Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board establishes the policy and project priorities of The Council of State Governments Justice Center. The board features state legislators from both political parties, judicial leaders, health and human service agency administrators, victim advocates, corrections administrators, juvenile justice professionals, law enforcement officials, and people who have experienced the criminal justice system firsthand. Together, our Advisory Board represents a cross-section of leaders who shape criminal justice policy in various parts of the country.
Executive Committee
Director, Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
Cam
Ward
is
the
director
of
the
Alabama
Bureau
of
Pardons
and
Paroles,
where
he
is
responsible
for
all
agency
operations
in
support
of
the
Alabama
Board
of
Pardons
and
Paroles.
From
2011
to
2020,
Ward
served
in
the
Alabama
...
State
Senate,
where
he
chaired
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee
for
nine
years.
In
2014,
he
was
appointed
by
Governor
Robert
Bentley
to
serve
as
the
chair
of
Alabama’s
Prison
Reform
Task
Force,
which
is
a
group
of
state
policymakers
and
practitioners
that
guides
the
Justice
Reinvestment
Initiative
in
Alabama.
Ward
previously
served
two
terms
in
the
Alabama
House
of
Representatives.
He
received
his
bachelor’s
degree
from
Troy
University
and
his
JD
from
Cumberland
School
of
Law
at
Samford
University.
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Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Marie
Williams,
LCSW,
serves
as
commissioner
for
the
Tennessee
Department
of
Mental
Health
and
Substance
Abuse
Services
(TDMHSAS).
Under
her
leadership,
the
state
has
initiated
many
criminal
justice
reforms,
proactively
responded
to
the
opioid
crisis,
and
developed
innovative
ways
to
...
address
emergency
department
boarding
of
psychiatric
patients,
among
other
initiatives.
Ms.
Williams
was
reappointed
as
commissioner
by
Governor
Bill
Lee
on
January
19,
2019,
and
was
initially
appointed
to
the
post
by
Gov.
Bill
Haslam,
effective
October
22,
2016.
Under
her
guidance
and
strategic
vision
and
with
support
from
the
state's
elected
leaders
and
federal
government
partners,
the
TDMHSAS
annual
budget
has
grown
from
$337
million
to
more
than
$500
million.
Innovative
new
programs
instituted
under
her
leadership
include
the
Creating
Homes
Initiative,
which
has
created
more
than
28,000
housing
opportunities
and
leveraged
more
than
$850
million
in
funding
for
people
living
with
behavioral
health
challenges;
prearrest
diversion
infrastructure
projects
across
Tennessee,
which
kept
more
than
13,000
people
out
of
jail
and
saved
local
governments
nearly
$10
million
in
the
first
two
years;
and
the
Tennessee
Recovery
Navigators
who
interact
with
people
in
emergency
departments
and
successfully
connect
more
than
75
percent
of
them
to
substance
use
disorder
treatment.
Ms.
Williams
provides
leadership
and
oversight
to
1,849
full-time
positions
that
assist
individuals
in
securing
treatment
and
recovery
services
for
serious
mental
illness,
serious
emotional
disturbances,
and
substance
use
disorders.
She
began
her
career
in
behavioral
health
as
a
mental
health
case
manager
for
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
substance
use
disorders
in
Memphis,
Tennessee,
and
that
front-line
experience
still
informs
her
decision-making
and
thought
processes.
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Sheriff, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
During
his
nearly
eight
years
in
office,
Sheriff
Peter
Koutoujian
has
initiated
several
landmark
programs
at
the
Middlesex
Sheriff’s
Office
that
have
garnered
national
attention.
These
include
a
medication-assisted
treatment
program
recognized
as
a
Center
of
Excellence
by
the
National
...
Institute
of
Corrections.
Under
Sheriff
Koutoujian,
Middlesex
County
was
also
chosen
as
one
of
three
Data
Driven
Justice
Project
pilot
sites
by
Arnold
Ventures.
In
October
2017,
he
was
selected
by
his
peers
to
serve
as
president
of
the
Massachusetts
Sheriffs’
Association;
he
is
also
a
founding
member
of
Law
Enforcement
Leaders
to
Reduce
Crime
&
Incarceration
and
has
been
recognized
as
a
“champion
of
justice
reform”
by
the
Coalition
for
Public
Safety.
Sheriff
Koutoujian
is
a
graduate
of
Bridgewater
State
University,
the
New
England
School
of
Law,
and
Harvard
University’s
Kennedy
School
of
Government.
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Executive Director, Indiana Public Defender Council
Bernice
A.
N.
Corley
is
the
executive
director
of
the
Indiana
Public
Defender
Council.
As
executive
director,
she
helps
manage
the
agency
and
carry
out
the
policies
established
by
the
Board
of
Directors.
Prior
to
joining
the
Public
Defender
Council,
...
Corley
served
four
years
as
general
counsel
at
the
Department
of
Education
and
also
served
as
legal
counsel
for
both
the
Indiana
Senate
and
Indiana
House
of
Representatives.
Her
career
includes
clerking
for
Hon.
Carr
Darden.
Corley
served
as
a
Marion
County
public
defender,
as
trial
counsel,
as
well
as
appellate
counsel.
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Founder and Executive Director, Amiracle4sure, Inc.
Marsha
R.
Curry-Nixon
is
the
founder
and
executive
director
of
Amiracle4sure,
Inc.,
a
ministry
focused
on
renewing,
refreshing,
and
restoring
the
lives
of
people
reentering
the
community
after
incarceration.
Her
work
as
an
educator,
counselor,
and
mentor
has
brought
her
...
to
prisons,
rehabilitation
facilities,
and
churches
with
the
intention
of
educating
communities
on
the
needs
of
this
population.
Curry-Nixon
sits
on
the
executive
board
for
the
Capital
Region
Ex-Offenders
Coalition,
is
an
advisory
board
member
for
Correctional
Ministries
Chaplains
Association,
and
is
a
trainer
and
facilitator
for
Healing
Communities
of
PA.
She
earned
her
associate
degree
at
Harrisburg
Area
Community
College,
her
bachelor’s
at
Lebanon
Valley
College,
and
an
MA
in
public
service
leadership.
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Senator, Illinois General Assembly
Senator
Elgie
R.
Sims
Jr.
serves
as
state
senator
for
the
17th
Illinois
Senate
District.
Prior
to
joining
the
Illinois
Senate,
he
served
nearly
four
terms
as
state
representative
of
Illinois’s
34th
House
District.
A
member
of
the
Illinois
Senate
...
Criminal
Law
Committee,
Sims
is
one
of
Illinois’s
leading
voices
in
the
effort
to
reform
the
state’s
criminal
justice
system.
Sims
has
also
spearheaded
efforts
to
pass
a
comprehensive
criminal
justice
reform
bill
that
will
change
the
current
use
of
force
policy
and
how
courts
impose
bail
and
sentence
people.
Sims
led
efforts
to
move
Illinois
away
from
the
use
of
cash
bail
through
passage
of
the
Bail
Reform
Act
of
2017.
Sims
holds
a
BA
in
political
science
from
Illinois
State
University,
an
MPA
from
the
University
of
Illinois,
and
a
JD
from
Loyola
University
Chicago
School
of
Law.
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Board Members At-Large
Senior Vice President, The Fortune Society
Dr.
Ronald
F.
Day
is
the
senior
vice
president
at
The
Fortune
Society.
He
is
passionate
about
reentry
and
addressing
the
stigma
of
incarceration.
Dr.
Day
provides
executive
oversight
to
several
departments
including
the
David
Rothenberg
Center
for
Public
Policy,
...
which
advocates
to
change
laws
and
policies
that
create
barriers
for
successful
reintegration;
The
Center
for
Research,
Inquiry,
and
Social
Justice,
which
conducts
research
to
advance
policy
and
practices
that
improve
the
safety
of
our
communities;
and
Admissions,
Education
&
Employment
Services,
and
Transitional
Services—key
departments
that
deliver
services
to
thousands
of
directly
impacted
people
annually.
Dr.
Day
has
been
the
recipient
of
several
awards,
including
the
Citizens
Against
Recidivism
Bridge
Builder
Award
and
the
Justice
Research
Fellowship.
He
has
a
PhD
in
criminal
justice
from
the
CUNY
Graduate
Center/John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
and
an
MPA
from
Baruch
College
(CUNY).
Dr.
Day
is
also
formerly
incarcerated.
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Commissioner, Vermont Department of Corrections
Nicholas
J.
Deml
is
the
commissioner
of
the
Vermont
Department
of
Corrections,
where
he
leads
an
agency
responsible
for
all
individuals
who
are
detained
and
sentenced
and
all
aspects
of
community
supervision
in
Vermont.
