DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Juvenile Services
One Center Plaza, 120 West Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 230-3100; fax: (410) 333-4199; tdd: 1-800-945-5798
e-mail: betsy.tolentino@maryland.gov
web: http://djs.maryland.gov/Pages/about-us/Leadership.aspx

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2025-; Children's Cabinet, 2025-; Advisory Council to the Children's Cabinet, 2025-; School Safety Subcabinet Advisory Board, 2025-; MD THINK Committee, 2025-.

Member, Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2025-; Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, 2025-; Cease Fire Council, 2025-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2025-; State Coordinating Council for Children, 2025-; Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports, 2025-; Correctional Training Commission, 2025-; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2025-; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2025-; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2025-; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2025-; Maryland Council on Innovation and Impact, 2025-; Judges, Masters and Juvenile Justice Committee, 2025-; Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices, 2025-; Juvenile Services Education Board, 2025-; State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision, 2025-; Law Enforcement Coordinating Council, 2025-; Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center Governing Board, 2025-; Procurement Improvement Council, 2025-; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2025-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2025-; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2025-; Commission on Trauma-Informed Care, 2025-; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2025-; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2025-; State Board of Victim Services, 2025-; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2025-; Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee, 2025-.

Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City, 2025-.

Attorney, Office of Public Defender, 2007-12.

Southern Orgon University, B.S., 2000; Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2004. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Attorney, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 2005-07. Managing Director of Juvenile and Young Adult Initiatives, Rocca, Inc., 2022-25. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2022-. Board of Directors, Maryland Foster Youth Resource Center, 2012-16; Katipunan-The Filipino Association of Maryland, 2014-20 (past chair); Mentor Maryland/DC, 2019-.

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