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JOHN C. WOBENSMITHSecretary of State, February 13, 2015 to January 18, 2023. Acting Secretary of State, January 21 to February 13, 2015.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2015-23. Chair, Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2015-23. Chair, Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking, 2015-19. Member, Board of State Canvassers, 2015-23. Chair, Task Force to Study Recording Deeds for Victims of Domestic Violence, 2016-17; Work Group to Study Child Custody Court Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations, 2019-20; Maryland Semiquincentennial Commission, 2021-23.
Member, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2014-15.
President, Board of Education, Anne Arundel County, 1983-87 (member, 1978-87). Member, Board of Trustees of the State Universities and Colleges, 1983-88; Governor's Advisory Board for Justice Assistance, 1987-91.
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (english), 1960. Served in U.S. Navy. Graduate, National War College, 1982. Vice-President for International Marketing, Sensys Technologies, Inc., 1997-98. Senior Associate, National Security Concepts, 1998-2000. Vice-President for External Affairs, Institute of World Politics, 1999-2005. Senior Fellow for International Diplomacy, American Foreign Policy Council, 2008-15 (vice-president for development, 2005-08). Senior Advisor to Cohort International Group, 2009-15. Board of Advisors, Vadium Technology. Ellis Island Medal of Honor, National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, 2016. Married; two children, four grandchildren.
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