Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children

Chair, Members & Staff


 

Former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, Chair


Commission Members

Deborah Benson, Executive Director, New York State Council on Children and Families

Steven Blatt, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Katherine Briar-Lawson, Ph.D., Dean of School of Social Welfare, University at Albany

Angela Burton, Interim Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law

Laurence E. Busching, Esq., Executive Deputy Commissioner, Division of Youth and Family Justice, New York City Administration for Children's Services

Geoffrey Canada, President, Harlem Children’s Zone

Gladys Carrión, Esq., Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Michael I. Cohen, M.D., Chairman Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center

Hon. Michael Corriero, Director of the New York Center for Juvenile Justice, New York Foundling Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection; Retired Justice, Supreme Court Criminal Term, New York County

Carol Dankert, Commissioner, Erie County Department of Social Services

Hon. Kathie E. Davidson, Supervising Judge, Family Courts, Ninth Judicial District

Hon. Craig J. Doran, Supervising Judge, Family Courts, Seventh Judicial District

Hon. Monica Drinane, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, Bronx County

Karen Freedman, Esq., Executive Director, Lawyers for Children  

Hon. Michael Gage, Retired Administrative Judge, New York City Family Court

Judy Gerber, Esq., Educational Consultant

Richard N. Gottfried, Chair, Assembly Standing Committee on Health

Hon. Paula Hepner, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, Kings County

Michael F. Hogan, Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health

Hon. Douglas Hoffman, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, New York County

Mary F. Kelly, Esq., Kelly and Knaplund

Hon. Joseph M. Lauria, Retired Administrative Judge, New York City Family Court

Hon. Howard Levine, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP

Robert Maccarone, Deputy Commissioner and Director, Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives, New Your State Division of Criminal Justice Services

John Mattingly, Ph.D., Commissioner, New York City Administration for Children's Services and New York City Department of Juvenile Justice

Hon. Sondra Miller, Retired Associate Justice Appellate Division, Second Department

Elba Montalvo, Executive Director, Committee for Hispanic Children & Families

Nicolette M. Pach, Retired Judge, Suffolk County Family Court

Hon. Jane Pearl, Judge, New York City Family Court, Bronx County

Jim Purcell, Chief Executive Officer, Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies

Hon. Clark Richardson, Judge, New York City Family Court, New York County

Hon. Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, Administrative Judge, New York City Family Courts

Hon. William Scarborough, Chair, Assembly Committee on Children & Families

Andrew Schepard, Esq., Director of Center for Children, Families and the Law, Hofstra University

Charles S. Sims, Esq., Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Jane Spinak, Ph.D., Professor, Columbia Law School

Tamara Steckler, Esq., Attorney-in-Charge, Juvenile Rights Practice, Legal Aid Society

David Steiner, Ph.D., Commissioner, New York State Education Department

Hon. Carol Stokinger, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, Queens County

Hon. Sharon Townsend, Vice Dean for Family and Matrimonial Law of the New York State Judicial Institute

Lucia B. Whisenand, Esq., Lucia Beadel Whisenand, P.C.

Hon. Hope Zimmerman, Supervising Judge, Nassau County Family Court

 


Commission Staff

Kathleen R. DeCataldo, Esq., Executive Director
Toni A. Lang, Ph.D., Deputy Director
Michele A. Campbell, Administrative Assistant

 

 
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