The Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) is proud to introduce its newly confirmed Secretary, Rebecca L. Flora, AICP. Secretary Flora introduced herself to Planning staff at a department-wide meeting on January 25, spent a half-day at MHT to meet and learn from their staff, and ran in a 5K at JPPM in mid-February.
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Cara Curran joined the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) staff as a GIS Planner in July of this year and is currently updating Queen Anne’s County tax maps.
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Adam Snyder joined the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) in early May 2022. As Principal Counsel Adam heads up the division of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that provides advice to Planning, the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), and various other state entities, and represents them in litigation, as necessary. He is currently representing MHT in two lawsuits involving the administration of historic preservation easements in Baltimore City.
Continue readingby Kristen E. Humphrey, MLA, Local Assistance and Training Planner
Michele Butler joined the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) in spring 2022 in the role of Procurement Officer. Her responsibilities include purchase orders for grants, maintenance services, and telecommunications. She says she is excited to be working on various aspects of the contracts process for Planning!
Continue readingby Kristen E. Humphrey, MLA, Local Assistance and Training Planner
Travis Beal joined the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning) full time as a Lead Planner in December 2021. In this role, he primarily works on data preparation and analysis for internal use as well as data requests for local and partner state agencies utilizing data from various sources including the 2020 U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, among others which are available on the Planning’s State Data Center website.
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