Gov.-elect Moore announces more Cabinet appointments

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s Gov.-elect Wes Moore has announced additional Cabinet appointments.

Salisbury Mayor Jake Day will be the Housing and Community Development secretary, the incoming administration announced. Kevin Atticks has been named the state’s agriculture secretary. Atticks founded Grow & Fortify to support value-added agricultural organizations and the businesses they represent. Moore also has appointed Serena McIlwain to be the state’s environment secretary. She has served as undersecretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency. Josh Kurtz has been appointed secretary of natural resources.

Kurtz served as the Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

(Mayor Jake Day photo courtesy of City of Salisbury, MD website)

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