Baltimore County, MD (October 9, 2025) – Community College of Baltimore County President Sandra L. Kurtinitis is pleased to welcome Sophia Barilone to the college’s Board of Trustees. The Board maintains general oversight of CCBC. Its responsibilities include adopting rules and regulations for college operations, approving the college budget, considering and approving CCBC’s academic programs, major purchases and long-range plans.
Appointed to the CCBC Board of Trustees by Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Sophia Barilone is director of the Victim’s Rights-Victim Assistance Project at Maryland Legal Aid. Maryland Legal Aid is a statewide, private nonprofit law firm that provides free, civil legal services to low-income and vulnerable people. In her role there, Barilone develops strategies to serve survivors and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse and human trafficking. She served as an assistant public defender in Baltimore for four years before joining Maryland Legal Aid in 2023. Prior to that, she worked as a staff attorney for Maryland Legal Aid, starting in 2015. Barilone earned a Juris Doctor degree from Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Trinity University in Washington.
Since 1957, CCBC has opened the doors to accessible, affordable, high-quality education empowering generations of area residents to transform their lives and the lives of others. Each year, over 50,000 students enroll at the college’s main campuses, extension centers and online to make their starts, earn degrees, launch and build careers. CCBC offers the region’s most expansive selection of degree, certificate and workplace certification programs that prepare students for transfer, job entry and career advancement in such industries as business, education, health care, information technology, cybersecurity, construction, and transportation. Designated as the “Best Community College” among the Maryland Daily Record’s 2024 Reader Rankings, CCBC is also nationally recognized as a leader in innovative learning strategies and among the nation’s top associate degree producers.
