A day after Gov. Larry Hogan said he’s looking to “clean house” at the beleaguered University of Maryland Medical System board of directors, several members—including the hospital system’s board chairman of more than a decade—have announced they’re leaving.
Legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly this spring requires all of the board’s members to resign by year’s end anyway. But members Kevin O’Connor and Dr. Scott Rifkin, as well as chairman Stephen Burch, are exiting after the governor said he was disinclined to reappoint most, if not all of them in the wake of a sweeping ethics scandal that has also prompted Catherine Pugh’s resignation as mayor.
Burch, the ex-Virgin Media CEO and a former Comcast executive who’s served two five-year terms and an extra year as chairman, and O’Connor, a lobbyist for firefighters, are both leaving effective July 1. Rifkin, a physician who’s the CEO of Mid-Atlantic Health Care and the publisher of local Jewish lifestyle and news magazine Jmore, is resigning effective immediately.
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