Board and Commission Nominations

At a glance

What: Mayoral nominations to city boards, heard by the Committee on Legislative Investigations as EA26-0175 through EA26-0208 and EA26-0210 (the Planning Director, EA26-0209, is separate: Planning Director nomination (EA26-0209)).
Where it stands: on Oct 15, 2026 the committee voted to recommend confirmation for 21 board and commission nominees (plus two cabinet nominees on their own pages) and took no vote on 12. The full Council confirmed a batch of board nominees on Oct 19, 2026; the captions do not say which individuals.
Next: the 12 nominees without a committee vote remain pending; the minutes give no reason.

Votes by body

Arts & Culture Advisory Committee (7 nominees). Motions by Middleton. Recommended for confirmation, Yes 3 (Schleifer, Glover, Middleton), Abstain 1 (Dorsey), Absent 1 (Gray): Quintel Harcum, Samantha Herr, Carlos Raba, Conrad Woody. No vote: Tremayne Lipscomb Sr., Cara Ober, Thea Washington.
Baltimore City Re-Entry Action Council (23 nominees). Motions by Dorsey; Yes 4 (Schleifer, Glover, Dorsey, Middleton), Gray absent. Recommended: Katie Allston, Shannice Anderson, Kofi Appiah, Shante C. Brookshire, Angeles T. Evans, Janette Gonzalez-Graham, Dewetta Logan (recorded Yes 3 with Dorsey and Gray absent, though the motion is credited to Dorsey), Kevin Dwayne Nock, Anne Bocchini Pack, Gordon Rynnie Pack Jr., Waunita A. Scott, Trina Selden, Kevin Nathaniel Tyler Sr., Dennis Wise. No vote: Laverne Bailey, Eric A. Brockman, Zenobia B. Edison, Veronica Jackson, Teresa Jones, Gwendolyn Levi, Miriam W. Mburu, Vennieth McCormick, Precious Nwanna.
Commission on Aging, Resources, and Empowerment (2 nominees): Dr. Steven R. Daviss and Kevin Anthony Mason, Yes 4, Gray absent, on Dorsey's motions.
Police Accountability Board (1 nominee): Zachary Alberts, Yes 4, Gray absent, on Dorsey's motion.

On Oct 19, 2026 the Council assigned six further nominees (five for the Compensation Commission for Elected Officials, one for the Planning Commission) to this committee; no hearing on them is recorded yet.
Cabinet nominees from the same docket: Consumer Protection Director Nomination, Housing Commissioner Nomination.

Sources

Minutes (final), Committee on Legislative Investigations, Oct 15, 2026: https://baltimore.legistar1.com/baltimore/meetings/2026/10/5397_M_Committee_on_Legislative_Investigations_26-10-15_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
City Council agenda, Oct 19, 2026: https://baltimore.legistar1.com/baltimore/meetings/2026/10/5191_A_Baltimore_City_Council_26-10-19_Meeting_Agenda.pdf

Log

2026-10-19 - City Council

A batch of board and commission nominees (Arts and Culture, Reentry Action Council, Commission on Aging, Police Accountability Board) was confirmed; Dorsey abstained on the Arts and Culture members. Six new nominees were assigned to this committee.

2026-10-15 - Committee on Legislative Investigations

21 board and commission nominees recommended for confirmation, 12 left without a vote.