DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Michael G. Leahy, Maryland Secretary of Information Technology] MICHAEL G. LEAHY, Esq.
Secretary of Information Technology, 2018-23


Member, Interdepartmental Committee for Minority Affairs, 2017; Procurement Advisory Council, 2017-19; Task Force on Rural Internet, Broadband, Wireless, and Cellular Service, 2017-19; Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2017-20; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2017-23; Maryland Cybersecurity Council, 2017-23; Management Committee, EMaryland Application Service Provider Consortium, 2017-23; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2017-23; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2017-23; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-23; Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, 2018-23; Student Data Privacy Council, 2019-21; Procurement Improvement Council, 2019-23; Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force, 2020-23; Work Group to Study the Transformation of Manufacturing in Maryland's Emerging Digital Economy, 2021-23.

Senior Advisor and Director of Real Property Strategies, Office of Governor, 2015-16.

Member, Board of Education, Anne Arundel County, 2004-09. City Attorney, City of Annapolis, 2014-17.

Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 1983-84.

Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, 1954. Loyola College, B.S. (political economics, biology), 1978. Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1982. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1982. Attorney, Klos, Lourie & Leahy, P.A. Technology governance and process consultant, 2023-. Managing Member, Ex Os, LLC, 2011-14. Former special counsel, Maryland National Bank. Former president, Velox Communications. Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association; Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Member, Patent Trademark Copyright Foundation. President, National Association of State Chief Information Officers, 2021-22 (secretary/treasurer, 2019-20; vice-president, 2020-21). State Leadership Award, StateScoop, 2020.

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