The Alumni Board comprises 40 graduate volunteers from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Principal activities include promoting and recognizing the accomplishments of Maryland Carey Law and its alumni, assisting in preparing students for professional careers after graduation, and advancing the legal profession in Maryland and beyond. The Board also selects the annual Alumni Award Recipients.
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Purpose
The purpose of the Maryland Carey Law Alumni Board is to engage the School’s alumni, friends, stakeholders, and current, prospective, and admitted students by planning and executing outreach efforts designed to engage the Maryland Carey Law community as a way to promote the mission and achievements of the School. As the Alumni Board seeks to engage the Maryland Carey Law community, it shall actively consider, foster, and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Alumni Board is committed to building a culture that prizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prioritizes access, opportunity, and advancement for historically marginalized and disadvantaged groups.
Committees
The Alumni Board has four standing committees:
- Alumni Awards Committee - Members of this committee solicit and review nominations for the annual Alumni Awards program. The committee develops award criteria, discusses each nomination, and puts forth recommendations for each award category to the full Board for a vote and approval.
- Alumni Engagement Committee - Members of this committee work in partnership with the Office of External Relations to identify and coordinate ways that the law school can create meaningful and sustainable relationships with the alumni community to promote long-term engagement and philanthropy.
- Governance Committee - Members of this committee ensure efficient and effective operations of the Board. This committee also reviews and evaluates membership of the Alumni Board.
- Student Engagement Committee - Members of this committee work in partnership with the Office of External Relations to identify and coordinate ways to help enhance the student experience in creative and meaningful ways.
Responsibilities of Alumni Board Members include:
- Attending the regularly scheduled full Alumni Board and committee meetings held throughout the year.
- Serving on at least one of four standing Alumni Board committees and participating in ad hoc working groups, task forces, or other temporary bodies created to address any special or urgent need(s).
- Regarding Maryland Carey Law as a top philanthropic priority and giving annually during each fiscal year.
- Regularly engaging with the Law School’s students, faculty and alumni. (Including, but not limited to: mentorship, guest lecturer, advocacy team coach, reunion planning, or event host).
- Reviewing nominations for and selecting alumni award recipients each fall and new Alumni Board members each spring.
Applications to join the Alumni Board are collected on an annual basis. The Board will begin accepting new member applications on November 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027.
For more information, please email Justinia Carter, executive director of alumni engagement, at j.carter@law.umaryland.edu.
Current Members of the Alumni Board
Officers
Charlton T. Howard, III, ’88, President
Maryland State Prosecutor | Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor
Mary B. Murphy ’85, Vice President
Director, Division of Enforcement and Litigation | US Consumer Product Safety Commission
David Hodnett ’06, Secretary
Financial Advisor | Jacob William Advisory
Members
Alexa Ain ’21
Associate | Venable
Lindsay Barnes ’12
Senior VP, Associate General Counsel | Truist Bank
Debra Bernal ’99
Senior Appellate Counsel (Ret.) | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel
The Hon. Wayne Brooks ’84
Administrative Judge | District Court of Maryland for Howard County
Max Cardin ’19
Senior Principal, Symphony Transact | Symphony Risk Solutions
Eleanor Chung ’18
Health Care and Life Sciences Litigation Associate | Epstein Becker Green
Christopher Daffin ’24
Policy Counsel | The Maryland General Assembly, House Health Committee
Maggie Davis ’13
Director, Government Affairs | Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA)
Junior Dufort ’23
Associate | Ashurst Perkins Coie
Matt DuMont ’23
Assistant State’s Attorney, Baltimore City Post-Conviction Litigation Unit | Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City
Susan DuMont ’16
Principal, and co-chair of Miles & Stockbridge’s Pro Bono Committee | Miles & Stockbridge
Dylan Elliott ’20
Associate | Salsbury Stringer & McCulley, LLC
Brittani Gordon ’15
General Manager | MADabolic Strength Gym
Professor Kathleen Hoke ’92
Professor and Director, Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy, and Director, Network for Public Health Law-Eastern Region | University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
David Iannucci ’79
Attorney | O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore
President and CEO (ret.) | Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation
Charles Kassir ’19
Senior Advisor to the Chief Justice | Supreme Court of Maryland
Jeff Knight ’08
Attorney Ouellette Family Law
Deputy Area Counsel (ret.) | Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Anna Kuperstein ’08
Senior Director of Environmental Policy | Boardwalk Pipelines
Leah Levi ’22
Federal Attorney
Anthony May ’15
Partner | Nusinov Smith
Jade McDuffie McClary ’16
Associate General Counsel | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Daniel Moore ’19
Appellate and White Collar Litigation Associate | Saul Ewing LLC
Stephen J. Nolan ’76
Of Counsel | Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC
Ald. Rhonda Pindell Charles ’79
Alderwoman, Ward 3 | City of Annapolis
Eshawn Rawlley ’14
Executive Advisor Office of the Judge Advocate General | United States Air Force
Lindsey Rennie ’19
Circuit Court Supervisor, Howard County | Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Lt. Col. Carrie Ricci ’96
Associate Gen Counsel | USDA, Office of General Counsel
Maureen Rowland ’88
Assistant Public Defender (Ret.) | Office of Public Defender, Baltimore City
Taylor Scott ’20
Associate | Kramon & Graham, P.A.
Yosefi Seltzer ’99
Labor and Employment Agency Counsel and Team Lead | US Army Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
Aarti Sidhu ’18
Visiting Assistant Professor | University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Maria Stubbings ’15
Counsel | Ashurst Perkins Coie
Tony Torain, II ’11
Partner | McDermott Will & Schulte
Sakkara Turpin ’14
Conflicts Attorney | Paul Hastings LLP
The Hon. Brian Weeks ’09
Administrative Law Judge | Office of Administrative Hearings
Rebecca D. Wells ’24
Honors Attorney | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Dillon Yeung ’11
Senior Assistant State's Attorney | The State's Attorney's Office for Howard County