Appointed by Governor: Virginia Hughes Anderson; Barbara Blount Armstrong; Robert W. Boyd, Jr.; Joy Swanson Ernst, Ph.D.; Alma Roberts; Jeff-Neal Singer; Malinda B. Small; Harold A. Smith; Laura Wickless.
Appointed by Senate President: Gloria G. Lawlah
Appointed by House Speaker: Elizabeth Bobo
Ex officio: David S. Iannucci, Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Georges C. Benjamin, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Raymond A. Skinner, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Emelda P. Johnson, Secretary of Human Resources; Roy W. Kienitz, Secretary of Planning; Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Bonnie A. Kirkland, Esq., Secretary of Children, Youth, & Families.
Contact: Gregory D. Shupe
c/o Office of Transitional Services
Community Services Administration
Dept. of Human Resources
311 West Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 - 3521
(410) 767-7340
e-mail: gshupe@dhr.state.md.us
Authorized in July 2001, the Governor created the Governor's Commission to Study Poverty in Maryland in December 2001 (Executive Order 01.01.2001.08). The Commission is to review definitions of poverty, determine the degree to which poverty exists in Maryland, and evaluate its root causes. The Commission also will evaluate the correlation between poverty and crime, job loss, and academic performance; assess poverty's effect on neighborhoods and businesses; and consider the need for, and availability of, resources with which to address the needs of poor Marylanders.
Copyright November 06, 2002 Maryland State Archives