EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ISRAEL C. (IZZY) PATOKA Executive Director

kmonath@goci.state.md.us

www.goci.maryland.gov

Israel C. (Izzy) Patoka, August 2009. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.

Executive Director, Governor's Office of Community Initiatives, since January 2007. Liaison, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, 2007-.

Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, 2008-. Member, Maryland Council for New Americans, 2008-; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 2008-.

Division Manager, Capital Improvement Programming, Department of Planning, Baltimore City, 1981-96. Deputy Director, Department of Planning, Baltimore County, 1996-2001. Director, Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods, Baltimore City, 2001-07. Member, Governor-elects's Transition Team, 2006-07.

Towson State University, B.S., 1979, M.A., 1981. Fellow, Academy for Excellence in Local Governance, Institute for Governmental Service and Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2002. Faculty advisor, City and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University. Past President, Dickeyville Community Association.

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