The Prince George’s County Council is expected to confirm today County Executive Jack Johnson’s nominees for three top county positions, according to Johnson spokesman John Erzen.
Johnson has nominated Stephanie Anderson for county attorney, Jamilah Adams for executive director of the Human Relations Commission and Alfred McMurray for director of the Department of Corrections. All three are currently serving in acting capacities for those roles.
“I expect that they will all be confirmed and we’ll be having a swearing in for all of them,” Erzen said. The swearing-in ceremony will take place immediately following the confirmation hearings at the County Administration Building.
Not only does Johnson have “a lot of confidence in the experience and knowledge they bring,” Erzen said, “but confidence in having worked with them face to face, hands-on and knowing that they are very capable of handling the job and representing those agencies and the county.”
Erzen said Anderson has worked in the county’s Office of Law since 1989 and has worked her way up.
“She started as an associate county attorney and then became a deputy county attorney,” Erzen said, “and then became acting county attorney after the passing of David Whitacre.” Whitacre had cancer of the appendix and died in January.
According to Erzen, Adams worked in the Prince George’s State’s Attorney’s Office from 1991 until 2006, when she moved to the county’s Office of Law. From 1998 to 2006, Erzen said, she was the assistant state’s attorney overseeing the juvenile division.
Since coming to the law office, she has represented the county in civil rights and workers’ compensation cases.
McMurray became acting director of the corrections department in late January, corrections spokeswoman Vicki Duncan said. He replaced Barry Stanton, who became assistant county manager in Frederick.
Duncan said McMurray has been with the department for 25 years.
“I will partner with community organizations, law enforcement agencies, judicial officials and county government officials to provide opportunities for persons incarcerated to better themselves,” McMurray said. “That’s through programs, treatments and after-care.”
