DEPARTMENTS

FORMER SECRETARIES

• Agriculture
• Budget & Management
• Business & Economic Development
• Education
• Environment
• General Services
• Health & Mental Hygiene
• Housing & Community Development
• Human Resources
• Juvenile Justice
• Labor, Licensing, & Regulation
• Natural Resources
• Personnel
• Planning
• Public Safety & Correctional Services
• State Police
• Transportation

AGRICULTURE

• Young D. Hance, Secretary of Agriculture, 1972-79
• Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Secretary of Agriculture, 1979-94
• Lewis R. Riley, Secretary of Agriculture, 1994-97
• Henry A. Virts, D.V.M., Secretary of Agriculture, 1998-2001

BUDGET & MANAGEMENT
(formerly Budget & Fiscal Planning)

• James P. Slicher, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1969-72
• R. Kenneth Barnes, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1972-77
• Thomas W. Schmidt, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1977-81
• H. Louis Stettler III, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1981-87
• Charles L. Benton, Jr., Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1987-94
• Marita B. Brown, Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1995
• Frederick W. Puddester, Secretary of Budget & Management, 1996-2000

BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(formerly Economic & Employment Development)

• Edmond F. Rovner, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1970-73
• Joseph G. Anastasi, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1973-77
• Herbert B. Cahan, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1977-79
• James O. Roberson, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1979-83
• Frank J. DeFrancis, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1984-85
• Thomas H. Maddux, Secretary of Economic & Community Development, 1985-86
• J. Randall Evans, Secretary of Economic & Employment Development, 1987-91
• Mark L. Wasserman, Secretary of Economic & Employment Development, 1991-95
• James T. Brady, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 1995-98
  
• James D. Fielder, Ph.D., Acting Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 1998
  
• Richard C. Mike Lewin, Secretary of Business & Economic Development, 1998-2000

EDUCATION

• David W. Hornbeck, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 1976-88
• Joseph L. Shilling, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools, 1988-91

ENVIRONMENT

• Martin W. Walsh, Jr., Secretary of the Environment, 1987-90
• Robert Perciasepe, Secretary of the Environment, 1990-93
• David A. C. Carroll, Secretary of the Environment, 1993-94
• Jane T. Nishida, Secretary of the Environment, 1995-2002
• Merrylin Zaw-Mon, Acting Secretary of the Environment, 2002

GENERAL SERVICES

• George R. Lewis, Secretary of General Services, 1970-77
• J. Max Millstone, Secretary of General Services, 1977-83
• Earl F. Seboda, Secretary of General Services, 1983-93
• Martin W. Walsh, Jr., Secretary of General Services, 1993-95
• Eugene R. Lynch, Secretary of General Services, 1996-98 (acting secretary, 1995-96)

HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE

• Neil Solomon, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1969-79
• Charles R. Buck, Jr., Sc.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1979-83
• Adele Wilzack, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1983-91
• Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1991-94
• Martin P. Wasserman, M.D., J.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, 1994-99

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• Jacqueline H. Rogers, Ph.D., Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 1987-95
• Patricia J. Payne, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, 1995-98

HUMAN RESOURCES
(formerly Employment & Social Services)

• Rita C. Davidson, Secretary of Employment & Social Services, 1970-72
• David T. Mason, Secretary of Employment & Social Services, 1972-75
• Richard A. Batterton, Secretary of Human Resources, 1975-79
• Kalman R. Hettleman, Secretary of Human Resources, 1979-83
• Ruth Massinga, Secretary of Human Resources, 1983-89
• Carolyn W. Colvin, Secretary of Human Resources, 1989-94
• Alvin C. Collins, Secretary of Human Resources, 1995-98
• Lynda G. Fox, Secretary of Human Resources, 1998-2001

JUVENILE JUSTICE
(formerly Juvenile Services)

• Linda D'Amario Rossi, Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1989-91
• Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1991
• Mary Ann Saar, Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1991-95
• Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 1995-97
  
• Gilberto de Jesus, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 1997-99

LABOR, LICENSING, & REGULATION
(formerly Licensing & Regulation)

• John R. Jewell, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1970-76
• William A. Urie, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1976-79
• Ejner J. Johnson, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1979
• John J. Corbley, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1979-84
• Frederick L. Dewberry, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1984-86
• William A. Fogle, Jr., Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1987-94
• Frank W. Stegman, Secretary of Licensing & Regulation, 1995
• Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 1995-98

NATURAL RESOURCES

• J. Millard Tawes, Secretary of Natural Resources, 1969-71
• James B. Coulter, Secretary of Natural Resources, 1971-83
• Torrey C. Brown, M.D., Secretary of Natural Resources, 1983-94
• John R. Griffin, Secretary of Natural Resources, 1995-99
• Sarah J. Taylor-Rogers, Ph.D., Secretary of Natural Resources, 1999-2001

PERSONNEL
(now Office of Personnel Services and Benefits)

• Henry G. Bosz, Secretary of Personnel, 1970-79
• Theodore E. Thornton, Sr, Secretary of Personnel, 1979-84
• Joh F. X. O'Brien, Secretary of Personnel, 1984-87
• Hilda E. Ford, Secretary of Personnel, 1987-94
• Joseph Adler, Secretary of Personnel, 1994
• Michael J. Knapp, Secretary of Personnel, 1995-96

PLANNING

• Vladimir A. Wahbe, Secretary of State Planning, 1969-79
• Constance Lieder, Secretary of State Planning, 1979-89
• Harriet Tregoning, Secretary of Planning, 2000-01

PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

• Robert J. Lally, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1970-79
• Gordon C. Kamka, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1979-81
• Thomas W. Schmidt, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1981-83
• Frank A. Hall, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1983-86
• Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1987-97

STATE POLICE

• Larry W. Tolliver, Superintendent of State Police, 1994

TRANSPORTATION

• Harry R. Hughes, Secretary of Transportation, 1970-77
• Herman K. Intemann, Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79
• James J. O'Donnell, Secretary of Transportation, 1979-81
• Lowell K. Bridwell, Secretary of Transportation, 1981-84
• William K. Hellmann, Secretary of Transportation, 1984-87
• Richard H. Trainor, Secretary of Transportation, 1987-91
• O. James Lighthizer, Secretary of Transportation, 1991-94
• David L. Winstead, Secretary of Transportation, 1995-98

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