Membership

Council Membership

The Governor's Family Violence Council consists of 28 members.

• 16 members represent Maryland state agencies.
• 12 members are appointed by the Governor based on their experience or expertise in domestic violence issues.

Governor-appointed members may include representatives from:

• Victim service organizations
• The legal community
• Advocacy organizations
• Faith-based organizations
• Victims and survivors of domestic or family violence

Members appointed by the Governor serve three-year terms. Members who serve because of their official position remain on the Council as long as they hold the office or designation specified by law.

Council members

Ex officio members

• The Honorable Aruna Miller, Co-Chair
  Lieutenant Governor
• The Honorable Anthony Brown, Co-Chair
  Attorney General
• Dorothy Lennig, Esq.
  Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy
• Betsy Fox Tolentino
  Acting Secretary, Department of Juvenile Services
• Carolyn Scruggs
  Secretary, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
• Rafael Lopez
  Secretary, Department of Human Services
• Michael A. Jackson
  Acting Secretary, Maryland State Police
• The Honorable Joe Coale
  Maryland State’s Attorney’s Association Representative
• Carey Wright
  Interim Superintendent of Education, Maryland State Department of Education
• Laura Herrera Scott
  Secretary, Maryland Department of Health
• David Shultie
  Representative of Maryland Judiciary designated by Chief Judge of Court of Appeals
• Carmel Martin
  Special Secretary, Governor’s Office for Children
• Delegate Karen Simpson
  Maryland General Assembly, Appointed by the Speaker
• Delegate April Rose
  Maryland General Assembly, Appointed by the House Minority Leader
• Senator Mary Beth Carozza
  Maryland General Assembly, Appointed by Senate Minority Leader
• VACANT
  Maryland General Assembly, Appointed by the President

Appointed by the Governor

• Lillian Agbeyegbe
  Survivor Advocate
• Stacey Burnett Rice, Esq.
  The Law Offices of Stacey B. Rice
• Jason Dowding
  CASA, Inc.
• Deborah Feinstein, Esq.
  Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office
• Norwood Johnson
  Survivor
• Dr. Pamela Love
  DP Love Enterprises
• Lisa Nitsch
  House of Ruth Maryland
• Katie O’Malley
  Women’s Law Center of Maryland
• Leslye Orloff
  American University
• Jennifer Pollitt Hill
  Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
• Laure Ruth, Esq.
  Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
• Jeanne Yeager
  Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence