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STUART O. SIMMS, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services
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. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1995-97; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1995-97; Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, 1995-97; Governor's Commission on Service, 1995-97.
Member, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995- (co-chair, juvenile justice reform task force, 1995-97); Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee, 1995-; State Board of Victim Services, 1995-; 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, Governor's Executive Council, 1997-; Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 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-; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 1997-; Committee on Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1998-; Governor's Year 2000 Readiness Task Force, 1999-.
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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