DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
& CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Dept. of Public Safety & Correctional Services
300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1000
Baltimore, MD 21286 - 3020
(410) 339-5004
fax: (410) 339-5064
web: www.dpscs.state.md.us

Staff Counsel for U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, 1977-78. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, 1978-82. Deputy State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1983-87. State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1987-95. Member, Governor's Study Commission on Legal Fees; Governor's Task Force on Alternative Sanctions to Incarceration, 1991-92; Governor's Commission on Funding of the Arts in Maryland, 1991-92; Governor's Commission on the Death Penalty, 1992-93.

Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 1995-97. Co-Chair, Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform, 1995-97. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1995-97; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-97 (co-chair, juvenile justice reform task force, 1995-97); Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1995-97; Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995-97; Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, 1995-97; Governor's Commission on Service, 1995-97; Work Force Investment Board, 1995-97; Governor's Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families Systems Reform, 1996. Chair, Governor's Task Force on the Fair Imposition of the Death Penalty, 1996. Member, Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee, 1995-97; State Board of Victim Services, 1995-.

Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, 1997-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1997-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1997-; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1997-; Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1997-98; Education Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions, 1997-; State Information Technology Board, 1997-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1997-; Pricing Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, 1997-; Pricing and Selection Committee for Rehabilitation and Employment Programs, 1997-; Sentencing Guidelines Advisory Board, 1997-99; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 1997-; Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law, 1998; Committee on Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1998-99; Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999; Governor's Year-2000 Readiness Task Force, 1999-2000; Commission on Juvenile Justice Jurisdiction, 1999-2001; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1999-; Forensic Sciences Task Force, 2000-01; Pretrial Release Project Advisory Committee, 2000-01; Cease Fire Council, 2000-; Correctional Training Commission, 2000-; Drug and Alcohol Council, 2001-; Maryland Green Buildings Council, 2001-; Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination, 2001-; Governor's Commission to Study Poverty in Maryland, 2001-; Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2002-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 17, 1950. Dartmouth College, B.A. (government), cum laude, 1972; Harvard University School of Law, J.D., 1975. Associate attorney, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, 1975-77. Board member, Citizens' Planning and Housing Association, 1975-77; Baltimore Zoological Society, 1984-; Sinai Hospital, 1987-; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1988-; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1988-; Baltimore Education Scholarship Trust, 1990-. Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (board member, 1990-92); Urban League. Member, Advisory Board, University of Baltimore School of Law. Vestry, St. James Episcopal Church, 1986-90. Married; two sons.

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