Judge Catherine Begaye, Chair
Shelly Bucher, LMSW Director, Substitute Care Advisory Council
Rosenda Chavez-Lara, Family Law Attorney
Jesse Clifton, Attorney, Disability Rights New Mexico
Alison Endicott-Quinones, Legal Director, Advocacy Inc.
Bette Fleishman, Executive Director, Pegasus Legal Services for Children
Diana Garcia, Deputy District Attorney, Juvenile Division
Beth Gillia, JD. MA Director, Office of Family Representation and Advocacy
Shira Greenberg, Founder & Artistic Director, Keshet Dance & Center for the Arts/Keshet Arts & Justice Initiative
Leslie Jones, JD, CWLS Lead Attorney, NMFAP
Hilari Lipton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary, CYFD
Senator Linda Lopez, New Mexico State Senator, Dist. 11
Mary McQueeney, Chief Children’s Court Attorney, CYFD, PS Legal
Catherine Pavelski, CPSW Certified Peer Support Worker (CPSW) and Person/Parent with Lived Experience.
Judge Alma Roberson, Children’s Court Judge, Second Judicial District
Judge John J. Romero (Ret.), Retired Presiding Judge, Children’s Court Division, Second Judicial District
Dennica Torres, Managing Attorney, Juvenile Div. LOPD
Brandie White, Program Director, Mesilla Valley CASA
Jacqueline Yalch, President, NM Tribal Indian Child Welfare Consortium