Speakers

Johnny Rice, II, M.S.
Director of Grants Management

Office of the Secretary, Maryland Department of Human Resources (Baltimore, MD)

Mr. Rice currently serves as director for the Office of Grants Management (OGM) at the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR). He most recently served as special assistant in the Office of the Secretary at DHR. DHR-OGM administers and provides oversight for statewide domestic violence efforts through the Victims of Crime Assistance Program, the Domestic Violence Program, and Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Program. Community Based (i.e., Father-focused) and Homeless and Transitional Service programs are also administered by OGM. DHR is an OFA Responsible Fatherhood Program grantee. Mr. Rice formerly served as Chief Operating Officer for Communities Organized To Improve Life, Inc. an historic community development corporation located in Southwest Baltimore City. Prior to joining COIL he served as chief operating officer and director of the nationally recognized Men's Services Program for the Center for Urban Families (CFUF). He has also served on the Family and Relationship Panel for the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s Decade for Change Summit and served as national faculty for the first Institute on Fatherhood, Visitation, and Domestic Violence for Supervised Visitation Grantees sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention Fund. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Baltimore with a specialization in Corrections. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health degree at Morgan State University and anticipates completing all requirements by May 2009.