COMMISSION ON JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM & EMERGING & BEST PRACTICES

[photo, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland] Andre M. Davis, Chair (chosen by Governor, Senate President, & House Speaker), 2027

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms: Terry Diggs, 2025; Stephanie L. Landaverde, 2025; Donald L. Baker, Jr., 2026; Russell E. Hamill III, 2026; Lara C. Weathersbee, 2026; Aubrey Edwards-Luce, Esq., 2027; Susan P. Leviton, Esq., 2027; Reuben Alvarez; Nathaniel (Nate) Balis; Sean Aaron Betsinger, Ph.D.; Alycia Capozello, Esq.; Donna L. Christy, Ph.D.; Arntrice Crowder; Elizabeth Davis; Eric N. Ford; Denise Henderson; Dr. Elizabeth Park; Rhondalyne Reed; Tanya Schwartz; Carlotta A. Woodward, Esq.; one vacancy.

Appointed by Senate President to 3-year terms: Nick Charles; William C. (Will) Smith, Jr., Esq.

Appointed by House Speaker to 3-year terms: J. Sandy Bartlett, 2027; N. Scott Phillips, 2027.

Ex officio: Rafael J. Lopez, Secretary of Human Services; Vincent N. Schiraldi, Secretary of Juvenile Services.


100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Staff: Bethany Young, Ph.D., J.D.

c/o Governor's Office of Crime Prevention & Policy
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
(410) 697-9297
e-mail: bethany.young@maryland.gov

Annual Report to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 31, 2023 & 2024, due Oct. 1, beginning 2025 (Chapter 42, Acts of 2022; Chapter 735, Acts of 2024).

In June 2022, the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices was authorized by the General Assembly (Chapter 42, Acts of 2022). It was reformed by the General Assembly in June 2024 (Chapter 735, Acts of 2024).

Meeting six times a year, the Commission reviews and reports on all juvenile services, facilities, and programs in Maryland. This includes the educational programs and services of the Department of Juvenile Services; and programs designed to divert children from the juvenile justice system. Moreover, the Commission reviews and reports on: the treatment and programming of females in the juvenile justice system; the use of child-in-need-of-supervision petitions, as well as the number of those petitions authorized or denied by jurisdiction; and the wait times for placement of children in facilities.

Twenty-six members constitute the Commission. Twenty-two members are appointed by the Governor, two by the Senate President, and two by the House Speaker. Two members serve ex officio. The Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker name the Chair (Code State Government Article, secs. 9-3501, 9-3502).

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