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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