| CO-CHAIRS | |
| Hon. Anne-Marie Jolly | Administrative Judge, NYC Family Court |
| Hon. Richard Rivera | Statewide Coordinating Judge for Family Court Matters |
| Dawne Mitchell, Esq. | Chief Attorney, Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice |
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | |
| Louise Feld, Esq. | Executive Director, Permanent Commission on Justice for Families |
| JUDICIAL MEMBERSHIP | |
| Magistrate Maritza C. Buitrago (quasi-judicial) | Support Magistrate, Family Court, Monroe County |
| Hon. Andrew Crecca | District Administrative Judge, Suffolk County |
| Hon. Karen M.C. Cortes | Judge, Family Court, Bronx County |
| Hon. Janette Cortes-Gomez | Judge, Family Court, Bronx County |
| Hon. Kathie E. Davidson | Dean, NYS Judicial Institute |
| Hon. Tandra Dawson | Justice, Supreme Court, NY County, Integrated Domestic Violence Part |
| Hon. Jacqueline Deane | Judge, Family Court, Kings County |
| Hon. Paul Deep | Judge, Family Court, Oneida County |
| Hon. Alicea Elloras-Ally | Supervising Judge, Family Court, New York County |
| Hon. Carrie Garrow | Appellate Judge, Penobscot Nation Tribal Court |
| Hon. Deborah Haendiges | Justice, Supreme Court, Erie County, Integrated Domestic Violence Part |
| Hon. Dean Kusakabe | Judge, Family Court, Queens County |
| Hon. Caren Loguercio | Supervising Judge, Family Court, Suffolk County |
| Hon. Nisha Menon | Judge, Family Court, Kings County |
| Magistrate Susan Nasci (ret.) (quasi-judicial) | Support Magistrate, Family Court, Onondaga County |
| Hon. Peter Passidomo | Chief Magistrate, NYC Family Court |
| Hon. Fatimat O. Reid | Judge, Family Court, Monroe County |
| Hon. Edwina G. Richardson (ex officio member) | Deputy Chief Administrative Judge, Office for Justice Initiatives |
| Hon. Gayle P. Roberts | Justice, Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Bronx County, Youth Part |
| Hon. Audrey Stone | Justice, Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Bronx County |
| NON-JUDICIAL MEMBERSHIP | |
| Hon. Liberty Aldrich (ret.) | Executive Director, The Children’s Law Center (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Piyali Basak, Esq. | Managing Director, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (New York, NY) |
| Dr. Steven Blatt, M.D. | Professor of Pediatrics, Director of General Pediatric Division, Medical Director of Foster Care Services:ENHANCE, Director of Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center, Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse, NY) |
| Jackie Boissonnault, L.M.S.W. | Executive Director, NYS CASA Association, Inc. (Albany, NY) |
| Sen. Jabari Brisport | NYS Senator, 25th Senate District; Chair, Sen. Committee on Children and Families (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Kenny Carter | Founder and Executive Director, F.A.I.T.H. (Fathers Alive in the Hood) (Queens, NY) |
| Eileen Choi, Esq. | Senior Supervising Attorney, Brooklyn Defender Services, Family Defense Practice (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Wendy Claffee, Esq. | Director of the Office of the Attorneys for Children and Administrator of the Family Assigned Counsel Plan for the First Judicial Department (Bronx, NY) |
| Tehra Coles, Esq. | Executive Director, Center for Family Representation (New York, NY) |
| Dr. Karen Cort | Director, NYC Family Court MH Clinic (New York, NY) |
| Cathy Cramer, Esq. | Former Chief Executive Officer (ret.), Family Legal Care (New York, NY) |
| Arique Dross III, Esq. | Founder, Managing Attorney, The Dross Law Firm; Member of Manhattan Family Court 18B panel; Person with lived experience (New York, NY) |
| Judy Gerber, Esq. | Director, Family Court Practice Institute, Center for Justice Innovation (Buffalo, NY) |
| Jennifer Gilroy Ruiz, Esq. | Chief, Family Court Division, NYC Law Department (New York, NY) |
| Prof. Martin Guggenheim | Professor of Clinical Law Emeritus, NYU Law School (New York, NY) |
| Dr. Emily Haney-Caron | Assistant Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York, NY) |
| Dr. DaMia Harris-Madden, Ph.D.,M.B.A. | Commissioner, NYS Office of Children and Family Services (Albany, NY) |
