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ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senator P. J. Hogan to Join ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø as Associate Vice Chancellor for Government Relations

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Patrick J. (P.J.) Hogan

Hogan has served in the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate for 13 years, representing District 39 in Montgomery County. Since 2002, he has chaired the senate's Education, Business and Administration Budget Subcommittee and served as vice chair of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. He also chairs the senate's Joint Committee on Technology Oversight and the Montgomery County Senate Delegation. Hogan will leave the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate August 10, 2007.

"P.J. Hogan has been an avid and effective supporter of the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø and higher education," said Chancellor Kirwan in announcing the appointment. "He has been a strong advocate for adequate state funding for higher education generally and the university system in particular. His leadership has had a significant impact on the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø in several areas, including the increased priority higher education has received in Annapolis, state support for enrollment growth funding, investments in new program development, and funding for workforce development. In addition, P.J. was instrumental in the establishment of the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), one of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's two regional higher education centers, and he served as a founding member of USG's Board of Advisors."

Added Kirwan: "I am confident that P.J.'s deep knowledge of higher education and the budget process, his successful legislative career, and his significant experience on Capitol Hill will serve ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø well as we continue our efforts to enhance quality, accessibility, and affordability."

As ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's associate vice chancellor for government relations, Hogan will be the chief adviser to Chancellor Kirwan and the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Board of Regents on governmental relations policies and strategies, overseeing state and federal relations for the state's public higher education system. He will develop the system's legislative agenda and implement strategies to present the agenda to the state's elected officials, ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's congressional delegation, state and federal government agencies, and others. In addition, he will chair ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's State Relations Council, comprising government relations officers from the system's 13 institutions.

ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., and ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch both lauded Senator Hogan's contributions to the state. Said President Miller: "Senator Hogan's departure is a tremendous loss for the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate and a wonderful gain for the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø. I will miss him in the senate but regardless of where his life takes him, he will always be my very good and trusted friend."

"Senator Hogan has been a tireless advocate for higher education and I can think of no better choice for the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø," said Speaker Busch. "There are few legislators who better know the challenges and opportunities facing the university system from the legislative perspective and he will be well received in Annapolis. While we are losing a passionate voice in the State House, the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø is gaining a huge asset."

Hogan began his public service career in 1990 as a legislative assistant handling constituent relations and legislative issues for former Congresswoman Connie Morella. Since his election to the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate in 1994, Hogan has worked successfully to enact several pieces of legislation promoting the state's technology business sector, including the Biotechnology Investment Act, ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Technology Incubator Program, and the Research and Development Tax Credit. He also earned widespread respect as a leader on education policy and funding issues. Currently, he chairs the State Commission to Develop the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Model for Funding Higher Education, a cooperative effort to find long-term solutions to higher education funding. With Hogan's departure from the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate, a new chairperson will be appointed.

"In my 13 years of service in the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Senate, I have developed a passion for higher education," said Hogan. "This new position will give me the opportunity to devote all of my energies and talents to helping the ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø grow as one of the world's preeminent public university systems. I am committed to ensuring that ϡȱÁÔÆæÍøers have access to excellent and affordable higher education opportunities."

A resident of Montgomery Village, Md., Hogan received his bachelor's degree in marketing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jacquie have two children, Maura, 15, and Connor, 12.

Contact: Anne Moultrie
Phone: 301.445.2722
Email: amoultrie@usmd.edu