Training Committee
The Training, Education, and Public Relations Committee (commonly referred to as the Training Committee) develops educational resources and training materials for use by the Commission and in member states to help ensure awareness of and compliance with the terms of the Compact and the Commission’s rules. The Training Committee is responsible for approving, developing, and delivering trainings in addition to increasing Commission awareness. Members actively participate in committee meetings and sub-committee work team meetings. The members have a broad understanding of the ICJ rules and are available to review and update training materials and conduct trainings.
Meeting Dates:
October 24, 2019
November 19, 2019
December 17, 2019
January 23, 2020 - meeting cancelled
February 27, 2020
March 26, 2020
April 23, 2020 - meeting cancelled
May 28, 2020
June 25, 2020
July 23, 2020 - meeting cancelled
August 27, 2020 - meeting cancelled
Chair
Summer Foxworth
Commissioner, Deputy Compact Administrator, Training Committee Chair, UNITY Coordinator, Colorado
Biography
Summer Foxworth is the currently serves as the Interstate Compact for Juveniles Commissioner for the State of Colorado. Summer has worked for the Colorado Division of Youth Services for 25 years and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Foxworth started her career with the Division of Youth Services in 1994 as a Security Services Officer at Gilliam Youth Services Center and did this for three years before accepting a position with the Staff Development Office where she trained new employees during a two-week training academy. She then accepted the ICJ position in 2000. Summer served on the Executive Board for the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators (AJCA) for numerous years, and was awarded the William L. Frederick Award from AJCA in 2006 for outstanding service, contribution and dedication to the Juvenile Compact and Corrections. Summer continued to serve when the Interstate Commission for Juveniles was adopted in 2008 and has held the following positions: Vice Chair, Chair of the Compliance Committee and Western Region Representative (numerous times) and has served on the Finance Committee, and Technology Committee.
Summer and her husband of 21 years and have two children. Cornelius is a sophomore at Arizona State University and Nyema is a junior in High School. Summer serves as an Usher at True Light Baptist Church and is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she is an avid reader and is the president of the Circle of Sister Book Club which she helped to start in 1998.
Roster
| First Name | Last Name | Commission Title | Office Email | User Profile | ||
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Dawn | Bailey | Designee/Compact Administrator | Washington | wa-icj@dcyf.wa.gov | User Profile |
| Trudy | Bennardo | Pennsylvania | User Profile | |||
| Francesco | Bianco | Deputy Compact Administrator / All Runaways | New York | francesco.bianco@ocfs.ny.gov | User Profile | |
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Lisa | Bjergaard | Commissioner | North Dakota | lbjergaa@nd.gov | User Profile |
| Isaiah | Brown | Tennessee | User Profile | |||
| Anna | Butler | Designee/Interstate Compact Specialist - RETURNS | Kentucky | AnnaE.Butler@KY.gov | User Profile | |
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Trissie | Casanova | Designee / Deputy Compact Administrator | Vermont | patricia.casanova@vermont.gov | User Profile |
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Francis | Casey | Deputy Compact Administrator: Cases A-L | Delaware | Francis.Casey@delaware.gov | User Profile |
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Tracy | Cassell | Deputy Compact Administrator | Georgia | tracycassell@djj.state.ga.us | User Profile |
| Jason | Criscio | Deputy Compact Administrator/Designee | Connecticut | jason.criscio@jud.ct.gov | User Profile | |
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Agnes | Denson | Commissioner / Compact Administrator | Florida | interstatecompact2@djj.state.fl.us | User Profile |
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Kimberly | Dickerson | Deputy Compact Administrator | Louisiana | kimberly.dickerson@la.gov | User Profile |
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Trudy | Gregorie | Ex Officio - Justice Solutions / Victims Representative | District of Columbia | tgregorie@justicesolutions.org | User Profile |
| Ellen | Hackenmueller | Compact Administrator | Alaska | ellen.hackenmueller@alaska.gov | User Profile | |
| Rebecca | Hillestead | Deputy Compact Administrator | Minnesota | mnisc.doc@state.mn.us | User Profile | |
| Tiffany | Howard | Staff - Compact Coordinator (Cases M - Z) | South Carolina | InterstateCompact@scdjj.net | User Profile | |
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Eavey-Monique | James | Commissioner | Virgin Islands | virginislandsicpc_icj@dhs.vi.gov | User Profile |
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Sherry | Jones | Commissioner/Deputy Compact Administrator | Maryland | sherry.jones@maryland.gov | User Profile |
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JoAnn | Niksa | Deputy Compact Administrator/Designee | Rhode Island | joann.niksa@dcyf.ri.gov | User Profile |
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Jedd | Pelander | Commissioner | Washington | Jedd.Pelander@dcyf.wa.gov | User Profile |
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Patrick | Pendergast | Designee | Alabama | pat.pendergast@dys.alabama.gov | User Profile |
| Demetris | Pigford | Deputy Compact Administrator (Asst.) – Extradition | Florida | interstatecompact2@djj.state.fl.us | User Profile | |
| Tasha | Rembert | North Carolina | User Profile | |||
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Amy | Welch | Commissioner/Deputy Compact Administrator | Kentucky | amy.welch@ky.gov | User Profile |
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Roy | Yaple | Commissioner | Michigan | yapler@michigan.gov | User Profile |