He
has
served
in
this
role
...
since
being
appointed
by
Vermont
Governor
Phil
Scott
in
November
2021.
Commissioner
Deml
is
an
active
member
of
the
Correctional
Leaders
Association
(CLA)
and
serves
as
chair
of
CLA’s
Restrictive
Housing
Committee.
Prior
to
joining
the
Department
of
Corrections,
Commissioner
Deml
served
as
a
clandestine
service
intelligence
officer
with
the
Central
Intelligence
Agency.
He
also
served
as
an
attorney
and
as
an
aide
to
U.S.
Senator
Dick
Durbin
on
the
U.S.
Senate
Committee
on
the
Judiciary
–
Subcommittee
on
the
Constitution,
Civil
Rights,
and
Human
Rights
and
on
national
security
staff
in
the
Office
of
the
Assistant
Majority
Leader
of
the
U.S.
Senate.
Commissioner
Deml
received
his
JD
from
Marquette
University
Law
School
and
BA
in
political
science
from
Southern
Illinois
University.
He
lives
in
Chittenden
County,
Vermont,
with
his
wife
and
daughters.
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Senator, Ohio General Assembly
Senator
Theresa
Gavarone
has
served
in
the
Ohio
Senate
since
2019
and
is
currently
in
her
first
full
term
after
having
previously
served
in
the
Ohio
House
since
2016.
As
a
resident
of
Wood
County
for
over
35
years,
Senator
...
Gavarone
has
an
extensive
background
representing
the
community,
including
serving
on
the
Bowling
Green
City
Council. Gavarone
has
worked
on
a
variety
of
legislative
issues
in
recent
years.
She
is
passionate
about
advocating
for
her
constituents,
and
many
of
the
bills
that
she
has
championed
were
due
to
conversations
she
had
with
members
of
the
community.
Gavarone
has
sponsored
numerous
bills
on
many
different
topics
including
elections
security,
religious
freedom
of
expression,
school
bus
safety,
mental
health
care
access,
communications
disabilities,
cybersecurity,
water
quality,
and
others.
She
holds
a
bachelor’s
degree
in
business
administration
from
Bowling
Green
State
University
and
a
JD
from
the
University
of
Toledo
College
of
Law.
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Associate Commissioner, Office of Mental Health Coordination, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Dr.
Courtney
Harvey
currently
serves
as
associate
commissioner
for
the
Office
of
Mental
Health
Coordination
at
the
Texas
Health
and
Human
Services
Commission
and
as
chair
of
the
Statewide
Behavioral
Health
Coordinating
Council.
Dr.
Harvey
built
her
career
though
service
...
in
different
capacities,
working
in
a
community
mental
health
center,
a
private
psychiatric
hospital,
juvenile
detention,
adult
probation,
and
other
environments.
These
experiences
have
resulted
in
deep
knowledge
and
expertise
in
the
state
system
of
mental
health
care.
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Senator, Washington State Legislature
John
Lovick
was
appointed
to
the
Washington
House
of
Representatives
in
2016.
He
previously
served
in
the
House
for
nine
years
beginning
in
1998,
which
included
five
years
as
speaker
pro
tempore;
he
also
served
on
the
Mill
Creek
City
...
Council,
which
included
a
year
as
mayor
pro
tempore.
In
2007,
Lovick
was
elected
as
Snohomish
County
Sheriff,
a
position
he
served
in
until
2013,
when
he
was
appointed
to
be
the
Snohomish
County
Executive.
Lovick
served
as
a
state
trooper
in
the
Washington
State
Patrol
for
31
years
and
was
named
Trooper
of
the
Year
in
1992.
He
also
served
in
the
United
States
Coast
Guard
for
13
years.
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Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services
Valerie
Mielke
is
the
deputy
commissioner
for
the
New
Jersey
Division
of
Mental
Health
and
Addiction
Services
in
the
Department
of
Human
Services,
which
serves
as
the
Single
State
Agency
for
Substance
Abuse
and
the
State
Mental
Health
Authority
as
...
designated
by
the
U.S.
Substance
Abuse
and
Mental
Health
Services
Administration.
Mielke
currently
serves
(as
past
president)
on
the
National
Association
of
State
Mental
Health
Program
Directors
Board
of
Directors
and
served
as
president
from
2019
to
2021.
Additionally,
Mielke
serves
as
a
board
member
of
the
National
Association
of
State
Alcohol
and
Drug
Abuse
Directors
Public
Policy
Committee.
Mielke
holds
a
BA
from
Fairfield
University
and
an
MSW
from
Rutgers
University.
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Managing Attorney, Tribal Defenders Office of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Ann
M.
Miller
has
been
an
attorney
with
the
Tribal
Defenders
Office
of
the
Confederated
Salish
and
Kootenai
Tribes
on
the
Flathead
Reservation
in
Montana
for
23
years
and
the
managing
attorney
for
13.
During
her
tenure,
the
Defenders
Office
...
implemented
an
innovative
in-house
service
for
clients
with
co-occurring
mental
illness
and
chemical
dependency
and
adopted
a
holistic
defense
practice
with
assistance
from
the
Center
for
Holistic
Defense,
sponsored
by
the
Bronx
Defenders
Office
in
New
York.
In
2015,
her
office
created
the
Flathead
Reservation
Reentry
Program
that
provides
interdisciplinary,
supportive
services
for
tribal
members
returning
to
the
reservation
from
incarceration.
Miller
served
on
Montana’s
Public
Defender
Commission
for
six
years
and
Montana’s
Statewide
Reentry
Task
Force
for
two.
She
currently
serves
on
the
Missoula
Criminal
Justice
Coordinating
Council
that
seeks
criminal
justice
reform
in
Missoula,
Montana.
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State Homelessness Coordinator, Utah
Wayne
Niederhauser
was
appointed
as
the
Utah
homelessness
coordinator
by
Governor
Spencer
Cox
in
2021.
As
coordinator,
he
has
spearheaded
the
development
of
the
State
Plan
to
Address
Homelessness
and
successfully
secured
unprecedented
legislative
funding
for
affordable
housing
and
services.
...
His
approach
to
understanding
homelessness
is
deeply
rooted
in
weekly
outreach
and
relationship-building
with
the
unsheltered
population.
A
former
state
legislator,
he
served
over
12
years
in
the
Utah
State
Senate,
including
six
years
as
senate
president.
Prior
to
his
appointment,
Niederhauser
owned
and
operated
a
successful
real
estate
and
housing
development
company
for
three
decades.
He
holds
a
master's
degree
in
accounting
from
Utah
State
University
and
is
a
CPA.
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Division Chief, Violence Prevention and Crime Victims Services, Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Christelle
Perez
is
the
division
chief
for
the
Violence
Prevention
and
Crime
Victims
Services
Division
with
the
Office
of
the
Illinois
Attorney
General.
In
this
capacity,
she
provides
leadership
to
staff
in
the
administration
of
various
victim’s
services
programs
including
...
the
Illinois
Address
Confidentiality
Program,
the
Sexual
Assault
Nurse
Examiner
Program,
the
Crime
Victims
Compensation
Program,
the
Statewide
Victims
Assistance
Program,
and
the
Violent
Crime
Victims
Assistance
Grant
Program.
She
has
extensive
experience
utilizing
a
victim-centered
approach.
As
a
prosecutor,
Christelle
has
over
20
years
of
legal
practice
experience that
includes
working
with
victims
and
advocates
and
assisting
individuals
traumatized
by
domestic
battery,
child
sexual
abuse
and
sexual
assault.
She
has
also
worked
extensively
with
family
members
and
various
health
care
professionals
to
ensure
individuals
suffering
from
severe
mental
illness
receive
court-ordered
involuntary
commitment
and/or
treatment.
Prior
to
her
current
position,
Christelle
was
chief
of
the
Crime
Victims
Compensation
Bureau.
She
also
worked
in
the
Illinois
Attorney
General’s
Sexually
Violent
Persons
Unit
prosecuting
numerous
cases
that
involved
various
stages
of
the
Sexually
Violent
and
Sexually
Dangerous
Person
Commitment
proceedings.
Prior
to
joining
the
State,
she
served
in
the
Cook
County
State's
Attorney's
Office
for
more
than
12
years
in
a
variety
of
areas
and
worked
as
a
staff
attorney
in
the
Cook
County
Juvenile
Court’s
Child
Protection
Division.
Christelle
also
has
provided
numerous
trainings,
taught
courses,
and
led
presentations
on
a
wide
variety
of
subjects.
