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DENNIS R. SCHRADER
Acting Secretary of Health, 2017-18
Acting Secretary of Health, July 1, 2017 to January 9, 2018.
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, December 15, 2016 to July 1, 2017.
Chief Operating Officer & Medicaid Director, Maryland Department of Health, since January 9, 2018.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2016-17; Children's Cabinet, 2016-17; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2016-17. Chair, Governor's Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council, 2016-17. Co-Chair, Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2016-17. Board of Trustees, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, 2017 (member, 2016-17).
Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2016-17; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2016-17; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2016-17; Advisory Council for Alternative Response, 2016-17; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2016-17; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2016-17; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2016-17; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2016-17; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2016-17; State Early Childhood Advisory Council, 2016-17; State Emergency Medical Services Board, 2016-17; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2016-17; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2016-17; Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee, 2016-17; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2016-17; Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2016-17. Member, Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2016-17; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2016-17; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2016-17; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2016-17; Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, 2016-17; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2016-17; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2016-17; Council on Open Data, 2016-17; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2016-17; Advisory Board on Prescription-Drug Monitoring, 2016-17; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2016-17; Work Group on Rural Health Care Delivery, 2016-17; Rural Maryland Council, 2016-17; Interagency Committee on Specialized Transportation, 2016-17; Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking, 2016-17; Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers, 2016-17; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2016-17; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2016-17; Task Force to Combat Habitual Student Truancy, 2016-17; Maryland Veterans Trust, 2016-17; Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2016-17; State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness, 2017; Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission, 2017; Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning, 2017; State Postmortem Examiners Commission, 2017; Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2017; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2017.
Secretary of Appointments, Office of Governor, January 4 to December 15, 2016.
Director, Governor's Office of Homeland Security, July 1, 2003 to January 17, 2007. Chair, Public Safety Communications Interoperability Governance Work Group, 2003-07; Homeland Security Senior Policy Group, 2003-07. Member, Task Force to Study Driver Licensing Documentation, 2003-04; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2005-07; Maryland Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Committee, 2006-07. Member, Executive Committee, Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council of Maryland, U.S. Attorney's Office, 2003-07.
Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2007-09.
Deputy Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Enterprise Services, Department of Transportation, 2015. Member, Task Force on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property, 2015-16.
Director of Facilities Management, 1987-92, Director of Operations, 1992-95, and Vice-President for Project Planning and Development, 1995-2003, University of Maryland Medical System.
Member, Howard County Council, 1994-98.
Member, Board of Community College Trustees, Howard Community College, 2011-17.
Born in Buffalo, New York, February 3, 1953. Kettering University, B.I.E. (industrial engineering), 1976; State University of New York, Buffalo, M.S. (industrial engineering), 1979. Served in U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, 1980-87; U.S. Naval Reserve, 1987-2007. President, DRS International, LLC, 2009-14. Director, Integrity Consulting Solutions, 2014-15. Adjunct Professor, Towson University, 2009-. Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, Howard Community College, 2014- (member, 2011-). Robert H. Kittleman Lifetime Achievement Award, Howard County Republican Party, 2017. Married; one child.
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