Board of Directors

The Justice Center Board of Directors provides guidance on the Center’s priorities. It includes state legislative leaders, judges, corrections administrators, juvenile justice agency directors, and law enforcement officials. Together they represent a cross-section of the senior-level state officials who shape criminal justice policy. The Board of Directors convened for its most recent meeting on August 1-2, 2009, in Burlington, Vt. At that time, New York Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry assumed the chair from Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, whose term had expired. The board expressed its deep appreciation for her leadership and support. Kansas Representative Pat Colloton was named Vice-Chair of the Justice Center board.

Board of Directors

Assemblyman Aubry Chair: Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubry
Chair, Corrections Committee, NY
Vice-Chair: Representative Pat Colloton
Chair, House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, KS
Members: Steven D. Canterbury
Administrative Director, Administrative Office of the Courts, WV
Senator Alan Cropsey
Chair, Judiciary Committee, MI
Michael E. Festa
Chair Emeritus, MA
George Gascón
Chief, San Francisco Police Department, CA
Peter Gilchrist
District Attorney, Mecklenburg County, NC
Justin Jones
Director, Department of Corrections, OK
Lorrie Rickman Jones
Director, Mental Health, Illinois Department of Human Services, IL
Honorable Sharon Keller
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, TX
Representative Michael Lawlor
Chairman, House Judiciary Committee, CT
Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie
Chair, Health and Human Services Committee, NV
Representative Jerry Madden
Vice Chair, Corrections Committee, TX
Senator Richard Sears
Chair, Senate Committee on Judiciary, VT
Senator Liane Sorenson
Minority Whip, DE
Tom Stickrath
Director, Department of Public Safety, OH
Frank Straub, Ph.D
Indianapolis Director of Public Safety, IN
Senator Lena Taylor
Chair, Committee on Judiciary, Correction Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform and Housing, WI
William E. Taylor
Counsel, Judicary Committee, OR
Representative Nick Thompson
Vice Chair, Committee on Juvenile Justice, FL
Patricia Tobias
Administrative Director of the Courts, ID
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