DR. PATRICIA S. FLORESTANO

Anne Arundel County
Appointed March 2001

Maryland Secretary of Higher Education, 1995-2000. Professor of government, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, 1991-1995; vice chancellor for governmental relations, University System of Maryland, 1985-1991; director, Institute for Governmental Service, University of Maryland, College Park, 1979-1985; assistant professor, Institute for Urban Studies, UMCP, 1974-1979; staff assistant to president of Maryland Senate, 1975-1978. Bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from UMCP (1958, 1970, and 1974, respectively).