INTERDEPARTMENTAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS
Luwanda W. Jenkins, Chairperson
(410) 225-1843

The Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for
Minority Affairs was created within the Office of
Minority Affairs in 1986 (Chapter 719, Acts of
1986). The Committee advises the Director of the
Office of Minority Affairs on proposals to imple-
ment the duties of the Office, promote the hiring of
minority persons in the State, and promote minor-
ity business enterprises in Maryland (Code State
Government Article, sec. 9-303.1).

OFFICE ON VOLUNTEERISM

David Minges, Director

301 W. Preston St., Room 1501
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 225-4496

BUDGET (CODE 23.01.05.05)

.......... FY1992 .......... FY1993 .......... FY1994
Funds .......... (actual) .......... (actual) .......... (approp.)
General ....... $255,000 ..... $190,333. .... $ 216,699
Special ........................... $ 874. .... $ 400,000
Federal........................... $508,242. .... $1,300,000
Total Funds .... $255,000 ..... $699,449. .... $1,916,699

Staff

Authorized............ 4 ........... 3.............4
Contractual (FTE) ...... 0 ........... 0..............
Total Staff ............ 4 ........... 3..............

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER COUNCIL

David Minges, Executive Secretary. .... (410) 225-4496
George V. McGowan, Chairperson, 1991

Appointed by Governor: John George Braskey, 1991; Dolores
J. Bail, 1992; James E. Harvey, 1992; Norman Owen
Taylor, 1992; Joseph Martin Townsley, Sr., 1992; Shoshana
S. Cardin, 1993; Dea Anderson Kline, 1993; Charles M.
Ross, 1993; Mona Wood, 1993; Margot Wurtzburger,
1993; Peter J. Lombard;, 1994; Sister Rosemarie T. Nassif,
1994; Jan C. Rivitz, 1994; Barry F. Scher, 1994; John H.
Staehlin, 1994; Mary K. Prangley; four vacancies.

Ex officio: Mark L. Wasserman, Secretary of Economic &
Employment Development; Nelson J. Sabarini, Secretary of
Health & Mental Hygiene; Jacqueline H. Rogers, Secretary
of Housing & Community Development; Carolyn W.
Colvin, Secretary of Human Resources; Rosalie S. Abrams,
Director on Aging; Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State
Superintendent of Schools; Nancy I,. Murphy, State Senate;
Norman H. Conway, House of Delegates.

DIRECTOR

David Minges, Director (appointed by
Governor) ................. (410) 225-4496

VOLUNTEER MARYLAND

Eleanor Falk Young, Director . . (410) 514-7270

Formed in 1986, the Office on Volunteerism
provides support for volunteer programs in public
and private agencies throughout Maryland (Chap-
ter 13, Acts of 1986). The Office provides informa-
tion and referral services to individuals and program
staff; sponsors conferences and workshops for ad-
ministrators, staff, and volunteers; and coordinates
recognition events and award ceremonies.

The Office also administers the Volunteer Mary-
land program, a National Community Service Dem-
onstration Project. The Office is headed by a Director,
appointed by the Governor (Code State Government
Article, secs. 9-1301 through 9-1310).

GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER COUNCIL
David Minges, Director
George V. McGowan, Chairperson, 1991
(410) 225-4496

The Governor's Volunteer Council was created
in 1983 by Executive Order. In 1986, it was estab-
lished by statute within the Office on Volunteerism
(Chapter 13, Acts of 1986). The Council serves as
an advisory board to the Office on Volunteerism.

The Council consists of twenty-seven members
appointed by the Governor. Six serve ex officio.
Twenty-one are appointed to serve four-year terms.

VOLUNTEER MARYLAND
Eleanor Falk Young, Director
(410) 514-7270

Volunteer Maryland was created in 1993 by the
Governor's Advisory Board on Service and Citizen-
ship. Volunteer Maryland is one of seven demon-
stration projects of national service around the
country funded by the federal Commission on Na-
tional and Community Service. The project also is
supported by private contributions.

Volunteer Maryland recruits coordinators and
associates who dedicate a year of public service to
Volunteer Maryland. After training in volunteer
management and empowerment techniques, teams
of coordinators and associates are placed in govern-
ment and private nonprofit agencies to strengthen
their volunteer programs.

Defunct Agencies of
OFFICE ON VOLUNTEERISM

MARYLAND EXECUTIVE FELLOWS
PROGRAM COMMISSION

Under the Office on Volunteerism, inactive since
1992.

MARYLAND SERVICE CORPS

Under the Office on Volunteerism, the Corps was
disbanded in 1992 due to budgetary restraints.