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STUART O. SIMMS, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services
Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services since November 5, 1997.
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. Secretary of Juvenile Justice, 1995-97.
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. Member, Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1995-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (co-chair, juvenile justice reform task force), 1995-; Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, 1995-; State Board of Victim Services, 1995-; Work Force Investment Board, 1995-; Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee, 1995-; Governor's Commission on Service, 1995-.
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-; Vestry, St. James Episcopal Church, 1986-90; Sinai Hospital, 1987-; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1988-; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1988-; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1990-92; Baltimore Education Scholarship Trust, 1990-. Married; two sons.
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