Pamela Harris

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Pamela Harris was appointed by Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera as the first female Maryland State Court Administrator on August 5, 2013 following a 24-year career as the Trial Court Administrator position for the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland. Ms. Harris is committed to infusing evaluation-based practices into every aspect of court administration so that quality initiatives achieve intended results while meeting the needs of court personnel and the public the judiciary serves. 

Ms. Harris is a Fellow of the National Center for State Courts’ Institute for Court Management (ICM). She currently serves on the ICM Board of Advisors and has taught national programs on ethics, leadership, and differentiated case management. Ms. Harris served a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts and is still serving on their Programs and International committee.  

She is actively involved with the International Association for Court Administration (IACA), having previously served as a Vice President, Chief Executive Officer and now serving as the President Elect.  She also serves on the Board of the International Institute of Justice Excellence ((IIJE) -The Hague). She has spoken internationally on strategic planning, court and case management, and specialized courts. She has been active in various rule-of-law initiatives in Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Sri Lanka, India, China, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and the Ukraine. She previously served on the Board of the Russian-American Rule of Law Consortium (RAROLC) for eleven years.

She was elected to serve on Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) as a Board Director for a three-year term; Chaired Court Statistics Project through 2021; and continues to serve on the CCJ/COSCA Security Committee. 

She also serves as President on the Boards of the Maryland International Coordinating Council, Inc., (MICCI), and Montgomery’s Miracles, Inc (MMI).  She also currently serves on the Justice Management Institute Board (JMI). 

She is the Past President of the National Association for Court Management (NACM) as well as the Mid-Atlantic Association for Court Management (MAACM).