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THOMAS E. PEREZ, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation
Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, February 2007. Photo by Mark Odell.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2007-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2007-; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2007-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2007-. Co-Chair, Maryland Home-Ownership Preservation Task Force, 2007. Member, Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2007-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2007-; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2007-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2007-; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 2007-; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 2007-; State Board of Pilots, 2007-; P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland, 2007-; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2007- (executive committee, 2007-); Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland, 2008-.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1988-1995. Special Counsel to U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, 1995-98. Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999-2001. Presidential Elector, Maryland, 2004.
President, Montgomery County Council, December 7, 2004 to December 6, 2005 (member, representing district 5, 2002-04).
Born October 7, 1961. Brown University, A.B. (international relations & political science), 1983; Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1987; John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, M.P.P., 1987. Law clerk to Judge Zita L. Weinshienk, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1987-89. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2001. Assistant Professor, 2001-06, Associate Professor, 2006-, and Director, Clinical Law Programs, University of Maryland School of Law, 2001-06. Member, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Board of Directors, Casa of Maryland, 1995-2002 (former president). Member, Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Professions, 2003-. Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership, Aspen Institute, 2005. Influential Marylanders in Civic Leadership, Daily Record, 2008. Completed three Boston Marathons. Married; three children.