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Executive Board

National Chair
David R. Schmidt (NM)
Chair, New Mexico State Advisory Group
State Director, New Mexico Council on Crime and Delinquency

National Vice Chair
Ward E. Loyd (KS)
Chair, Kansas State Advisory Group
Attorney, Ward Loyd Law Offices, LLC

Immediate Past National Chair

Robert (Robin) Jenkins, PhD (NC)
Member, North Carolina State Advisory Group
Chief Deputy Secretary, North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Treasurer/Secretary
Cindy Durham (TN)
Chair, Tennessee State Advisory Group
Director of Development, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands

Ethnic & Cultural Diversity Chair
Gina E. Wood (VA)
Member, Virginia State Advisory Group
Director of Policy and Planning, Office of the President and Deputy Director, Health Policy Institute (duo role), Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

National Youth Chair

Benjamin A. Deaton (KY)
Member, Kentucky State Advisory Group
Student, University of Kentucky

National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) Representative
Abby Anderson (CT)
CJJ Member at Large
Executive Director, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

Midwest Region Chair
The Honorable Michael Mayer (MN)
Member, Minnesota State Advisory Group
State District Court Judge, First Judicial District, Minnesota

Midwest Region Representative
Patricia Connell (IL)
Member, Illinois State Advisory Group
Consultant, John Howard Association of Illinois

Northeast Region Chair
Reverend Dr. James G. Kirk, STD (MD)
CJJ Member at Large
Retired

Northeast Region Representative
Susan Kamp, MS (VT)
CJJ Member at Large
Coordinator, Vermont School Age Care Network

Northeast Region Representative
Carlos D. Hendricks-Verdejo (NJ)
Member, New Jersey State Advisory Group
Executive Director, Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center

Southern Region Chair
Linda W. Hayes (NC)
Member, North Carolina State Advisory Group
Secretary, North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Southern Region Representative
Eric Williams (MS)
Member, Mississippi State Advisory Group
Manager, Advance Auto Parts

Western Region Chair

Rodney A. Cook, MA (OR)
Member, Oregon State Advisory Group
Director, Clackamas County Office for Children and Families

Western Region Representative
Katie Wells, MPA CAC III (CO)
Member, Colorado State Advisory Group
Coordinator of Adolescent Substance Abuse Services, Division of Behavioral Health

Western Region Representative
The Honorable Melody McCray-Miller (KS)
Member, Kansas State Advisory Group
Representative, Kansas House of Representatives

National Juvenile Justice Specialist

Theresa Lay-Sleeper, MA (VT)
Juvenile Justice Specialist, Vermont Department for Children and Families

National DMC Coordinator
Brad Richardson, PhD (IA)
DMC Coordinator, State of Iowa
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Iowa School of Social Work
Research Director, Univ. of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice










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