Member Information
As designated by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act, the Council is comprised of 18 members. Nine ex officio members
represent the following Federal agencies: the Departments of Justice,
Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development,
Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Labor;
the Office of National Drug Control Policy; the Corporation for National
and Community Service; and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention. In addition, nine members who are juvenile justice practitioners
are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Senate Majority Leader, and the President of the United States.
Federal Agency Members
Ex Officio Members
U.S. Department of
Justice
Chair:
Michael Mukasey
U.S. Attorney General
Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Vice Chair:
J. Robert Flores
Administrator
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary
Melissa Pardue (Designee)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine
L. Chao
Secretary
Gregg Weltz (Acting Designee)
Chief
Division of Youth Services
U.S. Department of Education
Margaret Spellings
Secretary
Deborah A. Price (Designee)
Assistant Deputy Secretary
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Alphonso
Jackson
Secretary
Ron Ashford (Designee)
Director
HOPE VI Community and Supportive Services
Office
of National Drug Control Policy
John
P. Walters
Director
Dr. Bertha K. Madras (Designee)
Deputy Director for Demand Reduction
Corporation
for National and Community Service
David
Eisner
Chief
Executive Officer
John Foster-Bey (Designee)
Senior Advisor
Research and Policy Department
U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
Julie L. Myers
Assistant Secretary
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Yvonne Evans (Designee)
Chief
Juvenile and Family Residential Management Unit
Practitioner Members
Appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives
Adele
L. Grubbs
Judge
Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia
Pamela F. Rodriguez
Vice
Chair
Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission
Gordon
A. Martin, Jr.
Associate Justice
Massachusetts Trial Court
Appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate
Larry
K. Brendtro, Ph.D.
President
Reclaiming Youth
Steven Hal Jones
Judge
Division II, Sullivan County, Tennessee
William L. Gibbons
District Attorney
Memphis & Shelby County District Attorney General's Office
Appointed by the President of the United
States
Victor
Rodriguez
Chief
of Police
McAllen Police Department
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