JPLI Advisory Group

The Advisory Group provides collective knowledge and experience to inform decisions for the Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative (JPLI). The group consists of state supreme court justices, judges, psychiatrists, professors, and community leaders who shape judicial and behavioral health policies, programs, and outcomes across the country.

Advisory Group


Michelle Funez Arteaga
Division Director, Behavioral Health Crisis & Justice Involved Division
Lawrence Belcher
Director of Community Forensic Services, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, New York State Office of Mental Health Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Scott Block
State Court BH Administrator, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
Judge David Certo
Marion County Probate Court Judge, State of Indiana
Jennifer L. Piel
Associate Professor and Director, UW Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law University of Washington School of Medicine; Director, Disruptive Behavior Evaluation Clinic Staff Psychiatrist VA Puget Sound Health Care System | Seattle Division
Helen Skipper
Executive Director, NYC Justice Peer Initiative
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Medical Director, Metrocare Services Homeless Services Program; Assistant Professor and Director, Rural & Public Mental Health Track, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Megan Testa
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Medical Director, FrontLine
Patricia Tobias
Partner, The Leifman Group
Judge Cotton Walker
Circuit Court Judge for the 19th Judicial Circuit, State of Missouri
Tobias Wasser
Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Clinical Associate Professor Adjunct of Law, Yale Law School
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Appellate Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Judge Rober Wonnell
District Court Judge, State of Kansas 10th Judicial District
Ericka Wheeler
Resident Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court