Hogan appoints Mitchell to cabinet

Maryland’s Governor-elect Larry Hogan has already begun his work.

Hogan has started to appoint members of his cabinet.

One of the first to be named is Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Van Mitchell, who also served as deputy secretary of the state health department during the Ehrlich administration.

Other cabinet positions filled include the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment.