DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Planning
301 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2365
(410) 767-4510; fax: (410) 767-4480
e-mail: rhall@mdp.state.md.us
web: www.mdp.state.md.us

Richard E. Hall, Secretary of Planning, February 2007. Photo by Mark Odell.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2007-; BayStat Subcabinet, 2008-. Vice-Chair, Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2007-. Chair, Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2007-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2007-. Board of Trustees, Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2007-. Member, Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2007-; Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2007-; Climate Change Commission, 2007- (co-chair, adaptation & response working group, 2007-); Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2007-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2007-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2007-; Maryland Green Building Council, 2007-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2007-; Advisory Committee for the Jefferson Patterson Historical Park and Museum, 2007-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2007-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2007-; Patuxent River Commission, 2007-; Rural Legacy Board, 2007-; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2007-; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 2007-; State Center Executive Committee, 2007-; State Highway Access Valuation Board, 2007-; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 2007-; Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, 2007- (co-chair, transportation & capital infrastructure advisory committee); Maryland Council for New Americans, 2008-; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2009-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2010-; Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2011-; Maryland Smart Growth Investment Fund Work Group, 2013-.

Member, Advisory Committee on Transportation Goals, Benchmarks, and Indicators, 2007-08; Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Developing Urban Senior Care Communities in Baltimore City, 2007-08; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources (2005), 2007-08; Working Waterfront Commission, 2007-08; Statewide Empowerment Zones for Seniors Commission, 2007-09; Community Legacy Board, 2007-10; Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland, 2007-10; Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2007-11; Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland, 2008-12; Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Commission, 2010-11; Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding, 2010-12; Task Force on Sustainable Growth and Wastewater Disposal, 2011 (chair, where & how we grow in Maryland work group, 2011).

Senior Planner, Department of Planning and Zoning, Harford County, 1989-92.

Born in Salisbury, Maryland, January 26, 1964. East Carolina University, B.S. (urban & regional planning), 1986; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.R.P. (city & regional planning), 1989. Planning intern, Regional Development Institute, Greenville, NC, 1985-86. Associate planner, Aquasystems, Inc., 1987. Part-time planner, Planning Department, Town of Carrboro, North Carolina, 1987-89. Board member, 1000 Friends of Maryland, 1999-2003. President, Maryland Chapter, American Planning Association, 2005-07. Affiliate faculty member, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006-. Advisory Council, Harry R. Hughes, Center for Agro-Ecology. Member, American Institute of Certified Planners.

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