DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

SECRETARY


[photo, Anthony C. Woods, Maryland Secretary of Veterans Affairs] ANTHONY C. WOODS, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,



Secretary of Veterans Affairs since March 2, 2023. Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, January 18 to March 2, 2023.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2023-. Chair, Maryland Veterans Trust, 2023-; Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2023-. Chair, Commission on Veterans and Military Families, 2024-.

Member, Interagency Committee on Aging Services, 2023-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2023-; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2023-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2023; Maryland Semiquincentennial Commission, 2023; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2023-; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2023-; Superintendent's [Secretary of State Police] Council of Advisors on Diversity and Inclusion, 2023-; Maryland 250 Commission, 2023-; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2023-. Member, Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances, 2024-.

Born in Fairfield, California, July 20, 1980. Attended Vanden High School, Fairfield, California; U.S. Military Academy, West Point, B.S. (economics & american politics), 2003; John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, M.P.P (public policy), 2008. Served in U.S. Army, 2003-08 (deployed to Iraq, 2003, 2005); Major, Military Intelligence, U.S. Army Reserves, 2014-.

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