Maggie Brewer began her career with the North Carolina Department of Correction in November 1996. She started at Central Prison as a Case Manager working directly with offenders. She also worked in the Diagnostic Center at Polk Youth Institution (now known as Granville CI) prior to her transfer to Community Corrections. In December of 1998, Brewer was promoted to Probation and Parole Officer in Wake County. She worked her way up through the ranks as a Chief Probation and Parole Officer, Judicial District Manager for Wake County and in April 2014, she was named the Assistant Division Administrator for Division II. In this role, she oversaw operations for 21 counties and assisted managers with day-to-day decisions that impacted their respective counties. In August 2018, she was promoted to Deputy Director for Community Corrections with oversight of the operations of program administration throughout the division. In January 2023, she was named Chief Deputy Secretary for the new N.C. Department of Adult Correction. She currently oversees the Divisions of Rehabilitation and Re-entry, Comprehensive Health Services, Educational Services and Support Services. She has been a certified training instructor since 2001, specializing in firearms. In 2006, she served as the Vice Chair of the Sex Offender Management Committee, guiding the implementation of the Static-99 assessment and Satellite Based Monitoring. In 2007, she was elected President of the N.C. Probation and Parole Association, and in 2008 she was the recipient of its President’s Award. She continues to remain active in the association and currently serves as Historian. Gov. Cooper appointed her to serve on the N.C. Human Trafficking Commission in 2021, and she was named N.C. Interstate Compact Commissioner on March 1, 2023. Brewer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and criminal justice from N.C. State University. She is a graduate of the N.C. Department of Adult Correction’s Correctional Leadership Development Program (CLDP) and of the N.C. Department of Public Safety’s Executive Leadership Development Program through UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler School of Business.

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