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Member of Senate since January 8, 2020. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2023-. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2020- (member, work group on COVID-19 & housing, 2020); Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2020-; Executive Nominations Committee, 2023-; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2023-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2023-. Member, Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology, 2020; Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2020-22.

Vice-Chair, Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force, 2020-23. Member, State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2020-. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State’s Attorneys, 2023-.

Member of House of Delegates, January 14, 2015 to January 2020. Deputy Majority Whip, 2019. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2015-19 (chair, civil law & procedure subcommittee, 2017-18, member, 2015-18; chair, criminal justice subcommittee, 2019, member, 2015-20; member, juvenile law subcommittee, 2019); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2019; Study Group on Economic Stability, 2019. Member, Punitive Damages Work Group, 2016-17. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2015-20 (parliamentarian, 2016-20).

Member, Commission Regarding the Implementation and Use of Body Cameras by Law Enforcement Officers, 2015-16; Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties, 2019-20; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2019-20; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2019-20.

Member, Citizens Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Executive Council, 2007-12; Citizens Advisory Council for the Baltimore Corridor Transit Study – Red Line, 2009-13; Consumer Council, Office of Attorney General, 2010-12.

Dr. P. Jonathon Phillips is an Electronic Engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory. Jonathon is a leading researcher in the fields of computer vision, face recognition, biometrics, and forensics.    He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers in face recognition, computer vision, biometrics, psychology, forensics, statistics, and neuroscience. His papers have received over 38,000 Google citations.  He is an IEEE Fellow and an International Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Fellow.

Dr. Phillips pioneered competitions to improve technology in face recognition, computer vision, and biometrics. The programs and competitions that Jonathon managed were instrumental in advancing face recognition from its infancy in research labs to deployment in real-world applications. Progress was measured in a series of evaluations from the 1993 FERET competition through the Multiple Biometric Evaluation 2010. The competitions documented a Moore’s law improvement in face recognition accuracy—from 1993 to 2010, the error rate for the technology decreased by half every two-years. For his work on competitions and its influences and adoption by computer vision and biometrics he won the IEEE inaugural Mark Everingham Prize, the NIST Distinguished Career Award, the IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Award, FedID Career Achievement Award, two Dept. of Commerce Gold Medal (2003 and 2020), the Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal, Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service, and Federal Bureau of Investigation CJIS Assistant Director’s Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement. 

A hallmark of Jonathon’s research is collaboration with researchers from related fields. These collaborations have resulted in better understanding of biometric algorithm performance and the relationship between human and algorithm face recognition accuracy. 

In law enforcement, border control, and security, humans perform face recognition. To assess the ability of technology to complement or perform face recognition task, it is necessary to know the relative accuracy of machines and humans.  Working with collaborators, Jonathon pioneered the development of methods to compare human and machine performance and systematically incorporated measuring human performance into face recognition competitions. This line of research showed that face recognition algorithms accuracy can vary by race and led to calls to test face recognition systems for racial bias. In the wake of the National Academies report on Forensics Sciences, this work was adapted to measuring the accuracy of facial forensic examiners and people with superior face recognition ability—facial super-recognizers.  This research confirmed that facial forensic examiners and super-recognizers have superior face recognition ability.

To understand how lighting, camera, pose, environment and other factors affect face recognition performance, Jonathon and his collaborators developed statistical methods to analysis face recognition and biometric performance. To assess the state-of-the-art across multiple studies they applied and adapted meta-analysis for biometrics.  Both these accomplishments laid foundation for understanding where and how to apply biometric systems. This work resulted in a best paper and two best reviewed paper awards.  

In addition to working for NIST since 1997, Dr. Phillips was assigned to the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) as a program manager, from 2000-2004. From 2002-2012, he served on the Executive Office of the President (White House) National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Biometrics.  His work has been reported in print media of record including the New York Times and the Economist. He has appeared on NPR’s ScienceFriday. Discover magazine stated, “P. Jonathon Phillips is considered the most influential scientist in facial recognition.”  He was an Associate Editor for the IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and guest editor of a special issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE on biometrics. 

Dr. Heidi M. Anderson was named the 16^th president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) on September 1, 2018 following an extensive national search.  President Anderson, herself a first generation college student, leads a campus focused on excellence in teaching, research, and community outreach.  A collaborative servant leader, President Anderson is dedicated to student success with an emphasis on educational access and attainability.  She wishes to honor those mentors in her own life whose guidance opened the doors for her own achievements.

A proud three-time graduate of Purdue University (a land-grant institution), Dr. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in pharmacy administration, a M.S. degree in education and a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy.  Her contributions to education and her community are immeasurable in adding points of pride for our Hawk family.

President Anderson possesses over two decades of leadership experience, which laid the groundwork for her success as President at UMES.  Prior to joining UMES, President Anderson was Provost at Texas A&M University-Kingsville where she managed a $35 million budget and directed 22 academic departments, 10 centers and institutes and oversaw creation of new degrees in computer science, engineering and clinical mental health counseling.  Other leadership positions before Texas include Provost at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia from 2013 to 2015; between 2006 and 2013, she held several positions at the University of Kentucky, including professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, assistant dean for educational innovation, associate provost for faculty affairs and vice president/associate provost for institutional effectiveness.  Her classroom experience also includes work as a professor and chair of Auburn University’s Pharmacy Care System Department and as an assistant professor in the University of Tennessee’s College of Pharmacy.  She was the first African American to serve as president the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), the national accrediting body for pharmacy programs nationwide, a role she held twice. 

Since her appointment as president, Dr. Anderson has engaged the campus, an 1890s HBCU, in steady and measureable growth and transformation.  UMES has been steadily rising in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, starting from #19 in 2018 to now #16.  Under her leadership, the University has received significant funding from external sources including the $20m McKenzie Scott gift, a $30m NOAA grant in support of graduate education in fisheries and several individual estate gifts.  Since 2020, sponsored research grants has increased by 33% as UMES saw record growth in overall fundraising totally $38m in her first four years. 

In November 2022, UMES became the first HBCU to receive a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Driving Change award for expansion of STEM education. This $2.5m grant will support the launch of the UMES STARS undergraduate STEM cohort.  In addition, in fall 2022, UMES saw its largest incoming class since 2015, with a 5.5% enrollment increase along with the retention rate for first time, full time students rising 11%.  These successes have caused UMES to be selected for national student initiatives sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and Princeton University. 

President Anderson’s experienced leadership has improved and expanded the quality of academic programs at UMES while maintaining talent and fiscal resource management in support of the academic enterprise.  Some recent accomplishments include the 2021 National Park Service campus building renovation award of $500,000 for Trigg Hall; the opening of the $92m Pharmacy and Health Professions complex in January 2023; the creation of new academic programs and the graduation of the first Physician Assistant class in December 2022.  Additionally, campus improvement projects have focused on building maintenance, improved campus lighting, and new signage reflect the welcoming environment that is UMES.  

In addition to raising the profile of UMES as a destination campus on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, President Anderson is a frequent and sought-after speaker in the community as well as nationally known leader in higher education.  In 2019, she completed the Leadership Maryland hands-on learning program focused on the most significant social, economic, and environmental issues facing the Delmarva Peninsula. 

In 2020 and 2021, President Anderson was named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women and she also received Influential Marylander Award sponsored by the Daily Record honoring those who have made significant impacts on their community.  In 2021, she was selected by the Del_Mar-Va Council as their Lower Shore Distinguished Citizen.  Dr. Anderson was elected Chair of the AASCU Board of Directors in the fall 2022.  She is also active as a board member for national Association of Public Land Grant Universities (APLU), and two additional regionally focused groups, the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce and the Rural Maryland Council.

President Anderson is an avid golfer and can be seen walking the beautiful UMES campus each evening, at ribbon cuttings and gallery openings as well as courtside cheering on Hawk athletes.  Her daily goal is to support UMES students and welcome them to the Hawk Family for their educational journeys. 

Gretta L. Goodwin is a Director in the Homeland Security and Justice team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). She leads GAO’s work on justice and law enforcement issues. The portfolio includes law enforcement in the digital space, civil rights/civil liberties, vulnerable populations, the federal judiciary, DOJ management, the federal prison system, and DOJ grants. She has directed reviews on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, the federal response to address the online exploitation of children, law enforcement use of force, the care and treatment of pregnant women in DHS and DOJ facilities, DNA evidence backlogs, the Bureau of Prison response to COVID, Pell Grants for incarcerated students, and federal criminal restitution.

Ms. Goodwin has a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Houston. She has also been an instructor in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University.

Mr. Marvin Haiman is a Visiting Fellow and Research Scholar with Rutger’s University as he pursues his PhD from Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. He also leads the Public Safety Innovation Group, which provides a variety of consultancy to police agencies domestically and internationally related to topics ranging from law enforcement policy, recruitment, training, curriculum, labor relations, and technology. He served as the Chief of Staff between 2021 and 2024 for the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC. In this capacity, Mr. Haiman oversaw daily operations of the Executive Office of the Chief of Police and was responsible for broad agency management and implementing strategic agency objectives.

Mr. Haiman was responsible for several organizational units including the Office of
Communications, Office of General Counsel, Office of the Chief Equity and People Officer, and the Professional Development Bureau. Mr. Haiman served as the Executive Director of the Professional Development Bureau between 2017 – 2021, leading the Recruiting Division, Metropolitan Police Academy Division, Human Resource Management Division, Disciplinary Review Division, Testing and Assessment Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Division, Office of Communications, and the Strategic Engagement Office (Volunteer Services).

Prior to being named Executive Director, between 2015-2017, Mr. Haiman served in a variety of
capacities, including developing the agency’s Office of Volunteer Coordination, serving as Chief of Staff for the Technical Services Division tasked with a broad range of IT operations, and Chief of Staff for the Strategic Services Bureau supporting and leading the administration of police recruitment, training, policy, and volunteer service matters for the Department.

Prior to returning to the Metropolitan Police Department, Mr. Haiman served as Director for the Homeland Security Advisory Council for the United States Department of Homeland Security, establishing several key task forces for the Secretary. Prior to his Federal service, Mr. Haiman led the Recruiting Division for the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC among various other positions. Mr. Haiman was responsible for restructuring the sworn hiring process, decreasing the amount of time it took to process candidates while increasing the quality of those officers hired.

Haiman graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with a master’s degree in management through the Police Executive Leadership Program and has his undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Iowa and received designation as a Certified Public Management Program through George Washington University, as well as certification in Strategic Project Management. Mr. Haiman is also a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s Executive Leadership Program. Mr. Haiman received recognition by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in 2020 as a 40 under 40 recipient and the prestigious Gary P. Hayes Award by the Police Executive Research Forum. Mr. Haiman also graduated from the Metropolitan Police Academy and serves as a reserve police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department. Mr. Haiman resides with his family in Washington, DC.

Dr. Thaddeus L. Johnson, a former ranking law enforcement official in Memphis, TN, is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. His current research focuses on police policy and innovations, urban violence, crime control, and racially disparate justice outcomes. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles and reports and a book entitled Deviance among Physicians: Fraud, Violence, and the Power to Prescribe. In addition to having his research featured in national media outlets, he has written on police reform issues for the popular press and appeared on numerous broadcast radio and TV news programs in the US and Europe.

Diane J. Sabatino is the Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations (OFO), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As the senior official for OFO, Mrs. Sabatino leads more than 32,900 employees and oversees an annual operating budget of $7.5 billion. In a typical year, Mrs. Sabatino oversees the facilitation of legitimate travel for more than 410 million travelers in the air, land, and maritime environments. In the cargo environment, she oversees the review of more than 29 million cargo containers to identify high-risk shipments, including processing more than 5.2 million containers.

Mrs. Sabatino most recently served as the Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner (DEAC) of OFO. Among her notable achievements as DEAC includes her role in leading CBP’s National Incident Command for Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), a historic success for CBP. As part of OAW, CBP, along with state, local, and Federal partner agencies, upheld the United States’ safety and security while providing humanitarian relief for more than 84,000 people fleeing Afghanistan. She has also led development of the OFO strategy, incorporating field priorities and realigning key OFO processes to meet Agency mission goals.

Mrs. Sabatino previously served as the Director, Field Operations (DFO) for the Miami and Tampa Field Office, one of CBP’s largest and most complex operations. As the DFO, she oversaw all inspectional operations throughout the State of Florida, encompassing 19 airports and 12 seaports, including the top 3 cruise ship ports in the world. She also served as the Lead Field Coordinator for Incident Response, charged with managing the response to multiple hurricanes for all CBP resources compromising FEMA Region IV.

From September 2011 to August 2015, Mrs. Sabatino served as the Port Director for the Port of Miami, managing complex operations for maritime cargo and the largest cruise passenger port in the country. Prior to her appointment as the Port Director, Mrs. Sabatino served as the Assistant Port Director, Passenger Operations, at Miami International Airport where she was responsible for the oversight of all international passenger inspections and enforcement activities.

A native of New Jersey, Mrs. Sabatino graduated from Fordham University, New York City with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a minor in Philosophy. Mrs. Sabatino is also a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Senior Executives in National and International Security Program and the Department of Homeland Security, Partnership for Public Service Fellows Program. She began her Federal Law Enforcement career in 1998 as an Immigration Inspector at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Leah Frazier is an attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Bureau of Consumer Protection.  In that capacity, Ms. Frazier conducts investigations and prosecutes civil law enforcement actions against entities and individuals engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices.  She currently works in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the FTC, where she has focused on commercial surveillance, artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology, and other consumer privacy matters.  Prior to that, Ms. Frazier served as a counsel to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and as an attorney in the Division of Financial Practices, handling numerous matters relating to the offering and provision of financial services to consumers.  Prior to joining the FTC, she worked as a litigator in private practice and served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William S. Cooper of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. 

Ms. Frazier is a past president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area, and has been recognized by the FTC for her efforts to improve equal employment opportunity.  She also has worked to advance racial justice in her local community, including supporting efforts to increase police transparency, advocating for racial diversity on the local bench, and providing pro bono legal assistance in a racial profiling matter.  She obtained her law degree from The George Washington University Law School.   

Sara is the Programme Manager for Pre-Crime at Open Rights Group (ORG) – the largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organization in the UK. ORG fights for a fair digital environment, where technology supports equality, justice and freedom. Sara is responsible ORG’s projects covering predictive policing, counter-terrorism policy and technology.

As a racial justice campaigner, Sara supported the emergence and growth of #EraseTheDatabase – a grassroots campaign which played a key role in forcing the Met Police to dismantle the Gangs Matrix database. Now, she is focused on raising awareness about the harms of new and emerging police surveillance tools in the UK, including with the rapid expansion of facial recognition technology.