UB Community Mourns Passing of Katrina Dennis, J.D. '04, Member of USM Board of Regents
September 3, 2019
Contact: Office of Government and Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
The University of Baltimore community is mourning the loss of Katrina J. Dennis, a 2004 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and a member of the University of Maryland Board of Regents. Dennis died on Aug. 30 following a battle with cancer.
"Katrina Dennis was a distinguished graduate of our law school," said UB President Kurt L. Schmoke. "She served as a member of the Board of Regents and was active in many programs designed to inspire young people throughout the state. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time."
Dennis, a partner in the Baltimore office of the law firm Saul Ewing LLP, had served on a number of boards and commissions. Gov. Larry Hogan appointed her to the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission in 2015 and to the Board of Regents in 2017. She also was appointed by former Gov. Martin O’Malley to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Transportation Authority.
Dennis spoke at each of the UB School of Law's last two law commencement ceremonies on behalf of the Board of Regents.
According to her USM biography, Dennis was named a 2017 Distinguished Woman by the Girls Scouts of Central Maryland, a "Rising Star" in Maryland by Super Lawyers Magazine in 2013 to present, and was selected as a 2016 Fellow to the Legal Council on Legal Diversity.
A scholarship fund is being established in Katrina Dennis's name through the University of Baltimore Foundation for the benefit of a UB School of Law student. If you are interested in assisting in this effort, contact Theresa Silanskis, vice president of the Office of Institutional Advancement, at tsilanskis@ubalt.edu.