DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

[photo, Dorchester County Office Building, 501 Court Lane, Cambridge, Maryland]

COUNTY COUNCIL
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Jay L. Newcomb (D), President (chosen by Council in Dec., 1-year term), 2010
P. O. Box 26
County Office Building, 501 Court Lane, Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0026
(410) 228-1700
e-mail: jnewcomb@docogonet.com
web: www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=local_government

County Office Building, 501 Court Lane, Cambridge, Maryland, January 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Administration	Community Services	Education	Elections	Employment	Health	Information Technology


Law Offices	Licensing	Planning	Public Safety	Recreation	Tourism

ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATION
Appointed by County Council:
M. Jane Baynard, County Manager (410) 228-1700
e-mail:

jbaynard@docogonet.com

Director

mspears@docogonet.com

www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=finance_page

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Elizabeth J. (Becky) Dennis, Director (410) 901-2406; fax: (410) 228-6850
e-mail: bdennis@docogonet.com
web: www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=human_resources

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Donald R. Keyes, Jr., Director (410) 228-6391
e-mail: dkeyes@docogonet.com
web: www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=technology

COMMUNITY SERVICES

DELMARVA COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.

Executive Director

santo@dcsdct.org

www.dcsdct.org

LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD

Director

nshockley@docogonet.com

www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=local_management_board

Appointed by County Council:
Margaret Tillier, Chair

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Appointed by County Council with approval of Secretary of Human Resources & advice of Social Services Board:
William D. McDonnell, Director (410) 901-4141
P. O. Box 217
627 Race St., Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0217
e-mail: bmcdonne@dhr.state.md.us
web: www.dhr.state.md.us/dorchester.htm
www.dorchesterdss.org

CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD FOR CHILDREN

Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms:

Chair (chosen by Board),

SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD
Appointed by County Council to 3-year terms:
Gregory L. Meekins, Chair (chosen by Board in July, 1-year term), 2008
Verna Asplen, 2007; Mary Turner, 2007; Bertha Northam, 2008; Carol Clark Wheatley, 2008; Arbutus Fehsenfeld, 2009; Shirley Moore, 2009; Sandy Saunders, 2009.

Ex officio: William V. Nichols, County Council member

Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.

EDUCATION

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms:

President (chosen by Board in Jan., 1-year term), Councilmanic Dist. 5,

Vice-President (chosen by Board in Jan., 1-year term), Councilmanic Dist. 2,

Councilmanic Dist. 1,

Councilmanic Dist. 3,

Councilmanic Dist. 4,

Elected by Cambridge-South Dorchester High School in May to 1-year term: Collin Grier, student (nonvoting), 2009

Elected by North Dorchester High School in May to 1-year term: Justine Durham, student (nonvoting), 2009

Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Appointed by Board of Education with approval of State Superintendent of Schools to 4-year term:
Frederic R. Hildenbrand, Ed.D.,

Superintendent of Schools,

hildenbrandf@dcpsmd.org

www.dcps.k12.md.us

Assistant Superintendent

mccabeg@dcpsmd.org

Controller

brooket@dcpsmd.org

FOOD SERVICES
Robin S. Phillips, Manager (410) 221-1111, ext. 1016; e-mail: phillipsr@dcpsmd.org

HUMAN RESOURCES
Stacy Messick, Supervisor (410) 221-1111, ext. 1013; e-mail: messicks@dcpsmd.org

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LeAnn McWilliams, Manager (410) 221-1111, ext. 1004; e-mail: mcwilliamsl@dcpsmd.org

TRANSPORTATION
William Fleming, Manager (410) 221-1111, ext. 1044; e-mail: flemingb@dcpsmd.org

Assistant Superintendent

wagnerh@dcpsmd.org

Supervisor

handyg@dcpsmd.org

FEDERAL GRANTS
Jodi E. Colman, Supervisor (410) 221-1111, ext. 1003; e-mail: colmanj@dcpsmd.org

PUPIL SERVICES
Gregory L. Meekins, Supervisor (410) 221-1111, ext. 1035; e-mail: meekinsg@dcpsmd.org

SPECIAL EDUCATION
Angela J. Gebert, Supervisor (410) 221-1111, ext. 1022; e-mail: geberta@dcpsmd.org

CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE

Appointed by Board of Trustees:

President

www.chesapeake.edu/

BOARD OF COLLEGE TRUSTEES

Dorchester County members appointed by Governor with House of Delegates advice & consent to 5-year terms:

Ex officio: Barbara A. Viniar, Ed.D., President, Chesapeake College

Meetings: 4th Thursday,*4:00 p.m. (except May, July, Nov.)
*(for location & June & Dec. dates: asimpson@chesapeake.edu)

PUBLIC LIBRARY

Appointed by Board of Library Trustees:

Director

jdelsordo@dorchesterlibrary.org

www.dorchesterlibrary.org/

Dorchester County Public Library, 303 Gay St., Cambridge, Maryland, January 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES

Appointed by Board of Library Trustees to 3-year terms:

Chair (chosen by Board in July, 1-year term)

Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. (Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.)

