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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


[photo, Jeffrey Building, 16 Francis St.,
Annapolis, Maryland] George W. Owings III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Jeffrey Building, 4th floor
16 Francis St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-3838; 1-866-793-1577 (toll free)
e-mail: mdveteransinfo@mdva.state.md.us
fax: (410) 216-7928
web: www.mdva.state.md.us/

Jeffrey Building, 16 Francis St., Annapolis, Maryland, March 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

George W. Owings III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent) (410) 260-3838
e-mail: gowings@mdva.state.md.us

James A. Adkins, Deputy Secretary (410) 260-3843
e-mail: jadkins@mdva.state.md.us

FINANCE & PERSONNEL

John R. Kearns, Chief Financial Officer (410) 333-4428
e-mail:
jkearns_50@hotmail.com

OUTREACH & ADVOCACY

Laurie E. Atherholt, Director (410) 260-3840
e-mail: latherholt@mdva.state.md.us

MARYLAND VETERANS HOME COMMISSION

(D55P0005, formerly D56Q00 & 23.17.00)
FY2006 appropriation: $12,904,139; authorized positions: 4
Frederick D. Shroyer, Executive Director (301) 884-8171; 1-800-522-8387 (toll free, Maryland)
e-mail: vethome@charhall.org
fax: (301) 884-8036
web: www.charhall.org

Appointed by Governor to 5-year terms with Senate advice & consent:
Robert M. Johnson, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2008
Col. Mary Rozina Boyd, U.S.A.F. (ret.), Vice-Chair & Secretary, 2006

William P. Gillette, 2006; Brig. Gen. Warner I. Sumpter, 2006; Thomas L. Davis, 2007; Frederick Douglass Gray, 2007; Maj. Gen. Andrew H. Anderson, U.S.A. (ret.), 2008; Toni Rae King, 2008; Kathryn Smith Gleeson, 2009; Maj. Alfred N. Simmons, U.S.A. (ret.), 2009; Thomas J. Vanderhorst, 2009; one vacancy.

Ex officio: Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Governor; C. Bernard (Bernie) Fowler, designee of Senate President; John F. Wood, Jr., designee of House Speaker.


[photo, War Memorial Building, Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland]

WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSION

(formerly H00A0103, and 28.01.01.03)
(410) 396-8013

Marian C. James, Chair (chosen by Commission in Sept. to 2-year term), 2006

Appointed by Secretary of Veterans Affairs with Governor's approval to 5-year terms: Marian C. James, 2006; Wilson J. Thornton, Jr., 2007; Thomas Clifton Johnson, 2008; Harold R. Wright, Jr., M.D., 2009; Ronald R. Eaton, 2010.

Appointed by Mayor of Baltimore to 5-year terms: John E. Brandau, 2006; Donald G. Gaither, 2007; William B. Proctor, 2008; Norman Johnson, 2009; Earl W. Nesbitt, 2010.

War Memorial Building, 101 North Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION

(410) 333-4428

Appointed by Governor to 5-year terms:
Gordon B. Browning, Ed.D., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2006

Claude L. Callegary, Esq., 2003.

Maj. Cathy S. Hampton (ret.); John A. Jarosinski; Calvin E. Patton; Sterling B. Phillips. Terms expire 2004.

Capt. J. E. Dolan, U.S.M.C. (ret.); Sgt. Maj. Kenneth L. McCall, Sr., U.S.A. (ret.). Terms expire 2005.

Nicholas T. Bassetti; Col. Erwin A. Burtnick; James M. Gay, Jr.; Ernest E. Law; Stephen F. Parsons; Richard J. Santos; Leroy E. Thornton; three vacancies. Terms expire 2006.

Raymond J. Dombrowski; John H. Meyers; Demetri Paris; Col. Otto B. Smith, U.S.A. (ret.); Thomas D. Wallace; Harry E. Yaukey, Sr.; two vacancies. Terms expire 2007.

Raymond H. Glock; Lynn R. Patton. Terms expire 2008.

Eugene H. Albert; Alex Ilczuk. Terms expire 2009.

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