People Moves: Gov. Moore Appoints Grant as Next Maryland Insurance Commissioner

Maryland Governor Wes Moore has named Marie Grant, an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in insurance and health care policy and regulation, as his state’s next insurance commissioner.

Grant currently serves as assistant secretary for health policy at the Maryland Department of Health. Her previous roles include director of government affairs at that same department and vice president of public policy with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.

Grant began her career as a non-partisan committee counsel to the House Health and Government Operations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, where she advised on health, life, and malpractice insurance legislation, as well as consumer protection.

Pending her confirmation by the Senate Executive Nominations Committee during the 2025 legislative session, Grant will join the Maryland Insurance Administration on October 1, succeeding interim commissioner Joy Hatchette. Moore named Hatchette as interim insurance commissioner after Kathleen Birrane’s planned exit from the commissioner’s job at the end of June. Birrane returned to private practice at DLA Piper, the law firm where she was a partner until being appointed commissioner in May 2020 by former Gov. Larry Hogan.

Moore said Grant has been an “outstanding leader” at the Department of Health and brings a wealth of experience to this role. “She is the right person to guide the important work of the Insurance Administration,” said Moore.

Hatchette will return to her previous role within the administration as associate commissioner for consumer education and advocacy.

Grant received a B.A. in public health from the Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

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