DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING, & REGULATION


[Photograph of Department Secretary]

EUGENE A. CONTI, JR., Ph.D., Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation

Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation since 1995.

Policy analyst, North Carolina Department of Administration, 1979. Budget Examiner, 1979-82, then Assistant to Director, then Senior Budget Analyst, federal Office of Management and Budget, 1982-85. Director, Office of Planning and Management Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1985-87. Administrative Assistant, then Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative David E. Price, 1987-93. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993-95.

Member, Governor's Task Force to Reform the State Personnel Management System, 1995-96; Governor's Executive Council, 1995-; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1995-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1995-; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 1995-; Work Force Investment Board, 1995-; Partnership Policy Council on Block Grants, 1996. Co-Chair, Governor's Commission on Summer Youth Employment, 1996.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1946. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), eastern Kentucky, 1966-67. Eastern Michigan University, B.A. (sociology, anthropology), 1971. Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, 1974-77. Duke University, M.A. (policy sciences & public affairs), 1978; Duke University, Ph.D. (anthropology), 1978. Presidential Management Intern, 1979-81. Recipient of Professional Achievement Award (1981), Special Performance Award (1982, 1985), and Outstanding Performance Award (1984) from federal Office of Management and Budget. Married; two sons.


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