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[photo, Tisha S. Edwards, Secretary of Appointments, Maryland Governor's Office] TISHA S. EDWARDS, J.D.
Secretary of Appointments, 2023-25

Secretary of Appointments, Office of Governor, January 18, 2023 to April 4, 2025.

Chair, Task Force on Modernization of the State Personnel Management System, 2023-24.

Chief of Staff and Advisor to Mayor, Baltimore City, 2016-17. Director, Office of Children and Family Success, Baltimore City, 2019-21. Acting Executive Director, Office of Homeless Services, Baltimore City, 2020-21.

Founding Principal, Baltimore Freedom Academy, Public School System, Baltimore City, 2003-07. Interim Chief Executive Officer, Public School System, Baltimore City, 2013-14 (special assistant, 2008-09, & chief of staff to chief executive officer, 2009-13).

Program Coordinator, Juvenile Court, Fulton County, Georgia, 1997-98.

Born in 1971. Georgia State University, B.A., 1998; School of Social Work, University of Maryland, M.S.W., 2000; School of Law, University of Maryland, J.D., 2001. Executive Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, JSP Ventures, 2014-16. Executive Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, J.S. Plank and D.M. DiCarlo Family Foundation, 2014-17. Founding Principal, Visionary Solutions, LLC, 2014-22. Board of Trustees, University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc. 2016-. President, BridgeEdU, 2017-19. Chief of Staff, Wes Moore for Maryland Campaign, 2021-23. Elected Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2024. Board of Directors, United Way of Central Maryland, 2024-. Former Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, War Horse Cities.

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