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DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES

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DEPUTY SECRETARY

[photo, George P. Failla, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Disabilities] GEORGE P. FAILLA, JR.
Deputy Secretary of Disabilities, 2008-14, 2015
Acting Secretary of Disabilities, 2014-15.

Deputy Secretary of Disabilities, January 2008 to May 1, 2014, and March 2, 2015 to May 1, 2015. Acting Secretary of Disabilities, May 1, 2014 to March 2, 2015.


Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2014-15; Children's Cabinet, 2014-15; Governor's Warrior to Worker Council, 2014-15. Chair, Interagency Disabilities Board, 2014-15; Advisory Committee, Technology Assistance Program, 2014-15. Co-Chair, Interagency Transition Council for Youth with Disabilities, 2014-15. Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2014-15; Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, 2014-15; Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, 2014-15; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2014-15; Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council, 2014-15; Governor's Commission for Effective Community Inclusion of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014-15; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2014-15; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2014-15; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2014-15. Governing Board, Maryland Center for School Safety, 2014-15. Member, Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014-15; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2014-15.

Education Program Specialist, State Department of Education, 1995-2008. Chair, Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 2001-04 (vice-chair, 1999-2001; member, 1998). Member, State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care, 2009-; State Interagency Coordinating Council [for Infants & Toddlers], 2013-; Commission on Special Education Access and Equity, 2013-14; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2014; State Early Childhood Advisory Council, 2014-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 19, 1969. University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (psychology/criminology), magna cum laude, 1991; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1994. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1994. Attorney coach/instructor, Mock Trial Team, University of Maryland, College Park, 1995-2003, 2006-14 (national champions, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2008). Volunteer staff, Maryland Youth Leadership Forum, 2000-09. Board of Directors, American Mock Trial Association, 2000-10. Member, Citizens Advisory Committee, Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 2011-. Co-editor, Maryland Special Education Law and Policy Manual (1st edition, March 2001, 2nd edition, March 2008). Outstanding Youth with Disability, Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 1987. Married; one child.

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