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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY


[photo, Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing and Community Development] VICTOR L. HOSKINS, Secretary of Housing & Community Development

Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.


Secretary of Housing and Community Development since February 28, 2003. Acting Secretary of Housing and Community Development, January 15 to February 28, 2003.

Chair, Community Legacy Board, 2003-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2003-05 (member, 2005-). Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2003-05 (member, 2005-). Housing Finance Review Committee, 2003-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2003-05; Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-05; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-; Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, 2003-; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2003-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2003-; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2003-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2003; Advisory Committee for the Jefferson Patterson Historical Park and Museum, 2003-05; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 2003-; Rural Maryland Council, 2003-; Task Force to Study Pinhole Leaks in Copper Plumbing, 2003-05; Task Force to Study the Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program, 2003. Chair, Governor's Commission on Housing Policy, 2003-04. Member, Interagency Disabilities Board, 2004-; Task Force on Parking for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004; Task Force on Common Ownership Communities, 2005-; Governor's Task Force on Workforce Housing, 2005-. Chair, Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2005- (member, 2003-); Commission on Crossroads Development, 2006-.

Assistant Secretary of Marketing, Department of Business and Economic Development, 1995-97. Deputy Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development, Baltimore City, 1997-99.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 1957. Dartmouth College, B.A. (psychology & urban studies), 1979. Attended Kennedy School of Government (development finance), Harvard University, 1980. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.C.P. (real estate finance & economic development), 1981. Senior planner, Los Angeles Urban League, 1981-83. Real estate acquisitions and development officer, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-86. Principal real estate consultant, Sanborn Associates, 1986-89. Enterprise and revitalization zone manager, Long Beach, CA, 1989-93. President, Long Beach Community Partnership, 1993-94. Executive Director, Technology Council, Greater Baltimore Committee, 1994-95. Senior Vice-President for Strategic Alliances, Urban America, L.P., 1999-2003. Member, California Association for Local Economic Development, 1990-94; Maryland Industrial Partnership, University of Maryland, College Park Engineering Center, 1994-96; Maryland Industrial Development Association, 1995-97; International Development Research Council, 1995-2000; Council for Urban Economic Development, 1996-2000; Leadership Maryland, 1996-; National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1997-99; National Congress for Community Economic Development, 1999-; Building Industry Association, Washington, DC, 2000-.

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