel J. Todd, Esq., State's Attorney, Worcester County.

Designated by Senate President: Jennie M. Forehand

Designated by House Speaker: one vacancy

CHILDREN'S JUSTICE ACT COMMITTEE
Howard Davidson, Co-Chair
Leslie K. Shedlin, Esq., Co-Chair

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Diane DePanfilis, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Gloria Goldfaden, Co-Chair

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
Ellen Mugmon, Chair

RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE
Howard Dubowitz, M.D., Chair

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES
Roann Tsakalas, Director (410) 767-6208
e-mail: roann@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
fax: (410) 333-5248

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Jean E. Clarren, Associate Director (410) 767-6209

STATE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN
Staff: Jean E. Clarren (410) 767-6209

Chair: Calvin D. Street, designee of Secretary of Human Resources

Ex officio: Carol Ann Baglin, Ed.D., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Arlene H. Stephenson, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Walter G. R. Wirshing, designee of Secretary of Juvenile Justice; Kenneth H. Rumsey, designee of Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families.

Ex officio (nonvoting): Beatrice M. Rodgers, Director, Office for Individuals with Disabilities

JoAnn G. Goedert, Esq., Counsel

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Nancy Slaterbeck, Coordinator (410) 767-1045

SYSTEMS REFORM
Timothy L. Allen, Associate Director (410) 767-6223

HEAD-START COLLABORATION
Barbara A. White, Director (410) 767-4196
e-mail: barbara@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

MARYLAND ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HEAD-START COLLABORATION NETWORK
Contact: Barbara A. White (410) 767-4196

Appointed by Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families:
Co-Chair: Barbara A. White, Director, Head Start Collaboration
Co-Chair: Mary M. Gunning, President, Maryland Head Start Association
Valerie Ashton-Holmes; Mary Beckman; Yvonne Bellamy; Olivia Biggs; Kenneth Butler; Joan E. Cobb, Ph.D.; Louise J. Corwin; Tearesa L. French; Asiya Graham; Kris Hansen; Anne Hartmann; Linda M. Heisner; Eva Hunter; Maureen Hussey; Carlethea Johnson; Dana Jones; Rick Kirwin; Bernadette Leeds; Willie McCargo; Rose Ann Meinecke, R.N.; Juanita Nether; Mildred Nickens; Madhavi Parikh; Linda Rammey; Vanessa Ringgold; Stephen Rohde; Patricia Rosensteel; Barbara Scherr; Cvieta J. Sheridan; Clare Segal; Helen Spence; Thomas Taylor; Norman Tinanoff, D.D.S.; Nancy Vorobey.

HEALTH POLICY
Donna M. Behrens, R.N., Director (410) 767-4269
e-mail: donna@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY
Catrice Alphonso, Director (appointed by Council with Governor's approval) (410) 767-6231
e-mail: catrice@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

Anne S. Davis, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2003

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Rev. Lisa R. Connors, 2003; Deborah M. Roffman, 2003; Cheryl S. Alexander, Ph.D., 2004; Karen S. Fennell, 2004; Jean M. Flory, 2004; Nancy A. Hudson, 2004; Linda D. Humbert, 2004; Judith A. Sensenbrenner, M.D., 2004; Delores G. Kelley; Ruth M. Kirk; one vacancy.

Students appointed by Governor to 2-year terms: Regina Blakeney, 2003; Jennifer Casimir, 2003.

Ex officio: vacancy, designee of Secretary of Budget & Management; Joan Y. Case, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Russell W. Moy, M.D., designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Elizabeth Stemley, designee of Secretary of Human Resources; Vicki L. Taliaferro, R.N., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Bonnie A. Kirkland, Esq., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families.

STATE COMMISSION ON INFANT MORTALITY PREVENTION
Joan L. Betzold, Director (410) 767-6219
e-mail: joan@mail.ocyf.state.md.us
web: www.stopinfantmortality.com

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Hugh E. Mighty, M.D., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2004

Raymond L. Cox, Jr., M.D.; Brenda S. Hooks; Vanessia D. Morgan-Smith; Carol D. Watson. Terms expire 2003.

Harold E. Fox, M.D.; Arva J. M. Jackson; Miguel McInnis. Terms expire 2004.

