Lynne Bowman, a founder and former executive director of Equality Ohio, was named interim executive director of Equality Maryland on Thursday. A joint statement from Equality Maryland board chair Chuck Butler and Equality Maryland Foundation chair Patrick Wojahn announced the appointment. Bowman brings more than two decades of experience in non-profit, for-profit and government sectors, having served as director of programs and services for the Equality Federation, the national association of state-based LGBT organizations, and, most recently, as campaign manager for the unsuccessful U.S. senate bid of Democratic lieutenant governor Lee Fisher in Ohio.