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The Office of Governor Wes Moore
Rebecca Flora, Secretary, Department of Planning

Rebecca Flora, AICP

Secretary - Department of Planning
Website
https://planning.maryland.gov

Rebecca provides comprehensive leadership of the Department's mission, objectives, and initiatives, including oversight of Planning Services, State Data Center, Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum (JPPM) in Calvert County.

She comes to the Department of Planning with extensive urban planning experience, having worked in the Pittsburgh area for more than 20 years in project management, and community development, and was the first executive director of the Green Building Alliance (GBA), whose vision is to address climate change, advance human health, achieve social equity, and create thriving economies.

Following her career in Pennsylvania and Washington DC, she launched ReMAKE Group, LLC, a woman-owned Chestertown-based business where she led large-scale brownfield redevelopment projects, and sustainability and resiliency plans in locations across the country.

Secretary Flora graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and received a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech. She also holds credentials as a green building and neighborhood development professional, (BD+C and ND) along with her planning AICP credential.