DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Sam J. Abed, Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services] SAM J. ABED
Secretary of Juvenile Services, 2011-23

Secretary of Juvenile Services, March 25, 2011 to January 18, 2023. Acting Secretary, February 4 to March 25, 2011.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2011-23; Children's Cabinet, 2011-23; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2011-23. Member, Governor's Overdose Prevention Council, 2014-15; MD THINK Committee, 2021-23. Chair, Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-21.


Member, Mental Health Transformation Working Group, 2011; Maryland Integrated Map (MDiMap) Executive Committee, 2011-12; Task Force on Prisoner Re-Entry, 2011-12; Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services by State Agencies, 2011-12; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2011-15; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2011-15. Board of Directors, Maryland Workforce Corporation, 2011-16. Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City, 2011-17; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2011-17; Cease Fire Council, 2011-23; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2011-23; State Coordinating Council for Children, 2011-23; Correctional Training Commission, 2011-23; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2011-23; Judges, Masters and Juvenile Justice Committee, 2011-23; Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs, 2011-23; State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision, 2011-23; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2011-23; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2011-23; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2011-23; State Board of Victim Services, 2011-23. Member, Advisory Board on After-School and Summer Opportunity Programs, 2012-16; Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational and Social Services, 2012-21; Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth, 2013-14; Task Force on Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, 2013-14; Governor's Commission for Effective Community Inclusion of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013-15; Juvenile Grant Planning and Review Council, 2013-19; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2014-23; Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee, 2014-23; Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council, 2015-16; Work Group to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking, 2015-19; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2015-23; Governor's Workforce Development Board (formerly Governor's Workforce Investment Board), 2015-23; Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System, 2016-17; Task Force to Combat Habitual Student Truancy, 2016-18; Commission on the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Restorative Practices, 2017-19; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2017-23; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-23; Task Force to Study Maryland's Criminal Gang Statutes, 2018-20; Juvenile Services Education Programs Work Group, 2018-20; School Safety Subcabinet Advisory Board, 2018-23; Work Group to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors, 2019-20; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-21; Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center Governing Board, 2019-23; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2020-23; Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports, 2021-23; Juvenile Services Education Board, 2021-23; Law Enforcement Coordinating Council, 2021-23; Procurement Improvement Council, 2021-23; Commission on Trauma-Informed Care, 2021-23.

Former assistant commonwealth attorney, Sussex County, Virginia, and City of Norfolk, Virginia. Member, Virginia Commission for National and Community Service, 2002-05.

Chief Deputy Director of Operations, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, 2006-10.

Born in Virginia. Attended Monacan High School, North Chesterfield, Virginia; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.S. (psychology), 1997; Arabic Language Institute internship, American University in Cairo, 1997; T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, J.D., 2001. Member, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, 2012-. Very Important Professional, Daily Record, 2013.

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