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Executive Director, Center for Justice and Human Dignity
Christopher
Poulos
is
an
attorney
and
executive
director
of
the
Center
for
Justice
and
Human
Dignity.
He
previously
served
as
director
of
Person-Centered
Services
at
the
Washington
State
Department
of
Corrections,
was
executive
director
of
the
Washington
Statewide
Reentry
Council,
...
and
developed
and
taught
a
course
on
drug
law
and
policy
at
Seattle
University
School
of
Law.
Poulos
advised
U.S.
Senator
Angus
King
on
addiction
and
justice
policy,
served
on
several
criminal
justice
task
forces,
and
served
at
the
White
House
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy
and
The
Sentencing
Project.
He
graduated
cum
laude
from
the
University
of
Maine
School
of
Law.
Before
that,
Poulos
overcame
tragic
family
losses,
addiction,
homelessness,
and
a
federal
incarceration.
He
now
dedicates
his
life
to
helping
others
overcome
or
avoid
similar
challenges
and
supports
a
public
health-based
approach
to
addressing
addiction.
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General Counsel, North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys
Charles
A.
"Chuck"
Spahos
is
general
counsel
to
the
North
Carolina
Conference
of
District
Attorneys;
serves
as
the
conference’s
legislative
liaison,
representing
the
district
attorneys
at
the
North
Carolina
General
Assembly;
and
serves
as
a
resource
prosecutor,
handling
assigned
criminal
...
matters.
Previously,
Spahos
served
as
the
chief
financial
crimes
prosecutor
for
the
conference,
executive
director
of
the
Prosecuting
Attorneys'
Council
of
Georgia,
and
elected
solicitor-general
of
Henry
County,
Georgia.
He
has
practiced
law
as
a
sole
practitioner
and
served
as
an
assistant
district
attorney
and
a
municipal
prosecutor
in
Georgia.
Spahos
teaches
Basic
Law
Enforcement
Training
at
Carteret
Community
College
and
is
an
adjunct
professor
in
the
Administrative
Officers
Management
Program
at
North
Carolina
State
University.
Spahos
received
his
BS
in
criminal
justice
from
Mercer
University
and
graduated
magna
cum
laude
from
John
Marshall
Law
School.
He
served
in
the
U.S.
Army
National
Guard
and
is
a
veteran
of
Operation
Desert
Storm.
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Senator, Arkansas General Assembly
Clarke
Tucker
has
served
in
the
Arkansas
State
Senate
since
2021.
Tucker
was
previously
a
state
representative
in
the
Arkansas
General
Assembly
from
2015
through
2018,
where
he
served
on
the
Judiciary
Committee
and
as
the
chairperson
of
the
Courts/Civil
...
Law
Permanent
Subcommittee
of
the
Judiciary
Committee.
He
has
been
in
private
law
practice
since
2008,
where
his
primary
area
of
practice
has
been
litigation.
Tucker
was
a
law
clerk
for
the
Honorable
J.
Leon
Holmes
of
the
U.S.
District
Court
for
the
Eastern
District
of
Arkansas
from
2006
to
2008.
He
has
an
AB
in
government
from
Harvard
University
and
a
law
degree
from
the
University
of
Arkansas,
where
he
graduated
magna
cum
laude
and
served
as
editor-in-chief
of
the
Arkansas
Law
Review.
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Chief, City of Waco Police Department
After
serving
nearly
28
years
with
the
Houston
Police
Department,
Sheryl
Victorian
was
sworn
in
as
the
City
of
Waco’s
Chief
of
Police
on
March
15,
2021.
She
has
earned
many
awards
and
commendations
for
her
service
and
dedication
as
...
a
leader
and
police
professional.
Sheryl
is
a
graduate
of
the
Police
Executive
Research
Forum’s
Senior
Management
Institute
for
Police,
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation’s
National
Academy,
Discover
Leadership,
Law
Enforcement
Management
Institute
of
Texas
Leadership
Inventory
for
Female
Executives,
and
International
Association
of
Chiefs
of
Police’s
Women’s
Leadership
Institute.
She
is
also
the
creator
and
co-designer
of
“Building
Trust
From
Trauma,”
a
course
designed
to
educate
and
inspire
officers
to
learn
about
the
events
that
negatively
impact
trust
between
communities
of
color
and
the
police
and
to
reduce
harm,
learn
from
the
past,
and
build
meaningful
cooperative
relationships
between
the
police,
the
community,
and
community
stakeholders.
