DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET & MANAGEMENT

SECRETARY


YAAKOV (JAKE) WEISSMANN, Esq., Acting Secretary of Budget & Management



Acting Secretary of Budget and Management since October 22, 2025.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2025-; Governor's Artificial Intelligence Subcabinet, 2025-; Governor's Subcabinet on Climate, 2025-; Children's Cabinet, 2025-; Governor's Subcabinet on Infrastructure, 2025-; Maryland Subcabinet for Public-Private Partnerships, 2025-; Sustainable Growth Subcabinet, 2025-; MD THINK Committee, 2025-. Vice-Chair, Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2025- (chair, veterans recruitment for state employment subcommittee, 2025-). Chair, Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council, 2025-.

Member, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2025-; Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2025-; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2025-; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 2025-; Coast Smart Council, 2025-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2025-; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2025-; Commission on State Debt, 2025-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2025-; Maryland Economic Council, 2025-; Maryland Green Building Council, 2025-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2025-; Maryland Commission on Health Equity, 2025-; Historic St. Mary’s City Fort to 400 Commission, 2025-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2025-; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2025-; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2025-; Council on Open Data, 2025-. Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 2025- (administrative committee, 2025-; corporate governance & securities litigation committee, 2025-; investment committee, 2025-; objective criteria committee, 2025-). Member, Board of Revenue Estimates, 2025-; Task Force to Ensure the Safety of Judicial Facilities, 2025-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2025-; Commission on Trauma-Informed Care, 2025-; Maryland 250 Commission, 2025-.

Member, Community Advisory Board, School of Social Work, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2020-25. Member, State Board of Elections, 2023-25.

Vice-President for Government Relations and Community Affairs, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2024-25 (Associate Vice-President, 2023-24).

Assistant Chief Adminisrative Officer, Montgomery County, 2021-23.

Chief of Staff, Office of Senate President, 2018-21 (Deputy Chief of Staff, 2011-18; Special Assistant, 2009-11).

Attended Talmudic Academy, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A. (psychology & social work), 2006; School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, M.S.W., 2007; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2016. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2016. Board of Directors, The Maryland Student Legislature, 2017-25. Very Important Professionals Successful by 40, Daily Record, 2020.

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