Appointed by Governor: Mary R. Boyd; Flora M. Freed; Kenneth L. McCall, Sr.; Fred L. Shinbur; Helen Harlan Smith; Wanda L. Story.
Appointed by Senate President: Katherine A. Klausmeier
Appointed by House Speaker: Mary Ann Love
Ex officio: Beatrice P. Tignor, Ed.D., designee of Secretary of General Services; Wilbert B. Forbes, Sr., designee of Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Staff: Laurie E. Atherholt
c/o Department of Veterans Affairs
Jeffrey Building, 4th floor, 16 Francis St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-3840; 1-800-446-4926 (toll free)
e-mail: latherholt@mdva.state.md.us
fax: (410) 216-7928
Authorized in July 2006, the Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military Service Monument was appointed in July 2007 (Chapter 281, Acts of 2006). The Commission is to identify and recommend the funding, design, construction, and placement of a monument dedicated to women from Maryland who served in the uniformed forces of the United States.
Authorization for the Task Force expired September 30, 2007; however, an extension was authorized to March 3, 2008. The Task Force submitted an interim report on December 31, 2007.