Kim Kennedy, president of Baltimore shipping container company K&K International Inc., was appointed this week by Gov. Martin O?Malley to serve on an expanded Maryland Drug and Alcohol Council.

A Timonium resident and recovering alcoholic, Kennedy is on the board of Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, the organization that oversees the $53 million from all sources going to fund treatment in the city.

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