DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

301 West Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2365
(410) 767-4500
1-877-767-6272 (toll free)
e-mail: mdp@mdp.state.md.us
fax: (410) 767-4480
web: www.mdp.state.md.us
301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

Mary J. Abrams, Deputy Secretary (410) 767-4505

SMART CODES STRATEGY GROUP
Staff: Johns W. Hopkins (410) 209-5815

Appointed by Governor:
Katie Hearn, Chair, (chosen by Governor)
Glenn Birx; Darragh Brady; Shirl Byron; Terry Fearins; Brian E. Frosh; Donald Geis; John M. Gibson, Jr.; O. Palmer Gillis III; Jack A. Gullo, Jr.; Guy Guzzone; Miles J. Haber; Ellen M. Janes; Derwin Keyser; Charles R. Loehr; Eugene R. Lynch; Mark J. Mazz; Regina J. McNeill; R. M. Mitchell; Brian R. Moe; Mac Nichols; John P. O'Connor; Darrell Odom; Sara O'Neil-Manion; Michael Richardson; Drusilla Schmidt-Perkins; William Shipp; Bernard Tetreault; Michael Watkins; John Woolums; Robert Wormald; V. Paul Zanecki, Esq.

SMART CODES STRATEGY GROUP STEERING COMMITTEE
Katie Hearn, Chair
Brian E. Frosh; Jack A. Gullo, Jr.; Guy Guzzone; Ellen M. Janes; Eugene R. Lynch; Regina J. McNeill; Brian R. Moe; Mac Nichols; John P. O'Connor; Michael Watkins; Robert Wormald; V. Paul Zanecki, Esq.

ADMINISTRATION
(D40W0101, formerly 23.23.01.01)
FY2003 appropriation: $3,033,838
FY2003 authorized positions: 34
Matthew J. Power, Chief (410) 767-4500
e-mail: mpower@mdp.state.md.us

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES
Ted Cozmo, Manager (410) 767-6334
e-mail: tcozmo@mdp.state.md.us

INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES
Moutasem Atiya, Webmaster (410) 767-4500
e-mail: matiya@mdp.state.md.us

PLANNING DESIGN
Susan Van Buren, Chief (410) 767-4530

PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Vacancy, Administrator (410) 767-4514


COUNSEL
Shelley S. Wasserman, Assistant Attorney General (410) 767-4500

STATE ECONOMIC GROWTH, RESOURCE PROTECTION, & PLANNING COMMISSION
Staff: Weldon Freeman (410) 767-6851
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/general/commission/commission1.html

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
V. Paul Zanecki, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2002

Clarence I. Laird; James L. McCarron, Jr.; Terre Roy Rhoderick; one vacancy. Terms expire 2000.

John B. Colvin; Guy Guzzone; Drusilla Schmidt-Perkins; Scot T. Spencer; one vacancy. Terms expire 2002.

W. C. Dutton, Jr.; Erin M. Fitzsimmons, Esq.; Norman M. Glasgow, Sr., Esq.; John C. (Jack) Miller. Terms expire 2003.

One vacancy. Term expires 2004.

Appointed by Senate President: Brian E. Frosh

Appointed by House Speaker: one vacancy

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Appointed jointly by Chair of State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, & Planning Commission & Secretary of Planning:
Jacqueline Magness-Seneschal, Chair

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERJURISDICTIONAL COORDINATION
Appointed jointly by Chair of State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, & Planning Commission & Secretary of Planning:
Lenneal J. Henderson, Jr., Ph.D., Chair

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PLANNING TECHNIQUES
Appointed jointly by Chair of State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, & Planning Commission & Secretary of Planning:
Gail Webb-Owings, Chair

PATUXENT RIVER COMMISSION
Staff: Kenneth B. Hranicky (410) 767-4571
e-mail: khranicky@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/info/patux.htm

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:
Mary C. Lorsung, Chair (chosen by Commission in Sept., 1-year term), 2002

William C. Harmeyer. Term expires 1999.

Charles F. McClure; Matthew Thomas. Terms expire 2001.

