Md. Code, Economic Development § 10–832

(a) (1) The Director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, a University of Maryland faculty member, shall be the Director of the Institute.

(2) The Institute Director shall appoint an Associate Director who shall be a University of Maryland faculty member.

(b) The Institute Director, or the Institute Director’s designee, shall:

(1) attend all meetings of the Institute Board;

(2) act as secretary to the Institute Board;

(3) keep minutes of all proceedings of the Institute Board;

(4) approve all salaries, per diem payments, and allowable expenses of the Institute, its employees, and its consultants;

(5) approve any expenses incidental to the operation of the Institute; and

(6) perform the other duties the Institute Board directs in carrying out this part.