About Elizabeth Embry
Born and raised in Baltimore, Elizabeth Embry is a longtime resident of Better Waverly and career public servant who has worked for two State’s Attorneys, two Mayors, a Governor, and the Attorney General.
Elizabeth is a proud product of the City's public schools, from kindergarten through high school. After graduating from City College, she attended Yale University and Columbia Law School. Returning to Baltimore, Elizabeth joined the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office where she rose from law clerk to Deputy State’s Attorney.
As Deputy, she presided over one of the biggest reductions in homicides and violent crime in the history of Baltimore City, bringing murders to less than 200 in a year for the first time in more than 30 years. By focusing on accessible treatment for substance use disorders, Elizabeth championed offering alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, leading to the highest conviction rates on record against violent criminals.
Elizabeth has also worked at the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, where she focused on job creation, training and economic development; and in City Hall where she saw firsthand what in city government worked -- and what did not.
The oldest of four, Elizabeth and her sisters are fiercely committed to their hometown and have dedicated their careers to strengthening the City. Her mother is a sculptor who creates art for public spaces and is the founder of a nonprofit dedicated to expanding arts education. Her father, Housing Commissioner under Mayor Schaefer, and an Assistant Secretary at HUD, is now the president of the Abell Foundation.