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Policy Board
 

  The Rhode Island Justice Commission Policy Board meets a minimum of four times a year to review and approve planning and grant funding recommendations from various advisory committees and the Steering Committee. In this fashion, the Policy Board and Steering Committee ensure the strategic planning and coordination of all the aforementioned grant programs administered by the Rhode Island Justice Commission as well as to develop criminal justice system policies and priorities.
   
 
Membership 
Maj. Michael Quinn - Chair

Director, Campus Security

Johnson & Wales University

Dr. Ellen R. Nelson
Director, Department of Mental Health,
Retardation & Hospitals 
Hon. Patrick C. Lynch
Attorney General
John Hardiman, Esq.
Public Defender 

Col. Brendan Doherty

Superintendent, RI State Police

Chief Russell Serpa
President, RI Police Chiefs Association 
(Bristol Police Department) 
Hon. Frank Williams
Chief Justice, RI Supreme Court
Chief Vincent Vespia, Jr.
South Kingstown Police Dept. 
Hon. Albert E. DeRobbio
Chief Judge, RI District Court
Hon. Joseph E. Rodgers, Jr.
Presiding Justice, RI Superior Court 
Hon. Jeremiah S. Jeremiah
Chief Judge, RI Family Court 
A.T. Wall
Director, RI Dept. of Corrections 
Dr. David Gifford
Director, Dept. of Health

 

Chairperson, State Board of Regents 

Patricia Martinez
Director, Dept. of Children, Youth & Families

State Fire Marshal 
Daniel Beardsley
Director, RI League of Cities & Towns

Jonathan Houston
Executive Director, Justice Assistance

Community Service Member

Gary Alexander
Director, Dept. of Human Services

Brother Brendan Gerrity
Ocean Tides
Citizen Member 
Dr. Arthur C. Jones
Asst. Professor of Criminal Justice
Johnson & Wales University

Deborah DeBare
Director, RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Community Service Member

Robert O'Neil

Citizen Member

Vacancy
Citizen Member

Carl Weinberg

Citizen Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 

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