DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Dept. of Housing & Community Development
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032 - 2023
(410) 514-7005
e-mail: hoskins@dhcd.state.md.us
fax: (410) 987-4070
web: www.dhcd.state.md.us

Victor L. Hoskins, Secretary of Housing & Community Development, February 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Chair, Community Legacy Board, 2003-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2003-; Maryland Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2003-; Housing Finance Review Committee, 2003-; Governor's Commission on Housing Policy, 2003-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-; Cabinet Council on Business, Economic Development, and Transportation, 2003-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2003-; Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-; Maryland Affordable Housing Trust, 2003-; Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2003-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2003-; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2003-; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2003-; Community Reinvestment Board, 2003-; Governor's Flood Mitigation Task Force for Western Maryland, 2003-; Maryland Green Buildings Council, 2003-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2003; Advisory Committee for the Jefferson Patterson Historical Park and Museum, 2003-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-; Governor's Interagency Council for the Nonprofit Sector, 2003-; Rebuild La Plata Task Force, 2003-; Rural Maryland Council, 2003-; Task Force to Study Pinhole Leaks in Copper Plumbing, 2003-; Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force, 2003-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2004-; Task Force on Parking for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004-.

Assistant Secretary of Marketing, Department of Business and Economic Development, 1995-97. Deputy Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development, Baltimore City, 1997-99.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 1957. Dartmouth College, B.A. (psychology & urban studies), 1979. Attended Kennedy School of Government (development finance), Harvard University, 1980. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.C.P. (real estate finance & economic development), 1981. Senior planner, Los Angeles Urban League, 1981-83. Real estate acquisitions and development officer, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-86. Principal real estate consultant, Sanborn Associates, 1986-89. Enterprise and revitalization zone manager, Long Beach, CA, 1989-93. President, Long Beach Community Partnership, 1993-94. Executive Director, Technology Council, Greater Baltimore Committee, 1994-95. Senior Vice-President for Strategic Alliances, Urban America, L.P., 1999-2003. Member, California Association for Local Economic Development, 1990-94; Maryland Industrial Partnership, University of Maryland, College Park Engineering Center, 1994-96; Maryland Industrial Development Association, 1995-97; International Development Research Council, 1995-2000; Council for Urban Economic Development, 1996-2000; Leadership Maryland, 1996-; National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1997-99; National Congress for Community Economic Development, 1999-; Building Industry Association, Washington, DC, 2000-.

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