Katrina Dennis

Katrina J. Dennis, a trial attorney, regent of the University System of Maryland and mentor to students, died of breast cancer complications Saturday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Owings Mills resident was 40. Born in Miami, she was the daughter of Kevin L. Jackson and Charlene Strozier. After her mother’s marriage to Dave K. Johnson, she considered both men her fathers. She was raised on the Barksdale Air Force Base and was a graduate of Bossier High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. She was a high school cheerleader. Ms. Dennis earned a psychology degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. After coming to Baltimore for law school, she fell in love with the area and remained. Ms. Dennis earned a psychology degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. Katrina was a rock star. She had a special interest in helping young women achieve and was interested that they receive a good education. She would take them under her wing and open them up to the arts. She was smart and hardworking. In 2015 Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Ms. Dennis to the Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission. In 2017 he also named her a regent of the University System of Maryland. She was also named a 2017 Distinguished Woman by the Girls Scouts of Central Maryland. She was a fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Former Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed her to the board of directors of the Maryland Transportation Authority. She was a member of the Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership Program. She served on the board of governors of the Baltimore City Head Start program, and the executive committees of the Baltimore Chapter of The Links Inc. and the Omega Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She was a member of New Psalmist Baptist Church. A scholarship has been created in her name at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She leaves a host of people to mourn her passing. Proceeding her in death are her grandparents, Charlie and Elease Strozier of Miami, Florida ad Louis Jackson Sr. Leaving to cherish her memory are her mother, Charlene Johnson, father, Kevin Jackson, Sr., Dad, Dave Johnson Sr.,: sibling Dave Jr. (Nefertari), Kevin Jr., Tiffany, and Zack, one Grandmother Lilla Mae Jackson; loving aunts who helped raise Katrina, Deborah Reeves, Annette Mizell and Dorothy Swain; nephews, Joshua, Brain, Kevin, Kyle: one niece, Drew and a host of loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and Friends

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Katrina Dennis

February 11, 1979 - August 31, 2019