DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY


[photo, Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing and Community Development] VICTOR L. HOSKINS, Secretary of Housing & Community Development

Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.


Secretary of Housing and Community Development since February 28, 2003. Acting Secretary of Housing and Community Development, January 15 to February 28, 2003.

Chair, Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2003-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-; Cabinet Council on Business, Economic Development, and Transportation, 2003-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2003-; Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-; Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, 2003-; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2003-; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2003-; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2003-; Community Reinvestment Board, 2003-; Governor's Flood Mitigation Task Force for Western Maryland, 2003-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2003-; Advisory Committee for the Jefferson Patterson Historical Park and Museum, 2003-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 2003-; Rebuild La Plata Task Force, 2003-; Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force, 2003-. Member, Task Force to Study Pinhole Leaks in Copper Plumbing, 2003-.

Assistant Secretary of Marketing, Department of Business and Economic Development, 1995-97. Deputy Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development, Baltimore City, 1997-99.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 1957. Dartmouth College, B.A. (psychology & urban studies), 1979. Attended Kennedy School of Government (development finance), Harvard University, 1980. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.C.P. (real estate finance & economic development), 1981. Senior planner, Los Angeles Urban League, 1981-83. Real estate acquisitions and development officer, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-86. Principal real estate consultant, Sanborn Associates, 1986-89. Enterprise and revitalization zone manager, Long Beach, CA, 1989-93. President, Long Beach Community Partnership, 1993-94. Executive Director, Technology Council, Greater Baltimore Committee, 1994-95. Senior Vice-President for Strategic Alliances, Urban America, L.P., 1999-2003. Member, California Association for Local Economic Development, 1990-94; Maryland Industrial Partnership, University of Maryland, College Park Engineering Center, 1994-96; Maryland Industrial Development Association, 1995-97; International Development Research Council, 1995-2000; Council for Urban Economic Development, 1996-2000; Leadership Maryland, 1996-; National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1997-99; National Congress for Community Economic Development, 1999-; Building Industry Association, Washington, DC, 2000-.

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