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KENNETH C. HOLT
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2015-; Commerce Subcabinet, 2015-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2015-. Chair, Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee, 2015-. Member, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2015; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2015-17; Maryland Green Building Council, 2015-20; Task Force to Study Tax Sales in Maryland, 2017-18; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2017-18. Member, Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, 2015-; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2015-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2015-; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2015-; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2015-; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2015-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2015-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2015-; Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2015-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2015-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2015-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2015- (chair, 2016-19); State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2015-; Council on Open Data, 2015-; Rural Maryland Council, 2015-; State Center Executive Committee, 2015-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2015-20. Member, Work Group on Health in All Policies, 2017-19; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-; Work Group to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors, 2019-20; Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council, 2020-; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2020-; Work Group on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces, 2021-; Law Enforcement Coordinating Council, 2021-; Work Group on Low-Income Utility Assistance, 2021-.
Member of House of Delegates (Republican), 1995-99, representing District 6 (Baltimore County & Harford County). Member, Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96; Appropriations Committee, 1995-99 (education & economic development subcommittee; oversight committee on pensions; oversight committee on personnel); Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1995-99; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97.
Member, Task Force on National Association of Stock-Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Motor Sports, 1996-97; Task Force on Education Funding Equity, Accountability, and Partnerships, 1997-98.
Member, Master Plan Advisory Committee, Baltimore County, 1988; Human Relations Commission, Baltimore County, 1988-94.
Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 2003-07.
Member, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2014-15.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, June 15, 1951. University of Maryland, B.A., 1974. Vice President, Dean Witter Discover Company. President, Baltimore County Police Foundation, 1992-94. Service awards received from Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, 1993; Baltimore County Police Foundation, 1994. Married; two children.
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