(a) A Board of Directors shall manage the affairs of the authority and exercise all of the powers of the authority.

(b) The Board consists of the following members:

(1) as ex officio members:

(i) the Secretary, or the designee of the Secretary;

(ii) the Secretary of General Services, or the designee of the Secretary of General Services;

(iii) the Secretary of Planning, or the designee of the Secretary of Planning; and

(iv) the president of the military alliance of each county in which the facility is located;

(2) (i) if the facility is located in one county, the executive director, or equivalent officer, of the county economic development unit and two other members appointed by the governing body of the county in which the facility is located; or

(ii) if the facility is located in more than one county, the executive director, or equivalent officer, of the economic development unit of each county and one other member appointed by the governing body of each county; and

(3) as nonvoting, ex officio members:

(i) the Executive Director of the Maryland Economic Development Corporation;

(ii) the Executive Director of the authority; and

(iii) the Director of Transitional Services of the Maryland Department of Human Services.

(c) (1) The term of a member of the Board appointed under subsection (b)(2) of this section is 4 years.

(2) The terms of appointed members shall be staggered.

(3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed.

(4) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed.