THOMAS H. CARR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Thomas Carr is the Executive Director of the University of Maryland's Public Safety Training and Technical Assistance Program, which ranked second in grant fund awards received for the entire University System in 2007. He also serves as principal investigator and Director of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, a position he has held since 1994.
Formerly, he served as Chief (Lt. Colonel) of the Maryland State Police Bureau of Drug Enforcement and Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. He also served as an investigator and supervisor in the Maryland Attorney General's Office, Vice Chairman of the Governor's Prescription Drug Commission, Vice Chairman of the Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, and Executive Director of the State Office of Strategic Enforcement Coordination.
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CAREN KLARMAN, FINANCIAL PROGRAM MANAGER
Caren Klarman joined PSTTAP in 2001. She has 30 years of experience in the University of Maryland System. Ms. Klarman has managed the fiscal responsibilities of grant-funded projects at the University for 12 years, and currently administers $6 million of such funding. Ms. Klarman holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maryland in College Park.
LISA M. WIEDERLIGHT, TAGS PROGRAM MANAGER
Lisa Wiederlight joined PSTTAP's Technical Assistance with Grants (TAGS) Program in October 2006. Prior to joining PSTTAP, she ran a Maryland-based public affairs and media relations consulting firm, where she developed, implemented, and evaluated innovative and effective public education strategies for numerous clients. In her nine-year consulting career, Ms. Wiederlight has focused on a variety of public safety issues, including drug prevention funding, law enforcement technology, and regional drug enforcement strategies.
She has also served as a public affairs specialist for the Office of National Drug Control Policy under General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.), special assistant to the director of the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA Program, and policy analyst at the MSP Bureau of Drug Enforcement. Ms. Wiederlight holds an M.P.P. from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, and a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland at College Park.
