Governor's Office of Community Initiatives Staff

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GOCI

Izzy Patoka, Executive Director of GOCI & Intergovernmental Affairs

Karen Monath, Executive Assistant

Tony Bridges, Chief of Staff

Shameka Littles, Budgets/Grants Director

Joyce Powell, Administrative Officer

Tony White, Communications Director

Mark Byrd, Faith-based Coordinator

 

Intergovernmental Affairs

Mollie Byron, Deputy Director, Southern Regional Coordinator

Chris Uhl, Western Regional Coordinator

 

 

Governor's Office on Service & Volunteerism

Barbara Ellen Reynolds, Director

Jen Bernhard, Program Officer

Julie Mendez, Outreach Coordinator

 

Volunteer Maryland

(website: www.volunteermaryland.org)

Maureen K. Eccleston, Director

Patrice Beverly, Outreach Manager

Laura Aceituno, Program Manager

Nadya Aboshy, Administrative Associate

 

Commissions

Elizabeth Hines, Director

Agnes Smith, Administrative Assistant

Keith Colston, Assistant Director, Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs

Jessy Mejia, Assistant Director, Governor's Commission on Hispanic and Caribbean Affairs

Iman Awad, Assistant Director, Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American and African Affairs

Yi Shen, Assistant Director, Governor's Commission on Asian Pacific American and South Asian Affairs

 

Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture/Banneker-Douglass Museum

Joni Jones, Director

Jeffrey Greene, Chief of Operations

Genevieve Kaplan, Education and Public Programs Manager

Lynn Waller, Jr., Archivist

Tabitha Pryor, Curator of Collections

LeRonn Herbert, Outreach Coordinator

 

 

Governor's Office of Community Initiatives

301 West Preston Street, Suite 1500

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

410-767-4159

Grant and Funding Information

• Funding Assistance Available for Returning Veterans Programs
• Mortgage Assistance Programs Available through the State

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