Former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, Chair
Commission Members
Deborah Benson, Executive Director, New York State Council on Children & 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
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, Executive Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters; Retired Justice, Supreme Court Criminal Term, New York County
Richard F. Daines, M.D., Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
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, Judge, New York City Family Court, Bronx County
Hon. Lee Elkins, Judge, New York City Family Court, Kings 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
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
John Mattingly, Commissioner, New York City Children's Services
Hon. Sondra Miller, Retired Associate Justice Appellate Division, Second Department
Richard Mills, Commissioner, New York State Education Department
Elba Montalvo, Executive Director, Committee for Hispanic Children & Families
Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, Chair, Senate Social Services, Children & Families Committee
Denise O'Donnell, Commissioner, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Nicolette M. Pach, Retired Judge, Suffolk County Family Court
Hon. Jane Pearl, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, New York County
Jim Purcell, Chief Executive Officer, Council of Family & Child Caring Agencies
Hon. Clark Richardson, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, Bronx County
Hon. Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, Supervising Judge, New York City Family Court, Queens County
Hon. William Scarborough, Chair, Assembly Committee on Children & Families
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
Hon. Sharon Townsend, Administrative Judge, Eighth Judicial District
Michael Weiner, Commissioner, Erie County Department of Social Services
Lucia B. Whisenand, Esq., Lucia Beadel Whisenand, P.C.
Hon. Hope Zimmerman, Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Nassau County
Commission Staff
Kathleen R. DeCataldo, Esq., Executive Director
Toni A. Lang, Ph.D., Deputy Director
Michele A. Campbell, Administrative Assistant
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