ELECTIONS

BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Appointed by Governor with Senate consent to 4-year terms:

President (chosen by Board),

Substitutes:

Terms expire 2011.

Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.

Karin B. Kuntz, Election Director (410) 228-2560
P. O. Box 414
County Office Building, Room 105, 501 Court Lane, Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0414
e-mail: kkuntz@docogonet.com

EMPLOYMENT

CAREER CENTER
Gene Theroux, Supervisor (410) 901-4211
627A Race St., Cambridge, MD 21613
e-mail:

gtheroux@dllr.state.md.us

www.dllr.state.md.us/county/dor/

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
(telephone & web claims only)
(410) 334-6800; 1-877-293-4125 (toll free)
web: www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/unemployment.html

HEALTH

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Appointed by Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene:

Health Officer

webmaster@dorchesterhealth.org

www.dorchesterhealth.org

DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE COUNCIL

jwinslow@dhmh.state.md.us

Robert Hansen, Chair (chosen by Council in Sept., 1-year term)

Appointed by Board of County Commissioners to 4-year terms: Deandria Ackerman; Martin Brandes, M.D.; Portia Johnson Ennals; L. Wesley Fuhrman; James Gillespie; Madeleine Moore; Skylar Morgan; Nancy L. Shockley; Steven R. Williams; Sandra Wilson; John R. Winslow. Terms expire 2008.

Ex officio: Brett W. Wilson, County Administrative Judge, Circuit Court; John L. Norton III, District Administrative Judge, District Court; vacancy, designee of Board of County Commissioners; Philip L. Bramble, Jr., President, Board of Education; Roger L. Harrell, Health Officer; William D. McDonnell, Director of Social Services; William H. Jones, Esq., State's Attorney; Robert E. Linthicum, Esq., District Public Defender; James W. Phillips, Jr., Sheriff; Mark Masden, designee of Area Director, Dept. of Juvenile Services; Robert Hansen, designee of Regional Administrator, Division of Parole & Probation.

Meetings: 1st Friday, 7:30 a.m.

Program Manager

DRUG & ALCOHOL PREVENTION SERVICES
John R. Winslow, Director (410) 228-7714
e-mail: jwinslow@dhmh.state.md.us

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
William Forlifer, Director (410) 228-1167

MATERNAL, CHILD & SCHOOL HEALTH
Mary Elliott, C.R.N.P., Program Manager (410) 228-3294

PREVENTION & HEALTH EDUCATION
Sandra Wilson, Program Manager (410) 228-3223

LAW OFFICES

COUNTY ATTORNEY

Appointed by County Council:

County Attorney

PUBLIC DEFENDER
Appointed by Public Defender:
Angela B. DiPietro, Esq., Supervising Attorney (410) 221-2570
310 Gay St., Cambridge, MD 21613
e-mail: adpietro@opd.state.md.us
web: www.opd.state.md.us/office%20locations/dorchester.htm

STATE'S ATTORNEY
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
William H. Jones,* Esq. (D), Interim State's Attorney, 2010
*(appointed April 11, 2007, by Circuit Court Administrative Judge to replace Michelle Barnes, who resigned April 11, 2007)
502 Poplar St., Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 228-3611
e-mail: wjones@docogonet.com
web: www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=states_attorney

LICENSING

County Council, ex officio, serves as Board of License Commissioners.

INSPECTIONS & PERMITS

PLANNING

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Appointed by County Council:
Bradly A. Broadwell, Director (410) 228-0155
Cambridge/Dorchester Regional Airport, 5263 Bucktown Road, Cambridge, MD 21613 - 3468
e-mail:

bbroadwell@docogonet.org

www.dorchestereconomic.com

PLANNING & ZONING OFFICE
Steven M. Dodd, Director (410) 228-3234; fax: (410) 228-1563
P. O. Box 107
County Office Building, 501 Court Lane, Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0107
e-mail: sdodd@docogonet.com
web: www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=planning_zoning

Appointed by County Council to 5-year terms

Chair (chosen by Commission, 1-year term),

Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Appointed by County Council

Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

INSPECTIONS & PERMITS
Eugene N. (Nick) Lyons, Codes Administrator (410) 228-9636
e-mail:

nlyons@docogonet.com

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Appointed by County Council:
Robert Tenanty, Director (410) 228-2920
5435 Handley Road, Cambridge, MD 21613
e-mail:

rtenanty@docogonet.com

www.docogonet.com/index.php?page=county_highway

President

SANITARY DISTRICT COMMISSION
Appointed by County Council to 6-year term:
Robert Tieder, Chair, 2008
P. O. Box 444
County Office Building, 501 Court Lane, Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0444
(410) 228-6222