DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Human Services
311 West Saratoga St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 3521
(410) 767-7616; fax: (410) 333-0099
e-mail: lourdes.padilla@maryland.gov
web: http://dhr.maryland.gov/

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2017-; Children's Cabinet, 2017-. Chair, Advisory Council for Alternative Response, 2017-. Member, Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2017; Task Force to Study Recording Deeds for Victims of Domestic Violence, 2017; Task Force to Combat Habitual Student Truancy, 2017-18; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2017-18; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2017-; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2017-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2017-; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2017-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2017-; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2017-; Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee, 2017-; Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2017-; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2017-; Work Group on Health in All Policies, 2017-19; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2017-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2017-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2017-; Council on Open Data, 2017-; Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking, 2017-19; Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2017-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-; Interagency Committee on Specialized Transportation, 2017-; Maryland Veterans Trust, 2017-; State Board of Victim Services, 2017-; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2017- (executive committee, 2017-); School Safety Subcabinet Advisory Board, 2018-; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2019-; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-; Governor's Commission to Study Mental and Behavioral Health in Maryland, 2019-; Maryland Opportunity Zone Leadership Task Force, 2019-; Work Group to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors, 2019-; Task Force to Study Transportation Access, 2019-.

Director, Bureau of Operations, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, 2010-11 (executive director, two county assistance offices, 2005-08; income maintenance administrator, 2008-10). Deputy Secretary, Office of Income Maintenance, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, 2011-17. Past member, Lancaster City Housing Authority; Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board.

Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. University of Puerto Rico (business administration). Graduate, Pennsylvania Leadership Development Institute for Women; Leadership Lancaster. Former member, Board of Directors, Hillrise Mutual Housing Association, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Past member, Spanish American Civic Association, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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