Jacob R. Day, Secretary
Prior to his nomination to lead the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development under Governor Wes Moore, Secretary Jacob R. Day served as the 28th Mayor of Salisbury, Maryland. Born and raised in Salisbury, he previously served as City Council President. His tenure as Mayor was marked by a resurgent downtown, including nearly $650 million in new construction, the establishment of two youth community centers, and the creation of a permanent supportive housing program to address chronic homelessness.
Secretary Day also previously worked for the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, most recently as Director of the Center for Towns, utilizing design, planning, and implementation assistance to establish vibrant, sustainable small cities and towns. He served as national president of the American Institute of Architecture Students, and as editor-in-chief of CRIT, a journal of architecture. He was also elected as the 79th president of the Maryland Municipal League, representing Maryland’s 157 municipalities, and was one of Maryland’s representatives to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Local Government Advisory Committee.
As a Major in the U.S. Army, Secretary Day is assigned to the Maryland Army National Guard as an Information Operations and Special Technical Operations Officer with the 110th Information Operations Battalion. He is a veteran of the Global War on Terrorism and was deployed to Somalia, Kenya, and Djibouti.
Secretary Day earned a Master of Science in Nature, Society & Environmental Policy from Oxford University. He also earned a Master of Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Maryland. He is the proud father to two beautiful daughters, Lilly and Olivia.
Owen McEvoy, Deputy Secretary
Owen McEvoy is the Deputy Secretary for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
Prior to his current role, he served as DHCD’s Director of Public Information where he managed a team of marketing, communications, outreach, business development and customer service professionals. During his tenure, he also directed a series of business development and marketing campaigns that have enabled the Maryland Mortgage Program to achieve more than $1 billion in mortgage reservations.
Before his time in Maryland state government, he served as Director of Media Relations and Public Information Officer for Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh, where he worked extensively on land use and development issues. He also served previously as a Deputy Communications Director and chief speechwriter for former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, and as an aide to former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich.
A graduate of Villanova University School of Law and Georgetown University, he resides in Anne Arundel County with his wife.
Carol A. Gilbert, Assistant Secretary
Division of Neighborhood Revitalization
Assistant Secretary, Carol A. Gilbert heads the Division of Neighborhood Revitalization, the office responsible for administering the majority of the department's community development and revitalization programs. Those include the Community Legacy, Strategic Demolition Fund and Community Development Block Grant programs.
Before joining the department, the assistant secretary served as both a program consultant and program officer with the Goldseker Foundation, specializing in providing investment strategies and community development expertise to support nonprofit organizations helping communities and individuals in the Baltimore metropolitan area. She is a former executive director of the Neighborhood Design Center, a 30 year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to providing lower income communities access to professional community design services. She also founded the Baltimore Homeownership Preservation Coalition, a public-private partnership working to prevent the loss of affordable housing due to mortgage foreclosure and predatory lending.
Assistant Secretary Gilbert received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in architecture from the University of Maryland College Park's Graduate School of Architecture.
Julia Glanz, Assistant Secretary
Julia Glanz is the department’s Assistant Secretary for Strategic Initiatives, which is responsible for shaping new initiatives to achieve the policy objectives of the administration. Previously, she served as the City Administrator for the City of Salisbury, managing day-to-day operations across all the city's departments. She also served as Acting Mayor and led Salisbury forward through challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assistant Secretary Glanz is originally from New York and moved to Salisbury in 2007 to study at Salisbury University. There, she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and Political Science, and a Master's Degree in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution. She worked for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees before she was hired by the City of Salisbury in 2015 as Assistant City Administrator. She became City Administrator in 2017. Assistant Secretary Glanz lives in Salisbury with her wife, Lindsey, and their four-legged creatures.
Gregory Hare, Assistant Secretary
Gregory Hare serves as Assistant Secretary of the Department’s Community Development Administration, overseeing the development finance and housing bond programs. Under his leadership, the Department has experienced record-breaking production in affordable rental housing, homeownership, and small business lending.
Prior to his appointment as Assistant Secretary, he served as the Deputy Director for the Community Development Administration and Director of Multifamily Housing. Before joining the Department, Mr. Hare was an Administrator for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City’s Rental and Assisted Housing Division.
Garret King, Chief Operating Officer
Garret King is DHCD’s Chief Operating Officer, who oversees personnel, administrative and system functions of the department and serve as the principal deputy and senior advisor for operations and administration. King has nearly two decades of public service focusing on community engagement, policy, and constituent services and programming. His expertise in government, project management and agency operations was honed serving as Chief of Staff at the District of Columbia’s Department of Aging and Community Living (DACL). During his nine-year tenure at DACL, King was the key advisor to five different directors and managed the daily operations of a complex $66 million operating budget and $17 million capital budget primarily focused on support services for the District’s 119,000 older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. In this role, King helped triple the size of the agency from 42 to 126 employees and doubled the operating budget, drastically increasing capacity and resources to improve the quality of life for DC residents. His proudest achievement at the department was harnessing year-over-year growth and operating excellence to transform the agency from an office into a department, while co-developing the national award-winning Safe at Home Program, which supports more than 6,000 D.C. residents in adding safety adaptations and modifications in and around their homes.
Prior to his time at DACL, King served in various capacities in the Council of the District of Columbia, including roles focused on workforce development, senior issues and working with offices that advocate and serve the diverse population of the District of Columbia.
A graduate of the University of the District of Columbia Law School and the University of Maryland- College Park, Garret resides in Anne Arundel County with his wife Bethany and two sons Crosby and Davis.
