DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES


[photo, Ted Dallas, Secretary of Human Resources] THEODORE (TED) DALLAS
Secretary of Human Resources, 2011-15
Acting Secretary of Human Resources, 2011

Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor, 2010-11

Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor, March 22, 2010 to May 12, 2011. Responsible for departments of: Agriculture; Business and Economic Development; Disabilities; Education; Environment; General Services; Housing and Commununity Development; Information Technology; Juvenile Services; Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; Natural Resources; Planning; Public Safety and Correctional Services; State Police; Transportation; and Veterans Affairs.

Ted Dallas, Annapolis, March 2010. Photo by Jay L. Baker, courtesy Governor's Press Office.


Secretary of Human Resources, May 12, 2011 to January 15, 2015. Acting Secretary of Human Resources, January 14, 2011 to May 12, 2011. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2011-15; Children's Cabinet, 2011-15. Member, Mental Health Transformation Working Group, 2011; Maryland Commission on Autism, 2011-12; Task Force on Prisoner Re-entry, 2011-12; Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2011-12; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2011-14; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2011-15; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2011-15; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2011-15; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2011-15; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2011-15; Governor's Family Violence Council (formerly Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention), 2011-15; Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2011-15; Maryland Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2011-15; Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2011-15; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2011-15; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2011-15; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2011-15; State Board of Victim Services, 2011-15. Board of Directors, Maryland Workforce Corporation, 2011-15. Member, Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2011-15; Advisory Board on After-School and Summer Opportunity Programs, 2012-15. Chair, Advisory Council for Alternative Response, 2012-14. Member, Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2012-15; Task Force to Study Temporary Disability Insurance Programs and the Process for Assisting Individuals with Disabilities at Local Departments of Social Services, 2013-14; Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth, 2013-14; Maryland Veterans Trust, 2013-15; Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee, 2014-15; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2014-15; Council on Open Data, 2014-15.

Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services since June 2, 2015 (Acting Secretary, January 20 to June 2, 2015).

Assistant Managing Director, 1996-2005, and Deputy Managing Director, 2000-02, City of Philadelphia.

Executive Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, 2005-10.

University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (political science & economics), cum laude, 1995; Temple University, M.B.A., 2006. Chief of Staff for Government Solutions, Affiliated Computer Service, Inc., 2002-05. Maryland Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow, Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland School of Law, 2013. Casey Excellence for Children Award for Child Welfare Leader, Casey Family Programs, 2014. Thomas J. Zuber Patient Safety Award, Nurse Alliance, Service Employees International Union, 2015.

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