Jawando Names 11 Transition Committees to Shape His First 100 Days: The Full List

County Executive-elect Will Jawando on Thursday named the members of 11 transition committees that will help shape the first 100 days of his administration, announcing the lineup on Facebook and on his transition website.

The seats are unpaid volunteer positions. More than 150 residents are volunteering on the transition team, counting committee members, co-chairs, the Steering Committee and the outreach team, according to a Thursday news release from Jawando’s transition.

“More than 150 residents have stepped up to shape the first 100 days of our administration,” Jawando wrote in the post.

What’s in it

• 11 committees: each led by two co-chairs, 127 members in all
• Topics: government accountability, housing, schools and child care, transportation, environment, jobs, immigration, public safety, the budget, civil rights and health
• Steering Committee: eight members, announced Nov. 4, guide the transition
• Next: six community workshops starting the week of Nov. 30, inauguration Dec. 7, a 100-day action plan Dec. 8
• Deadline: full committee recommendations due at the end of March

What the committees will do

The committees will identify early opportunities for action, gather residents’ input and recommend policies, programs and changes to county services, according to the transition website. Their full recommendations are due at the end of March, the site says.

The Steering Committee guiding the work includes Council Member Kristin Mink, former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, former Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young, Kathleen Matthews, Yaminah Leggett-Wells, Nancy Navarro, Jeffrey Slavin and the Rev. Tim Warner, Bethesda Magazine reported when the group was announced.

The committees

A Government That Works for All

Co-chairs: Michelle Whittaker (executive director, Ranked Choice Voting Maryland; communications director, Rank the Vote); Jheanelle Wilkins (chair, House Ways and Means Committee, Maryland House of Delegates)

Members: Samir Ahmed, Joanne Antoine, Rachael Evans, Stephanie Gawlinski, Vidal Hines, Francine Kerner Klein, Huixing (Kate) Lu, Hon. Pamela Luckett, Nagender Madavaram, Rev. Kendra Smith

Housing & Land Use

Co-chairs: Cheryl Gannon (president, Montgomery County Civic Federation); Hon. Rohit Khanna (mayor, Town of Somerset)

Members: Melissa Bondi, Hon. Cherri Branson, Russell Brazil, Tonia M. Chestnut, Brayan Diaz, Tope Fajingbesi, Amanda Farber, Tino Fragale, Debbie Heller, Kush Kharod, Lamar Mutts, Sarah Reddinger, Robin Salomon, Hon. Tracy Terrell, Rev. Timothy B. Warner

Early Care, Youth & Education

Co-chairs: Bruce Lesley (president, First Focus on Children); Hon. Nancy Navarro (former Montgomery County Council member and former Montgomery County Board of Education member)

Members: Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman, Leul Dawit, Rossana Espinoza-Thorndahl, Joseph Hooks, Brigid Nuta Howe, Mecha Inman, Pia Morrison, Kimberly Rusnak, Danillya Wilson, Lesley Younge

Transportation & Infrastructure

Co-chairs: Shawn Eum (chief of staff, Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration; board member, CAPAD); Ken O’Connell (president, O’Connell & Lawrence)

Members: E. Felicia Brannon, Hon. Al Carr, Kristy Daphnis, Scott Darling, Sourish Dey, Jake M. Goodman, Noam Kovacs, Michael Larkin, Derrick Nabors, Katherine Roboff

Environment & Energy

Co-chairs: David Blockstein (member, Takoma Park Mobilization); Wendy Howard (executive director, One Montgomery Green)

Members: Augustus Aja-Onu, Allyson Black-Woodson, Dr. Truphena Choti, Rob Edwards, Tom Hoffmann, Jayne Park, Sundjata Suma, Mike Tidwell, Kevin Walton, Dr. Sacoby Wilson

Economic Opportunity

Co-chairs: Kim Jones (executive director, Montgomery County Black Collective); Jerry T. Sanford (managing director, The Harbor Bank of Maryland)

Members: Raymond E Bell, Pablo Blank, Steve Boden, Travis Cutler, Samuel Epps, Angela Franco, Avi Halpert, Jennifer Hsin, Victoria Leonard, Stanley Martin, Jerrod Moton, Dr. Ike Ogbuebile, Christian Oliva, Jim Soltesz, Hon. Herman Taylor, Bill Tompkins

Immigration

Co-chairs: Azeb Ataro Adere (president, Ethiopian Eritrean Special Needs Community (EESNC); chair, African Communities Coalition); Alex Vazquez (Maryland organizing director, We Are CASA)

Members: Fatmata Barrie, Luz Chavez-Gonzales, Jody Gil, Fresia Guzman, Jaime Tackett Koppel, Juanita Cabrera Lopez, Grace Kurland Mann, Jariane Martinez Mapp, Devang Shah, Ariel Woods

Public Safety

Co-chairs: Cynthia “Cindy” Coe (chief executive officer, Cynthia Coe Advising); Antonio B. DeVaul (chief of police, City of Takoma Park Police Department)

Members: Jeffrey Buddle, Paul DelPonte, Lesly Diaz, Eddie Ellis, Ike Ezunagu, Russell Hartung, Christy E. Lopez, Sadiq Muhammad, Dorien Rogers, Joanna Silver, Arif Wali, Isabella Wise, Stephanie Wolf

Fiscal Responsibility & Fairness

Co-chairs: Benjamin Orr (executive director, Maryland Center for Economic Policy); Hon. Will Roberts (senior vice president, Rights and Justice, Center for American Progress)

Members: Hon. Saman Ahmad, Hon. Arthur Edmunds, Pamela Hubbard, Ottis Johnson Jr., Hon. Jim Michaels, Bailey Reed, Travis B Simon, Max Socol, Nancy Soreng, David Stein, Yoseph Zerihun

Civil Rights, Culture & Belonging

Co-chairs: Tasnuva Khan (Montgomery County Muslim Council); Rabbi Scott Perlo (rabbi, Adat Shalom)

Members: Minister Daniel Bailey, Hon. Mumin A. Barre, Lee Blinder, Dr. Troy Boddy, Marc Brenman, Suzan Jenkins, Shana Hope Khader, John Landesman, Laura Wallace, Ella Wan

Outreach

Outreach leads Izola Shaw, Fatmata Barrie and Josie Caballero will take the effort into neighborhoods across the county, working with local organizations, according to the website.

Health & Human Services

Co-chairs: Ann Mazur (chief executive officer, EveryMind); Hillery Tsumba (chief operating officer, Primary Care Coalition)

Members: Korey Anthony Chisholm, Leidi Garcia, Dr. Pat Grant, Dr. Ebony Grey, Kelli-Dominique Hudson, Chris Leacock, Yvette D. Monroe, Brenna Olson, Topher Spiro, Jani Tillery, Elizabeth Ucheya, Jenna Umbriac

What’s next

• Weeks of Nov. 30 to Jan. 18: six community workshops, in Upcounty, East County, Mid-County, Rockville, Silver Spring and Bethesda-Chevy Chase; dates and places to come
• Dec. 7: inauguration at Strathmore in the morning and an inaugural ball at The Fillmore that night; a community survey launches
• Dec. 8: 100-day action plan released
• March 15: recommended operating budget goes to the County Council
• End of March: committee recommendations

Residents can sign up for workshop updates and volunteer on the transition website.

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