Sharon E. Goldsmith is the founding director of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, Inc. (PBRC), the statewide pro bono support center and coordinator of volunteer legal services. Since its inception in 1990, the Center has recruited, trained, and referred thousands of volunteer lawyers to legal services programs throughout Maryland and incubated several successful pro bono projects throughout the state. A graduate of the National Law Center of George Washington University, Ms. Goldsmith spent two years as a civil litigator before taking the helm at PBRC and co-founded a community-based pro bono legal services clinic in Baltimore City. She regularly presents at American Bar Association (ABA)/National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) Equal Justice Conferences and numerous state pro bono conferences, serves as the president of the National Association of Pro Bono Professionals (NAPBPro), and is a member of the Maryland Court of Appeals’ Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services. Under her leadership, in 2016, PBRC launched Maryland.Freelegalanswers.org. Ms. Goldsmith is the recipient of the Daily Record’s Leadership in Law Award, the Daily Record’s Top 100 Women Award, the Women’s Law Center’s Access to Justice Award, the Legal Aid Bureau’s Champion of Justice Award, and the Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) Ben Cardin Distinguished Service Award.