Nazir Baig; Meosotis Carmen Curtis; C. Bernard Fowler; Shelby P. Guazzo; David M. Jenkins; Ginger D. Klingelhoefer-Ellis; Dominic J. Motta; Allan R. Smith; Beverly G. Warfield. Terms expire 2002.

Jodye L. Russell; Lorraine J. Shirley. Terms expire 2003.

Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard (Ret.); David G. Bourdon; F. Hamer Campbell, Jr.; Laurence A. Cartano; Elizabeth Hickey; Kenneth C. Keen; Mary E. Kilbourne; Pamela B. King; Jack C. Leighty, D.V.M.; Marc P. Lieber; Eileen M. Setzler-Hamilton, Ph.D.; Alexander L. Stewart; Lorelei J. Summerville, Ph.D.; Frederick L. Tutman. Terms expire 2005.

Ex officio: Royden N. Powell III, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; Robert S. Summers, Ph.D., designee of Secretary of the Environment; Mark M. Bundy, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Charles B. Adams, designee of Secretary of Transportation; Mary J. Abrams, designee of Secretary of Planning; Wes Coleman, Chief, Planning Division, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

PLANNING DATA SERVICES

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Thomas S. Nasuta, Manager (410) 767-4462
e-mail: tnasuta@mdp.state.md.us

PROPERTY MAPPING SECTION (PARCEL MAPPING PROGRAM)
(D40W0106)
FY2003 appropriation: $519,243
FY2003 authorized positions: 12
Robert F. Dadd, Manager (410) 767-4455
e-mail: bdadd@mdp.state.md.us

REDISTRICTING & REAPPORTIONMENT
Nasrin Rahman, Manager (410) 767-4450
e-mail: nrahman@mdp.state.md.us

RESEARCH & STATE DATA CENTER
Jane Traynham, Manager (410) 767-4450
e-mail: jtraynham@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc/

SYSTEMS SUPPORT
Shahbaz Raza, Manager (410) 767-4393
e-mail: sraza@mdp.state.md.us

STATE & LOCAL PLANNING

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Thomas L. Bass, Director (410) 767-4432
e-mail: tbass@mdp.state.md.us

PLANNING ASSISTANCE & NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
(D40W0104, formerly 23.23.01.04)
FY2003 appropriation: $1,852,517
FY2003 authorized positions: 27
James Noonan, Director (410) 767-4550
e-mail: jnoonan@mdp.state.md.us

LOCAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE SECTION
James Gatto, Deputy Director (410) 767-4611
e-mail: jgatto@mdp.state.md.us

UPPER EASTERN SHORE REGIONAL OFFICE
Mark Gradecak, Regional Planner
120 Broadway
Centreville, MD 21617 - 1000
(410) 758-5080
e-mail: mgradecak@mdp.state.md.us

LOWER EASTERN SHORE REGIONAL OFFICE
Bruce Bozman, Regional Planner
Salisbury Multi-Service Center
201 Baptist St., Box 24
Salisbury, MD 21801 - 4974
(410) 543-6902
e-mail: bbozman@mdp.state.md.us

SOUTHERN MARYLAND REGIONAL OFFICE
Michael Paone, Regional Planner
Goldstein Treasury Building, Room 411
80 Calvert St.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1999
(410) 974-2228
e-mail: mpaone@mdp.state.md.us

WESTERN MARYLAND REGIONAL OFFICE
Albert Feldstein, Regional Planner
111 South George St.
Cumberland, MD 21502 - 3007
(301) 777-2158
e-mail: afeldstein@mdp.state.md.us

PLANNING COORDINATION & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(D40W0105, formerly 23.23.01.05)
FY2003 appropriation: $1,358,622
FY2003 authorized positions: 28
Joseph Tassone, Chief (410) 767-4562
e-mail: jtassone@mdp.state.md.us

STATE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE
(D40W0102, formerly 23.23.01.02)
FY2003 appropriation: $633,477
FY2003 authorized positions: 10
(410) 767-4490
web: www.mdp.state.md.us/clhouse/clhouse.html

CLEARINGHOUSE & PLAN REVIEW SECTION
Linda C. Janey, Manager (410) 767-4490

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