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[photo, Chichi Nyagah-Nash, Deputy Chief of Staff, Maryland Governor's Office] CHICHI NYAGAH-NASH, Deputy Chief of Staff


Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor, since October 29, 2025. Responsible for oversight of Department of Agriculture; Department of the Environment; Department of General Services; Department of Information Technology; Department of Natural Resources; Department of Planning; Department of Transportation, as well as Maryland Auto Insurance Fund; Chesapeake Bay Trust; Maryland Energy Administration; Maryland Environmental Service; Government House Trust; Public Service Commission; Maryland State Retirement Agency; Rural Maryland Council; and Chief Sustainability Officer.

Deputy Secretary, Department of General Services, 2025 (chief operating officer, 2023-25).

Director of Special Projects, Department of Housing and Community Development, Baltimore City, 2018. Assistant Deputy Director, Department of Human Resources, Baltimore City, 2018-19. Director, Department of General Services, Baltimore City, 2019-22 (deputy division chief, fleet management, 2012-18; deputy director, 2019). Deputy City Administrator, Baltimore City, 2022.

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, December 1979. Attended Tigoni Academy for Girls, Tigoni, Kenya; United States International University, B.S. (international business administration), 2000; The Johns Hopkins University, M.B.A. (human resources), 2006; University of Baltimore, Certified Public Management Program (public administration), 2016. Program Administrator, U.S. Food Service, 2006-09. Director of Public Affairs, Baltimore Grand Prix, 2011-12. Chief of Staff, Whitebox, Inc., 2022-23. Board of Directors, Friends of Great Kids Farm, Inc., 2013-20 (president, 2018-19); Business Volunteers Maryland, 2018-25. Member, Advisory Board, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, 2020-.

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