Governor Hogan recently announced that he has named Chris Shank as director of external affairs and interagency initiatives and promoted press secretary Shareese Churchill to deputy director of interagency communications.
Chris Shank is returning to the administration from the private sector. In 2015, Shank first joined the Hogan administration as the executive director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention. In 2016, he became a deputy chief of staff overseeing the Health, Human Services, and Education portfolio and chaired the Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council. In 2016, Governor Hogan appointed Shank as his chief legislative officer, a position he held until 2019. He represented Washington County in the Maryland General Assembly from 1998-2014.
Shareese Churchill will retain her duties as press secretary while expanding her portfolio to include managing and coordinating internal and external communications for the agencies that make up state government.
