Employee of the Month

June 2024 Honoree

Joan Leazer Joan has been a dedicated state employee for 10 years. The last two and a half of which have been with the fiscal services division, specifically in the accounts payable unit. The Accounts Payable unit was short staffed for an extended period of time, and Joan truly stepped  ...Learn more

May 2024 Honorees

Lakecia Dingle and Samantha DelpOver the past 6-months, both Lakecia Dingle and Samantha Delp have been working diligently to bring DCE through the procurement process and making significant headway in the total improvement of procurement here at DCE. Sam and Lakecia process hundreds of contracts and change orders to ensure  ...Learn more

April 2024 Honoree

Barry Shirrell On February 29, 2024, at approximately 1700 hours, Sergeant Barry Shirrell was returning home in his personal vehicle when he heard on his police radio that an unknown suspicious person was entering through the back door of the State House with a weapon. Once hearing that information Sergeant Shirrell  ...Learn more

March 2024 Honoree

Tyler Russell Tyler was given the unenviable task of stepping into what may be the most complex procurement DGS’ Office of State Procurement has seen in its brief existence. The Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) contract is a multi-billion dollar, extremely important contract. This contract will decide how our State workforce,  ...Learn more

February 2024 Honoree

Jamal Henderson Security Officer Jamal Henderson has been with the Maryland Capitol Police as a Security Officer since 2001. Security Officer Henderson is a dedicated and dependable employee devoting over 22 years to Maryland Capitol Police. He religiously displays a positive and helpful attitude while on duty and is guaranteed to  ...Learn more

January 2024 Honoree

Eric Davis Officer Eric Davis has over 30 years of experience and knowledge in law enforcement. Officer Davis has been with MCP for about two years. Officer Davis also trains and shares his wisdom and knowledge of law enforcement to new officers joining the Maryland Capitol Police. Officer Davis shows  ...Learn more

December Honoree

Haneef Goode, known to all as “Bam,” is a Baltimore Regional Manager with the Office of Facilities Management. Haneef has worked for DGS for nearly nine years. In that time, he completes his day-to-day job responsibilities, but he has also gone above and beyond to help anyone out who knows  ...Learn more

November Honoree

Gilbert McCoy is a police officer for the Maryland Capitol Police and has been with the department for three years and eight months. On August 3rd, 2023, while conducting a patrol check at 100 Community Place, Officer McCoy noticed Mrs. Clemons on the northside lawn, who was unresponsive and needed  ...Learn more

October Honoree

Sergeant Luke Montgomery came to the Maryland Capitol Police from the Baltimore City Sheriff department where he spent approximately 19 years, serving his community. Sgt. Montgomery is a hard-working supervisor, respectful and polite to all that he comes across. He does not shy away from a call for service and  ...Learn more

September Honoree

PCO Damara Knox-Harris has been with DGS for over 25 years. She started in March of 1998 as a Security Officer. Through the years she continued to work and attained the position of a PCO entailing the responsibilities to monitor radio transmissions over the two channels used by MCP, and  ...Learn more