DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES

SECRETARY


[photo, Ellington Churchill, Jr., Maryland Secretary of General Services] ELLINGTON E. CHURCHILL, JR., Secretary of General Services


Secretary of General Services since July 25, 2016.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2016-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2016-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2016-; Maryland Subcabinet for Public-Private Partnerships, 2013-15. Chair, Government House Trust, 2016-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2016-19. Member, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2016-. Board of Directors, Bainbridge Development Corporation, 2016-. Member, Commission on Climate Change, 2016-; Coast Smart Council, 2016-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2016-; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2016-; General Professional Services Selection Board, 2016-17; Maryland Green Building Council, 2016-; Hall of Records Commission, 2016-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2016-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2016-17; Council on Open Data, 2016-; Pricing and Selection Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland and the Employment Works Program, 2016-; Procurement Advisory Council, 2016-19; Commission to Modernize State Procurement, 2016; Advisory Council on the Impact of Regulations on Small Businesses, 2016-; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 2016-18. Chair, State Center Executive Committee, 2016-. Member, Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-; Task Force on the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority, 2018-19, 2020-; Interagency Commission on School Construction, 2018-; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2019-; Maryland Semiquincentennial Commission, 2021-.

Deputy Secretary, Department of Housing and Community Development, 2015-16.

Born in South Hill, Virginia, February 28, 1970. Attended Glen Burnie High School, Glen Burnie, Maryland; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.A. (architecture), 1993; M.S. (construction management), 1994. Project Manager and Estimator, Lewis Contractors, Owings Mills, Maryland, 1994-2006. Senior Project Manager, Liberty Property Trust, Columbia, Maryland, 2006-10. Director of Business Development, Lewis Contractors, Owings Mills, Maryland, 2011-15. The LEADERship, Greater Baltimore Committee, 2002-. Board of Directors, Arundel Community Development Services, Inc., 2008-; Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, 2014-. Leadership Maryland, 2019. Married; two children.

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