DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
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FORMER SECRETARIES

[photo, Carolyn J. Scruggs, Maryland Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services] CAROLYN J. SCRUGGS
Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2023-26
Acting Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2023

Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, March 2, 2023 to November 5, 2026. Acting Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services January 1 to March 2, 2023. Past Assistant Secretary, Programs, Treatment, and Reentry.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2023-26; Governor's Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council, 2023; MD THINK Committee, 2023-26. Chair, Correctional Education Council, 2023-26.

Member, Maryland State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2023-26; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2023-26; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2023-26; Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, 2023-26; Cease Fire Council, 2023-26; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2023-26; Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council, 2023-26; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2023-26; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2023-26; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2023-26; Work Group on Home Detention Monitoring, 2023-26; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2023-26; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2023-26; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2023-26; Law Enforcement Coordinating Council, 2023-26; Governor's Commission to Study Mental and Behavioral Health in Maryland, 2023-26; Council on Open Data, 2023-26; Pricing and Selection Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland and the Employment Works Program, 2023-26; Task Force to Ensure the Safety of Judicial Facilities, 2023-26; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2023-26; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2023-26; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2023-26; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2023-26; State Board of Victim Services, 2023-26; Governor's Workforce Development Board, 2023-26; Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission, 2024-26.

Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City, 2023-26.

Attended Western High School, Baltimore, Maryland; Towson State University, B.A. (political science); Coppin State University, M.A. (criminal justice administration).

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