Appointed by Governor: Mark A. Cather, Esq.; Lance A. Cleghorn; Andrew Drummand; Kenneth W. Hiavacek; Stanley L. Lofton; D. Michael Piercy, Jr.; Gregory S. Rogers; Manoj Srivastava.
Ex officio: Patrick C. Mulford, designee of Secretary of Information Technology; James L. Saunders, Acting State Chief Information Security Officer.
Ex officio (nonvoting): Katie Frye Hester, Senate Chair, & Anne R. Kaizer, House Chair, Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, & Biosecurity.
Staff: Sara M. Elalamy
c/o Office of Secretary, Department of Information Technology
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
(667) 644-1399
e-mail: saram.elalamy@maryland.gov
web: https://doit.maryland.gov/About-DoIT/Boards-Committees-Commissions/Pages/The-Independent-Modernize-Maryland-Commission.aspx
In May 2022, the General Assembly authorized creation of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission (Chapter 243, Acts of 2022), and renamed it the Modernize Maryland Commission in July 2024 (Chapter 497, Acts of 2024).
The purpose of the Commission is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information held by the State concerning Maryland residents. To this end, the Commission advises the Secretary of Information Technology, and the State Chief Information Security Officer on: information technology and cybersecurity investments and upgrades; funding sources for these upgrades; and future mechanisms for the procurement of such upgrades, including ways to increase the efficiency of such procurements.
Commission members are appointed by the Governor. Two members serve ex officio. The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology serve as advisory, nonvoting members (Code State Finance & Procurement Article, sec. 3.5-316).
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