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
U.S. Department of Education
Dr. Mitchell M. Zais
Acting Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Pete Gaynor
Acting Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor
Eugene Scalia
Secretary
Federal Agency Affiliate Members and Designees
U.S. Department of Defense
Christopher C. Miller
Acting Secretary
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)
Appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate
Maura Corrigan
Director
Michigan Department of Human Services
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