DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
& CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES


[photo, Stephen T. Moyer, Maryland Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services] STEPHEN T. MOYER
Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2015-19

Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, February 13, 2015 to March 15, 2019. Acting Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, January 21 to February 13, 2015.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2015-19; Governor's Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council, 2015-19. Co-Chair, Education and Workforce Training Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions, 2015; Correctional Education Council, 2015-19. Chair, Correctional Training Commission, 2015-19; Maryland State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2016-19 (member, 2015-19).


Member, Governor's Commission for Effective Community Inclusion of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2015; Police Training Commission, 2015-16; Task Force to Study Small and Minority Design Firm Participation in State Procurement, 2015-16; Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council, 2015-16; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2015-17; Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City, 2015-17; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2015-19; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2015-19; Cease Fire Council, 2015-19; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2015-19; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2015-19; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2015-19; Interagency Council on Homelessness, 2015-19; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2015-19; Council on Open Data, 2015-19; Pricing and Selection Committee for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland and the Employment Works Program, 2015-19; Sexual Offender Advisory Board, 2015-19; Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention, 2015-19; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2015-19; State Board of Victim Services, 2015-19; Governor's Workforce Development Board (formerly Governor's Workforce Investment Board), 2015-19; Work Group on Collateral Consequences of Convictions, 2016; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2016-19; Interagency Disabilities Board, 2017-19; Governor's Council on Gangs and Violent Criminal Networks, 2017-19; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2017-19; Task Force to Study Maryland's Criminal Gang Statutes, 2018-19.

Vice-Chair, Executive Board, Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2017-19.

Deputy Secretary, Department of Juvenile Services, 1999-2002 (on loan from Dept. of State Police). Member, Task Force to Study Alternative Educational Programs for Chronically Disruptive Students, 1999-2000; Maryland Anti-Terrorism Task Force, 2001-07.

Deputy Secretary, Department of State Police, 2002-07 (served in Department, 1983-2007). Supervisor, Environmental Crimes Unit, 1989-94. Executive Protection Unit, 1995-96. Commander, Internal Affairs Unit, 1996-99. Member, Homeland Security Senior Policy Group, 2003-04.

Security Director, University of Maryland Medical Center, 2008-13.

Deputy Chief of Police, Sarasota, Florida, 2013-15.

Public Safety Director, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Sarasota Florida, 2019-.

Born in Harford County, Maryland, 1960. Attended Edgewood High School, Edgewood, Maryland; Towson University, B.S. (biology), 1982. The Johns Hopkins University, M.S. (business administration & management), 1998; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. Member, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, 1995- (private security committee, 2009-13); Police Executive Research Forum, 1996-; International Association of Chiefs of Police, 1999-; Southwest Florida Chiefs Organization, 2013-; Florida Chiefs of Police Association, 2013-. Advisory Board, Sarasota Salvation Army, 2013-15. Married; two children.

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