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 and Designees
U.S. Department of
Justice
Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Chair
Attorney General
Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Melodee Hanes
Vice-Chair
Acting Administrator
Corporation
for National and Community Service
Robert Velasco, II
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Asim Mishra
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
U.S. Department of Education
Arne Duncan
Secretary
Michael Yudin
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary
U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
John Morton
Assistant Secretary
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Stephen Antkowiak
Acting Chief, Juvenile and Family Residential Management Unit
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Shaun L.S. Donovan
Secretary
Helen Kanovsky
General Counsel
U.S. Department of Labor
Hilda L. Solis
Secretary
Jane Oates
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration
Office
of National Drug Control Policy
Gil Kerlikowske
Executive Office of the President
Director
Cynthia Caporizzo
Special Advisor, Strategic Planning
Federal Agency Affiliate Members and Designees
U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Thomas Vilsack
Secretary
Audrey Rowe
Deputy Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Defense
Leon E. Panetta
Secretary
Robert L. Gordon, III
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
U.S. Department of the Interior
Kenneth L. Salazar
Secretary
Larry Echo Hawk
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Pamela S. Hyde
Administrator
Larke Huang
Senior Advisor on Children and Youth
Practitioner Members
Appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives
Adele
L. Grubbs
Judge
Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia
Pamela F. Rodriguez
President
TASC, Inc. (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities)
Gordon
A. Martin, Jr.
Associate Justice
Massachusetts Trial Court
Appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate
Steven Hal Jones
Judge
Division II, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Deborah Schumacher
Judge
Second Judicial District Court
Richard Vincent
CEO
LRS Systems
Appointed by the President of the United
States
Laurie Garduque
Director, Juvenile Justice
MacArthur Foundation
Byron Johnson
Professor
Baylor University
Trina Thompson
Presiding Judge
Juvenile Justice Center
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