On the Retirement of Nancy Kopp

Jay Perman, Chancellor

Baltimore, MD (Oct. 19, 2021) – It’s difficult to imagine Annapolis without Treasurer Nancy Kopp at the center of it. For 50 years, she’s been among its most important figures, and it’s impossible to overstate how skillfully she’s shaped and sustained Maryland’s enviable fiscal position. The state is so much stronger for her steady hand, clear vision, quiet leadership, and formidable work ethic.

Treasurer Kopp’s savvy stewardship of Maryland’s finances has allowed strategic investment in the things that matter most—the people and communities of Maryland, its infrastructure, its system of preK–12 education, its top-tier public universities. The state’s history of generous support to higher education and the coveted AAA bond rating that Maryland has long enjoyed—won year after year under Treasurer Kopp’s leadership—have benefitted the University System of Maryland, our students and families, and the state’s hard-working taxpayers.

Nancy Kopp is what it means to be a servant leader. On behalf of the entire USM, I wish her joy in her well-deserved retirement—restorative time spent in the pursuits and with the people she loves most.

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Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu