2021 Judicial Conference Program

HONORABLE CATHY H. SERRETTE Circuit Court for Prince George’s County | 14735 Main Street | Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 CATHY HOLLENBERG SERRETTE has been a Prince George's County Circuit Court judge since 2003. She sits on the Maryland Access to Justice Commission and the Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services. Judge Serrette is chair of the Judicial Conference Domestic Law Committee and a member of the Equal Justice Committee. She co-chairs the Circuit Court’s Bridge from Yes Committee, created to establish a housing complex with wrap-around services for youth aging out of foster care. Judge Serrette serves as the court’s Model Court judge and served as

the Family Division coordinating judge from 2009 to 2017. She co-founded and serves on the steering committee for the annual MCIW re-entry conference and is the Prince George’s County chair of the Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition. Judge Serrette chaired the Prince George’s County Family Justice Center Task Force, served as district director and Maryland chapter president of the National Association of Women Judges, board president of the Pro Bono Resource Center and Community Legal Services, board member of Prince George’s County Bar Association, president of the Prince George’s County chapter of the Maryland Women’s Bar Association, chair of the Maryland Legal Services Partnership Conference, and as an International Electoral Commission electoral monitor for South Africa’s first post-apartheid election. Judge Serrette co-chaired the Task Force on Circuit Court Accessibility for the Latino Community, initiated the Women’s Bar Association’s Waxter Children’s Center program, sat on the County Task Force on Police—Community Relations, and has served as the Maryland Judiciary’s liaison for the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Judge Serrette regularly serves as faculty for the Maryland Judicial College and has presented for bar associations and judiciaries locally, nationally and internationally. She received a Bachelor of Science degree, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh, a J.D. from George Washington University, an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from American University and is an Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Fellow.

CHRIS WILSON Chris Wilson Foundation Author and Serial Entrepreneur

CHRIS WILSON splits his time between Baltimore, Maryland and New York City and works as a visual artist and a social justice advocate. Through his work, he investigates societal injustices, human relationships, and public policies. His artwork is collected and displayed internationally. He is the author of the book, The Master Plan: My Journey from a Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose . He is also the founder of the Chris Wilson Foundation, which supports social entrepreneurs and prison education, including re-entry and financial literacy for returning citizens, as well as art-related programs.

DAVID A. SOULÉ, PH.D., M.S. Maryland State Commission o n Criminal Sentencing Policy University of Maryland | 4511 Knox Road, Suite 309 | College Park, MD 20742

DAVID A. SOULÉ has been the executive director of the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (MSCCSP) since 2004 where he leads the agency’s efforts to develop and implement the state’s criminal sentencing guidelines. Currently he is also working as a member of the Maryland Task Force to Study Crime Classification & Penalties and is guiding the Commission’s guidelines compliance cell-by-cell analysis.

Dr. Soulé has presented at a variety of national and state conferences including the National Association of Sentencing Commissions, the American Society of Criminology annual conference, the Society for

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