Member Information
As designated by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Council is comprised of 19 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, ten 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
Chair
Attorney General of the United States
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Administrator
Corporation for National and Community Service
Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Department of Education
Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor
Secretary
Federal Agency Affiliate Members and Designees
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary
U.S. Department of Defense
Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior
Secretary
Practitioner Members
Appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Adele P. Grubbs
Senior Superior Court Judge
Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia
Pamela F. Rodriguez
President
TASC, Inc. (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities)
Appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate
Maura Corrigan
Counsel
Butzel Long
Deborah Schumacher
Judge
Second Judicial District Court
William Thorne
Judge
Utah Court of Appeals
Appointed by the President of the United States
Jim St. Germain
Executive Director
Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow, Inc.
Jacob Horowitz
Director
Public Safety Performance Project,
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Francisco Villarruel
University Outreach and Engagement Senior Fellow and Professor