Maryland Council for New Americans Membership

• Membership of the Maryland Council for New Americans reflects the partnership of private and civic sectors with the State (county of residence in parenthesis):

 

One Maryland County Executive

 

• The Honorable Isiah Leggett, Co-Chair(Montgomery County)
• Montgomery County Executive

 

One additional respresentative from county government

 

• David Gray(Frederick County)
• Frederick County Commissioner

 

One representative from municipal government

 

• Renee Samuels, designated by Mayor Sheila Dixon(Baltimore City)
• Director, Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs

 

Three representatives from nonprofit social service organizations that reflect the ethnic diversity of the State

 

• Barbara L. Gradet(Baltimore County)
• Executive Director of Jewish Community Services
• Member of the Baltimore County Commission on Aging
• Board Member for International Association of Jewish Vocational Services

 

• Michael C. Lin, Ph.D.(Montgomery County)
• Former National Executive Director and National President of the Organization of Chinese Americans
• Vice Chair of the Montgomery College Board of Trustees
• President of the Asian American Political Alliance
• President of the Asian American POlitical Alliance

 

• Gustavo Torres(Montgomery County)
• Executive Director of CASA of Maryland
• Board Member for the National Coalition for Immigration Comprehension
• Board Member for Washington Adventist Hospital

 

Three representatives from private sector employers

 

• Jimmie Walton Paschall
• Global Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President of External Affairs for Marriott International
• Member of Patton Bogg's Diversity Advisory Board
• Member of the Georgetown University Chief Diversity Officers Consortium

 

• Pamela Paulk(Baltimore City)
• Vice President of Human Resources for the Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Member of the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board
• Founder of the Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare

 

• Jere Stocks
• President of Washington Adventist Hospital
• Board Member of the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce

 

Eleven representatives from faith-based organizations and the clergy

 

• Earl El-Amin(Baltimore City)
• Imam at the Muslim Community Cultural Center

 

• Reverend Jamal Bryant(Baltimore County)
• Pastor at the African Methodist Episcopal Empowerment Temple

 

• Reverend Kerry Hill(Prince George's County)
• Pastor of the New Chapel Baptist Church

 

• Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr.(Prince George's County)
  • Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, MD
  • Chairman of Project Bridges
  • Trustee for Bethel University

 

• Pastor Jamila Woods-Jones(Prince George's County resident pastoring in Charles County)
• Vice Chair, African American Leadership Committee
• President, Partnership for Renewal for Southern and Central Maryland
• Charles County Juvenile Drug Court

 

• Walter Lee(Howard County)
• Pastor of Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church in Ellicott City
• Recently served on Howard County Public School System's Equity Council

 

• Reverend Joseph L. Muth, Jr.(Baltimore City)
  • Pastor at St. Matthew's Church
  • Founder and Board Member of Immigration Outreach Service Center at St. Matthew's Church

 

• Pastor John Odukoya(Prince George's County)
• Board Chairman for Well of Restoration
• Outreach Coordinator of The Fountain of Life Church
• Member of World Vision

 

• Pastor Ghandi Olaoye(Montgomery County)
  • Pastor of the Jesus House DC
  • Coordinator-in-charge of Conventions and Special Projects for The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, North America

 

• Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt(Montgomery County)
  • Rabbi at B'nai Tzedek

 

• Reverend Harlie Wilson(Baltimore City)
  • Pastor at Israel Baptist Church

 

One representative from higher education

 

• Lenneal J. Henderson(Howard County)
• Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Baltimore
• Senior Research Associate at the Schaefer Center for Public Policy
• Senior Fellow at the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics

 

One representative with expertise in adult education and language acquisition

 

• Young-Chan Han(Howard County)
• Family Involvement Specialist for the Maryland State Department of Education
• Board Member of the Foreign Born Information and Referral Network

 

One representative from the banking and financial services sector

 

• William Couper
  • Mid-Atlantic President of Bank of America

 

One representative from the healthcare sector

 

• Vinod Shah, M.D.(St. Mary's County)
• Physician with Shah & Associations
• Incoming President, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
• Former Board Member, St. Mary's COllege

 

One representative from organized labor

 

 

One representative from small business

 

• Margaret Kim(Howard County)
• President and COO of AllCare of Maryland, LLC
• Advisory Board Member for the Asian Student Achievement Program
• Board of Trustees Member for Howard County General Hospital Foundation

 

One representative from a national organization with expertise in demographic trends and public policy

 

• Michael Fix
• Senior Vice President and Director of Studies for the Migration Policy Institute

 

One representative from the philanthropic sector

 

• Irene Lee(Montgomery County)
• Senior Prgrammer for the Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Finance Committee Chair of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers
• Member of the Task Force on Remittances for the Inter-American Dialogue Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

 

• Through government representatives will not make up the majority of the Council, the following members will be Ex-officio Members:
• Secretary Tom Perez (Co-Chair of the Coucil), Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
• Depurty Secretary Clarence Bishop, Department of Business and Economic Development
• Deputy Secretary Matt Power, Department of Planning; Secretary Rich Hall will be in attendance
• Deputy Secretary Stacy Rodgers, Department of Human Resources
• Secretary Ray Skinner, Department of Housing and Community Development
• Executive Director Eric M. Seleznow, Governor's Workforce Investment Board
• Executive Director Izzy Patoka, Governor's Office of Community Initiatives
• Special Secretary Luwanda Jenkins, Governor's Office of Minority Affairs
• Chair Mary Scott, Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
• Chair Maria Welch, Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs
• Chair Jane Nidisha, Governor's Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
• Chair Auriel Fenwick, Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs
• Chair Anwer Hasan, Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs