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. In 1978 she transferred to the Maryland Parole Commission as Assistant to the Parole Commission Chairman.
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 the 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. In 2004 she was transferred to the Jessup Pre-release Unit.
On September 1, 2005, Ms. Chippendale retired from State Service after 35 years of service. She began employment with the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland as Manager of Child Advocacy where she managed Girl Scouts Beyond Bars at the MD Correctional Institution for Women, Baltimore Pre-release Unit for Women, Waxter Center for Girls and Sheppard Pratt Hospital. She also facilitated anti-violence programs in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County schools.
In August 2008 Ms. Chippendale was persuaded to come out of retirement and returned to DPSCS. She subsequently was promoted to Assistant Warden at the Maryland Correctional Pre-release System and later Warden at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women and then Warden at the pre-release system.
In February 2022 Ms. Chippendale accepted a position with the Howard County government. She is the current Director of Howard County Corrections.
Ms. Chippendale has had extensive leadership and correctional training within the State of Maryland and at the National Institute of Corrections. She is a four- time recipient of the Commissioner’s Citation for Excellence. In 2019 she was named by WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE as one of the most powerful women in the Baltimore-DC metropolitan area for her work with female offenders. In 2020 she was nominated Warden of the Year by the National Association of Wardens and Superintendents.
