Racial Justice Ad Hoc Committee
The Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Justice will analyze data regarding ICJ operations, as well as ICJ Rules, policies, and resources. Comprised of ICJ personnel from throughout the U.S, the Committee will make specific recommendations for change to the Commission.
Meeting Dates:
- December 14, 3pm EST
- January 18, 3pm EST
- February 15, 2pm EST
- March 15, 2pm EST
- April 19, 2pm EST
- May 17, 2pm EST
- June 21, 2pm EST
- July 19, 2pm EST
- August 16, 2pm EST
Chair
Sherry Jones
Commission Treasurer, Commissioner, Deputy Compact Administrator, Racial Justice Ad Hoc Chair, UNITY Coordinator, Maryland
Biography
Sherry Jones is the Deputy Compact Administrator of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services and serves as the Maryland ICJ Commissioner. Currently, she oversees the day-to-day operations of the Interstate Compact Unit and resolves discrepancies between State and Local Laws and ICJ Rules-Federal Laws. She serves on the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force Victim Services Committee and is Co-Chair of the Baltimore City Victims Services Committee. Her varied background includes advocacy, education/training, and formal/informal mentorship. Sherry earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Psychology from Coppin State University and an Associates of Arts degree from Baltimore Community College in Early Childhood Education. She is also a graduate of Towson University’s Professional Leader Program and Department of Juvenile Services Leadership Development Institute. Sherry is one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women Honorees for her Professional Accomplishment, Community Leadership, and Mentoring. She believes serving as the Maryland Representative helps cultivate and refine her leadership skills.
Chair
Rebecca Moore
Commissioner, Regional Representative, Racial Justice Ad Hoc Chair, Massachusetts
Biography
Becki Moore is Director of Community of Operations and ICJ Deputy Compact Administrator at the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services and has worked in juvenile justice for over 20 years. Ms. Moore served as a field-based case manager for a community-based provider agency working with youth committed to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS); since 2001, she has worked directly for DYS in several capacities. Most recently, Ms. Moore has worked out of the DYS Commissioner’s Office as the Director of Community Operations and ICJ Commissioner and Deputy Compact Administrator. In this role, she is responsible for the statewide oversight of community re-entry and supervision practices for all youth committed to DYS as well as for formerly committed youth engaged with DYS through a voluntary service agreement. Ms. Moore’s primary responsibilities in this role are policy development, quality assurance, data management, outcome measurement, interstate case management and the establishment of effective transition protocols and case management practices. She also recently managed the implementation of the Department’s OJJDP Second Chance Act grant award and the reintegration of the agency’s utilization of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) and related Case Management Plan development.
Ms. Moore holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and a master’s of science degree in criminal justice from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
Roster
First Name | Last Name | Commission Title | Office Email | User Profile | ||
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Lisa | Bjergaard | Commissioner | North Dakota | lbjergaa@nd.gov | User Profile |
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Nataki | Brown | Ex Officio - Victims Representative | South Carolina | Brown.nataki@richlandcountysc.gov | User Profile |
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Francis | Casey | Commissioner/Compact Administrator | Delaware | Francis.Casey@delaware.gov | User Profile |
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Felicia | Dauway | Deputy Compact Administrator/Designee | South Carolina | InterstateCompact@djj.sc.gov | User Profile |
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Raymundo | Gallardo | Deputy Compact Administrator/Designee | Utah | icjutah@utcourts.gov | User Profile |
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Cathy | Gordon | Commissioner / Compact Administrator | Montana | interstate@mt.gov | User Profile |
Mason | Harrington | Staff - Compact Coordinator (Cases A - L) | South Carolina | InterstateCompact@scdjj.net | User Profile | |
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Tracy | Howard | Deputy Compact Administrator - Sprvsn/Extradition Cases A-M, JSO Matters | Florida | interstatecompact2@fldjj.gov | User Profile |
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Eavey-Monique | James | Commissioner | Virgin Islands | virginislandsicpc_icj@dhs.vi.gov | User Profile |
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Jennifer | LeBaron | Commissioner / Compact Administrator | New Jersey | jennifer.lebaron@jjc.nj.gov | User Profile |
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Edwin | Lee Jr | Designee | New Jersey | edwin.lee@jjc.nj.gov | User Profile |
Jessica | Nash | Commissioner / Compact Administrator | Rhode Island | Jessica.nash@dcyf.ri.gov | User Profile | |
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JoAnn | Niksa | Deputy Compact Administrator/Designee | Rhode Island | joann.niksa@dcyf.ri.gov | User Profile |
April | Simmons | Interstate Compact Specialist - Outgoing Cases | Indiana | April.Simmons@courts.in.gov | User Profile | |
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Jessica | Wald | Deputy Compact Administrator / Designee | North Dakota | jlwald@nd.gov | User Profile |