Membership

Board Membership

Since 1996, the Maryland State Board of Victim Services has consisted of 22 members who represent crime victims, victim service providers, and a wide range of criminal justice agencies and organizations.

Of the 22 members:

• 8 members serve in positions established by law.
• 14 members are appointed by the Governor.

Board members serve five-year terms.

Board members

Ex officio members

• Steve Kelly, Esq., Chair
• Dorothy Lennig, Esq.
  Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy
• Jessica Dickerson
  Department of Juvenile Services
• Tiffany Bright
  Office of the Attorney General
• Tara Newcomer
  Department of Human Services
• Scott Kurlander, Esq.
  Maryland Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
• Lou Gieszl
  Administrative Office of the Courts
• Patricia Stevens
  Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Appointed by the Governor

State’s attorneys

• The Honorable Anne Colt Leitess
  Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney
• The Honorable Gina Cirincion
  Washington County State’s Attorney

Public members

• Lisa Spicknall, Vice- Chair
  Donate Life Maryland
• Jill Ritter
  Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office
• Jonah Hornum
  Survivor
• Alonzo Robertson
  Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center
• Dawn Collins
  Survivor
• Mildred Muhammad
  Survivor

Victim service providers

• Shardal Rose
  Baltimore Police Department
• Anne Bean
  Cecil County Department of Community Services
• Laura Clary
  Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• Peaches Wilson
  Montgomery County Trauma Services

MD Chiefs of Police Association

• Deputy Chief Laura Lanham
  City of Hyattsville Police Department

MD Sheriffs’ Association

• R. Gary Hofmann III
  Queen Anne’s County Sheriff