DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Transportation
P. O. Box 548
7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, MD 21076
(410) 865-1000; fax: (410) 865-1338
e-mail: secretary@mdot.state.md.us
web: www.mdot.state.md.us/

James T. Smith, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, June 2013. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2013-; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2013-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2013-. Chair, Maryland Aviation Commission, 2013-; Maryland Port Commission, 2013-; Maryland Transportation Authority, 2013-; Executive Committee, Transportation Enhancements Program, 2013-. Co-Chair, Executive Committee for Dredged Material Management Plans, 2013-. Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2013-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2013-; Maryland Botanical Heritage Work Group, 2013-; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 2013-; Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee, 2013-, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; Climate Change Commission, 2013-; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2013-; Commission on State Debt, 2013-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2013-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2013-; Maryland Economic Development Corporation, 2013-; Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority, 2013-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2013-; Maryland Green Building Council, 2013-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2013-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2013-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2013-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2013-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2013-; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2013-; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2013-; Invasive Plants Advisory Committee, 2013-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2013-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2013-; Patuxent River Commission, 2013-; Procurement Advisory Council, 2013-; Maryland Smart Growth Investment Fund Work Group, 2013-; Interagency Committee on Specialized Transportation, 2013-; State Center Executive Committee, 2013-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2013-; Transportation Professional Services Selection Board, 2013-; Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, 2013- (transportation & capital infrastructure advisory committee); Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 2013-.

County Executive, Baltimore County, December 2, 2002 to December 6, 2010. Member, Advisory Council for Port Land-Use Development, 2002-05. Board of Visitors, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 2002-. Member, Baltimore Regional Transportation Board, 2002-10 (chair, 2010); Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, 2007-10; Local Government Subcommittee, Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2007-10. Chair, Board of Directors, Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 2010 (member, 2002-10; vice-chair, 2004; chair, 2005).

Member, Task Force on the Membership and Operation of the Baltimore County Board of Education, 2011. Member, Maryland Chapter, Campaign to Fix the Debt, 2012-. Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, 2012-.

Associate Judge, Baltimore County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, November 25, 1985 to September 6, 2001. Resigned September 6, 2001. President, Maryland Circuit Judges Association, 1993-95. Chair, Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1995-96 (vice-chair, 1994-95). Member, Family and Domestic Relations Law Committee, 1997-99, and Public Awareness Committee, 1999-2001, Maryland Judicial Conference.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 8, 1942. Wheeling Jesuit College, B.A., 1964; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1968. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1968. Law practice, Smith, Johns & Smith, P.A., 1968-85. Of Counsel, Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, 2011-13. Vice-Chair, Baltimore County Community College Task Force, 1976. Founder, organizer, Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon (R.O.G.) Coordinating Council. Board of Governors, Hannah Moore Center School, 1986-99; St. Thomas Moore Society, 1989. Member, J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court, 1988- (president, 1992). Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Society, 2002-; Walters Art Museum, 2002-. Board of Directors, Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, 2002-. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2004. Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties, 2009-10 (1st vice-president, 2007; president, 2008). Board of Directors, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 2011-. Member, 4th District Democratic Club; Knights of Columbus Council no. 5208, Glyndon. Former member, Reisterstown Revitalization Study Task Force; Employment Steering Committee, National Association of Counties; Hathaway Improvement Association; Reisterstown Jaycees (past president); Reisterstown Area Recreation Council. Outstanding Young Man of Reisterstown, 1974. Chosen one of five Outstanding Young Marylanders by Maryland Jaycees, 1975 (JCI Senator, 1979). One of Eighty to Watch, Baltimore Magazine, 1980. Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wheeling Jesuit College, 1987. Man for All Seasons, St. Thomas More Society of Maryland, 1995. Man of the Year, Local 37, International Union of Operating Engineers, 2003. County Courthouse Award for renaissance redevelopment program for county's older communities, National Association of Counties, 2006. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2011. Member, Sacred Heart Church Parish Council, 1991-95 (chair, 1993-95). Married; four children, twelve grandchildren.

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