| A.M. Andrew Hevesi | Assembly Member, NYS Assembly District 28; Chair, Assembly Committee on Children and Families (Queens, NY) |
| Deonna Jones, Esq. | Foster care alumnus and attorney (Buffalo, NY) |
| Linda Kostin, Esq. | Director, Office of Attorneys for Children, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department |
| John Kraigenow, Esq. | Director, Office of Attorneys for Children, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department (Albany, New York) |
| Heather A. LaForme-Maldonado | Director, Bureau of Native American Services, Office of Children and Family Services (Buffalo, NY) |
| Terry Lawson, Esq. | Co-Executive Director, Co-Counsel NYC (New York, NY) |
| Dorchen Leidholdt, Esq. | Senior Director, Legal Center, Sanctuary for Families (New York, NY) |
| Prof. Theo Liebmann | Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics, Hofstra Law School (Hempstead, NY) |
| Lucy McCarthy, Esq. | Director of Quality Enhancement, Parent Representation NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services (Albany, NY) |
| Glenn Metsch-Ampel, Esq. | Executive Director, Lawyers For Children (New York, NY) |
| Kelli Owens | Executive Director, New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (Albany, NY) |
| Joanne Sirotkin, Esq. | Attorney-in-Charge, White Plains Office, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (White Plains, NY) |
| Nicole Sonera (née Velazquez), Esq. | Deputy Director, The Bronx Defenders, Family Defense Practice (Bronx, NY) |
| Alan Sputz, Esq. | Deputy Commissioner, Family Court Legal Services, NYC Administration for Children’s Services (New York, NY) |
| Eileen Stack | Deputy Commissioner, Child Support Services, NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (Albany, NY) |
| Judy Swierczewski, Esq. | Supervising Attorney, NYS Department of Education (Albany, NY) |
| Sarah Tirgary, Esq. | Deputy Director, Office of Attorneys for Children, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Jeanette Vega Brown | Co-Executive Director, RISE; Person with lived experience (New York, NY) |
| Dr. Ingrid Walker-Descartes, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. | Vice Chair of Education - Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Shomari Ward, Esq. | Litigation Director, Youth Represent (New York, NY) |
| Stephen Weisbeck, Esq. | Director, Juvenile Justice Division, The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, New York (Rochester, NY) |
| Katherine Wurmfeld, Esq. | Senior Director of Family Court Programs, Center for Justice Innovation (New York, NY) |
| COUNSEL | |
| Janet Fink, Esq. | Counsel to the Commission |
| Pro Bono Advisors | |
| Dara L. Sheinfeld, Esq. | Counsel, Pro Bono, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP |
| William Silverman, Esq. | Pro Bono Partner, Proskauer Rose, LLP |
| Laura Israel Sinrod, Esq. | Special Counsel and Pro Bono Counsel, Fried Frank |
Action Group Advisors
Article 10/Foster Care
- Hon. Alison Hamanjian
- Dr. Najah Mabins, PhD
Child Support
- Magistrate Brittany Bisnott
- Rachel Braunstein, Esq.
- Molly Burke, Esq.
- Hon. Jacqueline Cabrera
- Magistrate Jacinta Ciccone
- Brian Dworkin, Esq.
- Lakisha Garcia
- Nathalie Gonzalez, Esq.
- Magistrate Hillary Reinharz
- Laura Russell, Esq.
- Andree Tenemas Chavez
- Magistrate Meredith Vigilante
- Magistrate Kristen Zarcone
- Magistrate Sandra Zayas
Intimate Partner Violence
- Jennifer C. Freidman, Esq.
- Michael Scherz, Esq.
- Sheila Schwanekamp, Esq.
- Lisa Smith, Esq.
- Lisa Stanton, Esq.
- Jara Traina, Esq.
Immigration
- Myra Elgabry, Esq.
- Hon. Alison Hamanjian
- Nicole Harris, Esq.
- Beth Krause, Esq.
- Andrea Madrid, Esq.
- Keighly Newcomer, Esq.
- Sara Rogerson, Esq.
- Cristina Romero, Esq.
- Maureen Schad, Esq.
- Zoe Schonfeld, Esq.
Custody/Visitation
- Ref. Jennifer Reddin Cassar, Esq.
- Luba Reife, Esq.
- Jara Traina, Esq.
Juvenile Delinquency/Youth Justice
- Rashida Cartwright-Thigpen, Esq.
- Lynne Echenberg, Esq
- Daniela Gallo, Esq.
- Alex Griffith
- Cmsr. Kristen Jackson
- Rosemary Martinez-Borges, Esq.
- Sheneka McKenzie-Sage
- Natalie Peeples, Esq.
- Kate Rubin
- Kellsie Sayers, Esq.
- Michelle Smith, Esq.
- Cmsr. Rocco Pozzi
- Major Erica Prosper