Secretary of Budget and Management, 2000-03, and March 15, 2007 to January 21, 2015. Acting Secretary of Budget and Management, January 17, 2007 to March 15, 2007.
Assistant Secretary, Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning, 1991-95. Deputy Secretary, Department of Budget and Management, 1996-2000. Secretary of Budget and Management, June 1, 2000 to January 15, 2003.
Fiscal analyst, Department of Fiscal Services, 1978-84. Executive Director, Maryland Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, 1984-87. Legislative officer, Governor's Legislative Office, 1987-91.
Chair, Maryland Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, 1987-90. Member, Governor's Prescription Drug Commission, 1990-91; Governor's Task Force to Study Maryland State Police Salaries, 1990-91; Governor's Task Force to Study Gambling, 1993-94. Chair, Maryland State Employees Risk Management Advisory Council, 1993-94. Member, Board of Trustees, Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans, 1995-2004; Task Force on Funding for the Maryland School for the Deaf, 1996; Task Force on Education Funding Equity, Accountability, and Partnerships, 1997-98.
Member, Task Force to Study College Readiness for Disadvantaged and Capable Students, 2000-01; Community Access Steering Committee, 2000-01; Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education, 2000-01; Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Subcabinet, 2000-01; Governor's Executive Council, 2000-03; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 2000-03; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2001-03; Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 2000-03; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2000-03; Board of Directors, Assistive Technology Guaranteed Loan Program, 2000-03; Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 2000-03; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2000-03; State Information Technology Board, 2000-03; Governor's Task Force to Study the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund, 2000; State Labor Relations Board, 2000-03; Interdepartmental Committee for Minority Affairs, 2000-03; Procurement Advisory Council, 2000-03; Board of Trustees, State Retirement and Pension System, 2000-03; Board of Revenue Estimates, 2000-03. Chair, State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council, 2000-03. Member, Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence, 2000-02; Transit Policy Panel, 2000-03; Maryland Green Buildings Council, 2001-03; Joseph Fund Board, 2001-03; Commission on Responsible Fatherhood, 2001-03; Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, 2002-03; Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2002-03; Governor's Commission on the Structure and Efficiency of State Government, 2003 (independent agencies subcommittee).
Assistant Dean for Program Development and Business Affairs, University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, 2003-07. Member, State Planning Committee for Higher Education, 2004; College Savings Plans of Maryland Board, 2006-07. Member, Steering Committee, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2006-07 (chair, budget & management work group).
Born in Richmond, Virginia. Howard University, B.A. (business administration), 1968; American University, M.B.A., 1975; Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, Harvard University, 1994. Founder, T. Eloise Foster & Associates, LLC (a consulting firm specializing in fiscal management & public policy issues), 2005. Honorary life member, National Association of State Budget Officers. Member, Breast Cancer Advisory Council, Magic Johnson Foundation; Washington Women's Investment Club (past vice-president). Member, Seton Keough School Board, 1987-91. Board of Directors, National Chronic Pain Association, 1988-91. Past member, National Forum of Black Public Administrators; National Black MBA Association; Advisory Board, Howard University Cancer Center (dinner chair, fundraising gala, 1997). Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2002, 2010. Influential Marylander, The Daily Record, 2013. Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in the Field of Public Service, Howard University, 2014.
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