Maryland Comptroller-elect Brooke Lierman lines up a woman-powered transition team

Comptroller-elect Brooke Lierman announced Thursday that she has appointed a team of powerful women — and outgoing Comptroller Peter Franchot — to help her get ready for her historic role as Maryland’s first female chief financial officer. “You know, somebody said to me the other day, ‘Why are you appointing all women?’” Lierman said at a news conference in Annapolis. “And I said, ‘Why not?’”