Governor-Elect Moore has announced Senator Paul Pinsky will serve in his Administration as the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration.
“I’m so proud to appoint Paul Pinsky as the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration and Mollie Byron as the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, I’m confident these leaders will make Maryland proud,” said Governor-Elect Wes Moore. “Paul and Mollie are two lifelong community leaders who I’m so excited to have join the administration–Maryland is better off because of their work, and will benefit greatly because of their continued service.”
Senator Pinsky has had a long, distinguished career serving in the Maryland General Assembly. He served 29 years in the Maryland Senate where he chaired the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee in his final term. During his final term he was a key architect and floor leader of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future (Kirwan proposal) and the lead sponsor of the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. He successfully sponsored several other environmental and energy initiatives during his tenure and served on the Maryland Climate Commission since its inception.
Governor-Elect Moore also announced today Mollie Byron will serve as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
Mollie Byron’s long career in public service has been grounded on making government inclusive and accessible; working at national, state and local levels to ensure communities are
heard, diverse voices inform decision making and action is taken to uplift families. Mollie is currently the Director of Government Accountability for Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. In this role Mollie helped to streamline and modernize the role of performance management in the County. She also played a key role in combating the COVID-19 crisis in Prince George’s County.
Prior to working in Prince George’s County government, Mollie served as the Director of State and Federal Government Relations for The Nature Conservancy MD/DC. Mollie also served as the Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Governor Martin O’Malley during his second term. She has been involved as a senior advisor on numerous statewide and local political campaigns in Maryland and is on the Board of Directors for Emerge Maryland.
