 In 2016, Kamenetz was elected President of the Maryland Association of Counties, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that serves Maryland’s counties by articulating the needs of local government to the Maryland General Assembly.Maryland Association of Counties is the only organization serving the needs of county elected officials and governments across Maryland.He served on the board of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (Chair, 2012), the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (Chair, 2013), the Board of Visitors, and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.