Earl DeMaris

Earl De Maris is Senior Advisor and former employee of HOC. Mr. De Maris held positions with HOC including Chief Financial Officer, Director of Mortgage Finance and Director of Real Estate.

Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. De Maris served five years as the Director of the Maryland Housing Fund (MHF) at the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and also was responsible for the management of the State’s $2.5 billion mortgage portfolio. Mr. De Maris founded Perkins – De Maris in 1983, a regional investment banking firm and NASD broker-dealer, and managed the firm until its sale in 1992. He has also served as a member of the Senior Executive Service for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded electronics manufacturing company, as Director of Corporate Development for an international chemical company, and as a senior securities analyst for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. on Wall Street.

He has a B.A. degree from Columbia College and an MBA from The Wharton School. He was also a commissioned officer in the United States Naval Reserve.