Sheryl
holds
a
BS
from
Texas
Southern
University,
MS
from
the
University
of
Houston-Downtown,
and
PhD
from
Texas
Southern
University.
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Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court
Judge
Nan
Waller
was
appointed
to
the
Multnomah
County
Circuit
Court
bench
in
2001
and
currently
serves
as
the
mental
health
court
judge,
managing
the
competency
docket.
She
served
as
presiding
judge
for
six
years
and
chief
family
court
judge.
...
Judge
Waller
co-chairs
the
Chief
Justice’s
Behavioral
Health
Advisory
Council
and
chairs
the
Mental
Health
Subcommittee
of
the
Local
Public
Safety
Coordinating
Council.
She
also
serves
on
the
Board
of
Lines
for
Life,
a
nonprofit
dedicated
to
preventing
substance
abuse
and
suicide
and
promoting
mental
health.
Judge
Waller
previously
served
as
a
member
of
the
Criminal
Justice
Workgroup
of
the
National
Judicial
Task
Force
to
Examine
State
Courts’
Response
to
Mental
Illness
and
on
the
Governor’s
Children’s
Cabinet.
She
has
served
on
numerous
work
groups
and
committees
to
improve
the
justice
system,
was
one
of
four
Executive
Sponsors
for
Oregon
eCourt,
and
was
a
leader
in
the
planning
for
a
new
central
courthouse
in
Multnomah
County.
Judge
Waller
has
received
numerous
awards
for
her
work
on
the
bench
and
in
the
community,
including
the
National
CASA
Judge
of
the
Year
award,
the
Classroom
Law
Project’s
Legal
Citizen
of
the
Year
award,
NAMI
Oregon’s
Gordon
and
Sharon
Smith
New
Freedom
Award,
and
most
recently
the
William
H.
Rehnquist
Award
for
Judicial
Excellence.
Judge
Waller
received
her
BA
from
Stanford
University
and
graduated
from
the
University
of
Oregon
School
of
Law.
Learn
more
about
Judge
Waller's
work
to
improve
responses
to
people
with
mental
health
needs.
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Commissioner, Rockdale County, Georgia
Dr.
Doreen
Williams
is
in
her
third
term
as
a
Rockdale
County
commissioner.
As
a
commissioner,
her
work
has
included
hosting
numerous
community
symposiums
and
forums
on
behavioral
health. She
also
helped
spearhead
the
Stepping
Up
initiative
in
Rockdale
County
in 2015
...
and
advised
on
the
initiative
nationally.
Commissioner
Williams
currently
serves
as
chair
of
the
board
of
directors
for
View
Point
Health,
the
local
community
service
board
that
she
has
served
on
for
15
years.
She
has
served
as
chair
of
the
Health
and
Human
Services
Policy
Steering
Committee
for
the
Association
of
County
Commissioners
of
Georgia
while
also
serving
on
the
ACCG
Mental
Health
Committee
as
co-chair
of
one
of
its
subcommittees.
She
has
been
a
member
of
the
NACo
Health
Steering
Committee
for
nine
years.
She
earned
her
EdD
from
Georgia
Southern
University,
an
MEd
from
Walden
University,
and
a
BA
from
Brigham
Young
University.
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Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court
Justice
Briana
Zamora
has
served
at
all
levels
of
the
New
Mexico
Judiciary.
She
began
a
decade-long
career
as
a
trial
court
judge
on
the
Bernalillo
County
Metropolitan
Court
and
then
served
on
the
Second
Judicial
District
Court.
Criminal
cases
...
accounted
for
most
of
her
caseload,
and
she
presided
over
several
treatment
courts.
She
was
appointed
to
the
state
Court
of
Appeals
in
2018
and
over
two
years
later
joined
the
state
Supreme
Court.
Justice
Zamora
serves
as
the
Supreme
Court’s
liaison
to
several
judicial
commissions,
including
the
Commission
on
Mental
Health
and
Competency,
the
Children’s
Court
Improvement
Commission,
the
Children’s
Court
Judges
Association,
and
the
Tribal-State
Judicial
Consortium.
Justice
Zamora
was
born
and
raised
in
New
Mexico.
She
received
an
undergraduate
degree
in
psychology
and
government
from
New
Mexico
State
University
and
her
law
degree
from
the
University
of
New
Mexico
School
of
Law.
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