DLLR head Sanchez to become chief of staff for Rawlings-Blake

The head of the state labor department is leaving his post to become Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s chief of staff.

DLLR Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez

Alexander M. Sanchez, who has been secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation since 2009, will join Rawlings-Blake’s administration on May 16.

In a statement Monday, Rawlings-Blake cited Sanchez’s “knowledge of workforce development issues” as a reason for bringing the former United Way of America senior vice president on staff.

The mayor is trying to increase the city’s population by 10,000 families in the next decade.

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