DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & ECONOMIC MOBILITY

100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY

Adolphia Johnson, Executive Assistant to Secretary; e-mail: adolphia.johnson@maryland.gov

CHIEF OF STAFF
Laura Gutierrez, Chief of Staff (410) 697-9604
e-mail: laura.gutierrez@maryland.gov

ADMINISTRATION
Pamela R. Gregory, Director (410) 697-9603; e-mail: pamela.gregory@maryland.gov
Martin Lee, Jr., Administrative Officer; e-mail: martin.lee@maryland.gov
FISCAL OPERATIONS
Vacancy, Fiscal Specialist
e-mail:

PROCUREMENT
Vacancy, Procurement Officer
e-mail:

COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH
Corey Jennings, Director
e-mail: corey.jennings@maryland.gov


COMMUNICATIONS
Sirita Wright, Communications Manager; e-mail: sirita.wright@maryland.gov
Joshua Harris, Communications & Digital Media Assistant; e-mail: joshua.harris1@maryland.gov

OUTREACH
Heather McCall, Manager
e-mail: heather.mccall@maryland.gov

SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT
Eduardo D. Hayden, Manager (410) 697-9606
e-mail: eduardo.hayden@maryland.gov

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Ardy Kamali, Chief
e-mail: ardy.kamali@maryland.gov

BUSINESS CERTIFICATION
Micah Watson, Reciprocal Business Certification Specialist
e-mail: micah.watson@maryland.gov

LEGISLATION & POLICY
Davon K. Gardner, Director
e-mail: davonk.gardner@maryland.gov

PUBLIC RELATIONS & POLICY
Eun Young Hong, Manager
e-mail: eunyoung.hong2@maryland.gov

HUMAN RESOURCES
Tiffany Watts, Director; e-mail: tiffany.watts1@maryland.gov
Vacancy, Human Resources Officer; e-mail:

INFORMATION & PERFORMANCE
Joy Thomas, Chief Information & Performance Officer
e-mail: joy.thomas1@maryland.gov

DATA ANALYSIS
Vacancy, Data Analyst
e-mail:

FORECAST MANAGEMENT
Vacancy, Forecast Manager
e-mail:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Trevor Kuntz, Manager
e-mail: trevor.kuntz@maryland.gov

COUNSEL
Tracie Watkins-Rhodes, Principal Counsel; e-mail: tracie.watkinsrhodes1@maryland.gov
Krystal Quinlan, Assistant Attorney General; e-mail: krystal.quinlan1@maryland.gov
Montana James, Paralegal; e-mail: montana.james@maryland.gov

SPECIAL SECRETARY OF SMALL, MINORITY, & WOMEN BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Vacancy, Special Secretary of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs
e-mail:

OFFICE OF SMALL & MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
Heather McCall, Acting Small Business Competitiveness Administrator
e-mail: heather.mccall@maryland.gov

CERTIFICATION
Yolanda Roy, Acting Senior Manager
e-mail: yolanda.roy@maryland.gov


INTAKE & CERTIFICATION
Vickie Walker, Manager
e-mail: vickie.walker1@maryland.gov


OFFICE OF SMALL, MINORITY, & WOMEN BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Lisa Mitchell Sennaar, Acting Economic Opportunity Administrator (410) 697-9613
e-mail: lisa.sennaar@maryland.gov
web: https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx

INTERDEPARTMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SMALL, MINORITY, & WOMEN BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Chair: Y. Maria Martinez, Special Secretary of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs (410) 697-9600

Ex officio: Carmel Roques, Secretary of Aging; Kevin M. Atticks, Secretary of Agriculture; Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann, Secretary of Budget & Management; Harry Coker, Jr., Secretary of Commerce; Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Russell J. Strickland, Secretary of Emergency Management; Serena C. McIlwain, Secretary of the Environment; Atif T. Chaudhry, Secretary of General Services; James Beauchamp, designee of Secretary of Health; Jacob R. Day, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Stacy L. Rodgers, Acting Secretary of Human Services; Katie Olson Savage, Secretary of Information Technology; Betsy Fox Tolentino, Esq., Secretary of Juvenile Services; Portia Y. Wu, Esq., Secretary of Labor; Joshua E. Kurtz, Secretary of Natural Resources; Rebecca L. Flora, Secretary of Planning; Carolyn J. Scruggs, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Jonathan M. Dorsey, Secretary of Service & Civic Innovation; Walter L. Simmons, Secretary of Social & Economic Mobility; Col. Michael A. Jackson, Secretary of State Police; Kathryn B. Thomson, Esq., Secretary of Transportation; Edward C. Rothstein, Secretary of Veterans & Military Families; Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Elena Quiroz-Livanis, Interim Secretary of Higher Education.

MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM
Tahira Holmes, Director
e-mail: tahira.holmes2@maryland.gov

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (MBE) PROGRAM
web: https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/pages/mbe-program.aspx


COMPLIANCE
Tiara Randolph, Manager (410) 697-9596; e-mail: tiara.randolph@maryland.gov
Vacancy, Manager; e-mail:

OMBUDSMAN
Nichelle Johnson, Ombudsman (410) 697-9605, (410) 697-9611 (fraud hotline)
e-mail: nichelle.johnson1@maryland.gov
web: https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/Pages/MBE-Ombudsman.aspx


COMPLIANCE
Tracie Bolden, Manager (410) 697-9726; e-mail: tracie.bolden@maryland.gov
Shanique Pinder, Manager (410) 697-9598; e-mail: shanique.pinder@maryland.gov
Catherine Porterfield, Manager (410) 697-9597; e-mail: catherine.porterfield@maryland.gov


VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL (VLT) COMPLIANCE
Gerald A. Stinnett, Manager (410) 697-9610
e-mail: gerald.stinnett@maryland.gov

SMALL BUSINESS RESERVE (SBR) PROGRAM
web: https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/pages/sbr-program.aspx

COMPLIANCE
Tanita Johnson, Manager (410) 697-9619; e-mail: tanita.johnson1@maryland.gov
Lisa Mitchell Sennaar, Manager (410) 697-9613
e-mail: lisa.sennaar@maryland.gov


VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (VSBE) PROGRAM
web: https://gomdsmallbiz.maryland.gov/Pages/VSBE-Program.aspx

VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chair: Y. Maria Martinez, Special Secretary of Small, Minority, & Women Business Affairs

COMPLIANCE
Danielle N. Davis, Manager (410) 697-9607
e-mail: danielle.davis2@maryland.gov

OFFICE OF SOCIAL EQUITY
Vacancy, Executive Director (appointed by Governor); e-mail:
Courtney Davis, Deputy Director (appointed by Governor); e-mail: courtney.davis@maryland.gov
web: https://ose.maryland.gov/Pages/about-us.aspx

Rahsaan Peak, Senior Advisor (443) 761-8184; e-mail: rahsaan.peak@maryland.gov

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Anushree Goel, Economic Opportunity Officer
e-mail: anushree.goel2@maryland.gov

GRANTS & PROGRAM
Vacancy, Grants & Program Specialist; e-mail:
Alana Hodge, Program Management Analyst; e-mail: alana.hodge@maryland.gov
Vacancy, Program Analyst; e-mail:

RESEARCH & LEGISLATION
Jacques Thompson, Research & Legislative Specialist (443) 926-6331
e-mail: jacques.thompson@maryland.gov

STRATEGY
Dejah Desiree Williams, Chief Strategy Officer
e-mail: dejahdesiree.williams@maryland.gov

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