Margaret M. Chippendale began employment with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services on September 9, 1970 as a stenographer with the Division of Parole and Probation. She was
assigned to Parole and Probation Headquarters where she worked with the Interstate Compact Unit,
Warrant Unit and Mandatory Release Unit. In 1978 Ms Chippendale was transferred to the Maryland
Parole Commission as an Office Supervisor where she had oversight for scheduling all parole hearings
and parole releases. She was later promoted to Administrative Aide to the Maryland Parole Commission
Chairperson.
In 1990 Ms Chippendale received her Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Towson University.
Upon graduation she accepted a position with the Inmate Grievance Commission as Associate Director.
In 1992 she transferred to the Division of Correction. Between 1992 and 2002 she held positions as
Hearing Officer, Case Management Specialist and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner.
In 2002 Ms Chippendale was assigned to Baltimore City Correctional Center as Acting Facility
Administrator. Later that year she was promoted to Facility Administrator at the Baltimore Pre-release
Unit for Women (BPRUW). In late 2004 she was transferred to the Jessup Pre-release Unit (JPRU) as
Facility Administrator.
On September 1, 2005 Ms Chippendale retired from State service after 35 years of service. She
accepted a position with the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland as Manager of Child Advocacy. In this
position she had oversight for the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars programs at the Maryland Correctional
Institution for Women and the Baltimore Pre-release Unit for Women. She also was involved in
initiatives at the Waxter Center for Girls and Sheppard Pratt Hospital as well as facilitating anti-violence
programs in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County schools.
In August 2008 Ms Chippendale returned to State service as Facility Administrator at the Jessup Pre-
release Unit where she remained until promoted to Assistant Warden of the Maryland Correctional Pre-
release System in May 2010. As Assistant Warden she had oversight for Brockbridge Correctional
Facility, Jessup Pre-release Unit, Central Maryland Correctional Facility, Eastern Pre-release Unit and
Southern Maryland Pre-release Unit. She later had the opportunity to be involved in opening Dorsey
Run Correctional Facility.
Ms Chippendale was transferred to the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women (MCIW) in October
2013 and was named Acting Warden on January 8, 2014. She was promoted to Warden at MCIW on
April 30, 2014.
In February 2021 Ms Chippendale was transferred as Warden to the Maryland Correctional Pre-release
System where she had oversight for 5 facilities. She successfully “sheltered” two of those facilities for
budgetary reasons.
In February 2022 Ms Chippendale accepted a position with the Howard County Department of
Corrections as Deputy Director. In this capacity she is responsible for all programming activities, medical
services, religious services, pre-trial and community services, work release, re-entry and classification.
Under her leadership several new programming initiatives have been added to Howard County
Detention Center.
Ms Chippendale has had extensive leadership and correctional training within the State of Maryland and
nationally. She has attended many training opportunities at the National Institute of Corrections. She is
a four time recipient of the Commissioner’s Citation for her work as the Department’s Y2K Coordinator,
eIMS Coordinator and other special assignments at the Headquarters level. Ms Chippendale is a past
Vice-President and Board member with the Middle Atlantic States Correctional Association. Her
accomplishments within the prison system include the development of Bridge Beyond Bars and the
Clothesline Project at BPRUW and Toastmasters International and Knitting Behind Bars at JPRU. At
MCIW she began a cat adoption program, introduced Vet Dogs of America and began a beekeeping
program for the inmate population. In August 2019 she was instrumental in achieving ACA
Accreditation for MCIW, the first facility in Jessup to receive the national accreditation. In October 2019
Warden Chippendale was named as one of the most powerful 150 women in the metropolitan area by
WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE. In 2020 she was nominated Warden of the Year by the National
Association of Wardens and Superintendents.