Robert J. Dawson, M.D.; Eileen Ehudin-Pagano, C.N.M.; Carol Wilson Garvey, M.D.; Carol Bryant Payne, R.N. Terms expire 2005.

Nominated by Senate President: Delores G. Kelley

Nominated by House Speaker: Dan K. Morhaim

Ex officio: Russell W. Moy, M.D., designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Frances K. Pellerin, designee of Secretary of Human Resources; Vicki L. Taliaferro, R.N., Specialist, School Health Services, Division of Compensatory Education & Support Services, State Dept. of Education; Rosemary E. Murphey, R.N., Chief, Division of Outreach & Assistance, Office of Health Services, Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene; Bonnie A. Kirkland, Esq., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families; Catrice Alphonso, Director, Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy.

MARYLAND SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER INITIATIVE
Vacancy, Director (410) 767-4269

MARYLAND SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER POLICY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Governor 2-year term)

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: not yet appointed

Nominated by Senate President: not yet appointed

Nominated by House Speaker: Joan B. Pitkin

Ex officio: T. Eloise Foster, Secretary of Budget & Managment; Nancy S. Grasmick Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Georges C. Benjamin M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Emelda P. Johnson, Secretary of Human Resources; Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary of Juvenile Justice; Bonnie A. Kirkland, Esq., Special Secretary for Children, Youth, & Families.

HOME VISITING
Bernadette Leeds, Director (410) 767-4162

JUVENILE JUSTICE MONITORING
Ralph Thomas, Director (410) 767-0851

RESEARCH, EVALUATION & MONITORING
Dianne Madoni, Director (410) 767-4163
e-mail: dianne@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

FISCAL MANAGEMENT
Elizabeth Tuck, Manager (410) 767-0181

MONITORING TEAM
Tracie Farrell, Associate Director (410) 767-4159

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
David M. Ayer, Director (410) 767-6214
e-mail: david_a@mail.ocyf.state.md.us

DEFUNCT OFFICE UNITS

COMMUNICATIONS
Reorganized as Public Relations and Information in Jan. 2000.

EARLY CHILDHOOD & HEAD-START PARTNERSHIPS
Reorganized as Head-Start Collaboration in Jan. 2000.

EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIPS
In 1997, renamed Early Childhood and Head Start Partnerships.

INFANTS & TODDLERS PROGRAM
In 1997, transferred to Division of Special Education, State Department of Education and renamed Maryland Infants and Toddlers, Preschool Services Branch (Chapter 386, Acts of 1997).

INTERAGENCY FUNDING STRATEGIES & RATES
Under Finance, renamed Interagency Rates in July 1998.

LICENSING POLICY BOARD
Under the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, the Board merged with Resource Development Committee to become Resource Development and Licensing Committee in Aug. 1998.

"LISA L." COORDINATION
Moved to Mental Hygiene Administration, Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, in Jan. 2000.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Under Administration, combined with Research, Evaluation, and Planning to form Research, Evaluation, and Management Information Systems in 1998.

MARYLAND MAKING THE GRADE
Renamed Maryland School-Based Health Center Initiative in Jan. 1998.

OMBUDSMAN
Abolished in June 1998.

PERSONNEL, PROCUREMENT, & PURCHASING
Renamed Personnel and Procurement in Jan. 2000.

PROGRAM & POLICY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Abolished in 1997.

RATES SETTING
Under Interagency Funding Strategies and Rates, abolished in July 1998.

RESEARCH, EVALUATION, & MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Reorganized in Jan. 2000 as two units: Research and Development; and Management Information Systems.

RESEARCH, EVALUATION, & PLANNING
Under Administration, merged with Management Information Systems to form Research, Evaluation, and Management Information Systems in 1998.

SERVICE INTEGRATION DIVISION
Renamed Systems Integration in 1997.

STATE COORDINATING COUNCIL
In July 2002, renamed State Coordinating Council for Children (Chapter 282, Acts of 2002).

SYSTEM INTEGRATION SUPPORT DIVISION
Renamed Service Integration Division in 1996.

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
In Dec. 1998, reorganized as Community Partnerships for Children, Youth, and Families.

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