Appointed by Governor: Marshall J. Breger, J.D.; Jonathan Cannon; Steven M. Fink, D. Min., D.D.; Barry B. Frieman, Ed.D.; Fred A. Kahn; Adrienne A. Mandel; Leonard H. Teitelbaum.
Appointed by Senate President: Michael G. Lenett; one vacancy.
Appointed by House Speaker: Roger Manno; one vacancy.
Ex officio: Linda A. Shevitz, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; James E. Lyons, Sr., Ph.D., Secretary of Higher Education; William E. Kirwan, Ph.D., Chancellor & Chief Executive Officer, University System of Maryland.
Contact: Patrick J. Hogan
c/o Office of Government Relations, University System of Maryland
9 State Circle, Suite 201, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 269-5085
e-mail: pjhogan@usmd.edu
The Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Education was organized in September 2005 (Chapter 483, Acts of 2005). The Task Force is to advise the University System of Maryland on the establishment of a pilot program creating a Center for Excellence on the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance.
The Task Force submitted an interim report to the Governor and General Assembly on December 18, 2007. Authorization for the Task Force ends September 30, 2008.