Southern Region

Alabama

Juvenile Justice Specialist – Buffy Smelley

LETS Program Manager
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
401 Adams Avenue
Montgomery, AL. 36103

Phone: (334) 353-2554
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Jason Granholm

Executive Director
Montgomery, AL.


Compliance Monitor – Jennifer Pembrook

Adult Facility Compliance Monitor
420 20th St. N., Suite 2200
Birmingham, AL. 35203

Phone: (256) 283-8021
Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Cynthianther L. May

Adult Facility Compliance Monitor
420 20th St. N., Suite 2200
Birmingham, AL. 35203

Phone: (205) 208-8877
Email: [email protected]


R/ED Coordinator – Letta Dillard Gorman

222 Palm Beach Dr.
Panama City Beach, FL. 32413

Phone: (334) 258-9148
Email: [email protected]

Arkansas

Juvenile Justice Specialist – Ocie Hunter, Jr. MBA

State Advisory Group
P.O. Box 205
Magnolia, AR. 71753

Phone: (870) 234-6550 ext. 308
Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Ricky Gaston

Arkansas Department of Human Services
700 South Main Street
P.O. Box 1437
Little Rock, AK. 72203

Phone: (501) 320-6135
Email: [email protected]


R/ED Coordinator – Tanya Patton

P.O. Box 1437, Slot S-501
Little Rock, AR. 72203

Florida

Juvenile Justice Specialist – Dasia D. Powerll & Cameka Gardner

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Christy Daily Brodeur

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Shirley Turner

Program Manager, Juvenile Justice
Correctional Management and Communications Group, LLC
604 US-27 – Suite 1
Minneola, FL. 34715

Phone: (352) 988-5921
Email: [email protected]

Georgia

State Juvenile Justice Specialist – Stephanie Mikkelsen

Juvenile Justice Supervisor
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
104 Marietta Street, Suite 440
Atlanta, GA. 30303

Phone: (404) 657-1959
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Joe Vignati

Senior Policy Analyst
75 Marietta St NW
Atlanta, GA. 30303

Phone: (470) 519-0345
Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Joseph Lynn

Juvenile Detention Compliance Monitor
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 440,
Atlanta, GA. 30303

Phone: (404) 654-1831
Email: [email protected]


R/ED Coordinator – Haley Dunn-McKinney

104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 440
Atlanta, GA. 30303

Phone: (404) 654-1781
Email: [email protected]

Kentucky

Juvenile Justice Specialist and Compliance Monitor – Carly Gill

Kentucky’s Juvenile Justice Specialist
Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice
1025 Capital Center Drive
Frankfort, KY. 40601

Phone: (502) 892-3643
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Eric Hawkins

Email: [email protected]


Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinator – Tara Kelly

Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinator
Kentucky, Department of Juvenile Justice

Email: [email protected]

Louisiana

Juvenile Justice Specialist and Compliance Monitor – Demetrius Joubert

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
602 North 5th Street
P.O. Box 3331
Baton Rouge, LA. 70821

Phone: (225) 287-8319
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Vieve Martin-Kohrs

East Baton Rouge Parish

Phone: (337) 540-6740
Email: [email protected]


Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinator – Raymond Vincent

Phone: (225) 342-1885
Email: [email protected]

Mississippi

Juvenile Justice Specialist and R/ED Coordinator – Sharon Nguyen 

152 Watford Parkway Drive
Canton, MS. 39046

Phone: (601) 391-4887
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Dr. Alfred Martin, PhD

Mississippi SAG
P.O. Box 9361
Jackson, MS. 39286

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Kirby Wilson

152 Waterford Parkway Drive
Canton, MS. 39046

Phone: (601) 391-4890
Email: [email protected]

North Carolina

State Advisory Group Chair – Rev. Bruce E. Stanley

President/CEO
Methodist Home for Children
1041 Washington St
Raleigh, NC. 27605

Phone: (919) 801-2992
Email: [email protected]


Juvenile Justice Specialist – Adonicca McAllister

4234 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC. 27699

Phone: (919) 733-4625
Email: [email protected]


Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinator/JJ Specialist – Tonishia Lockley

4234 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC. 27699

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Eric Loftin

4234 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC. 27699

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Miguel Pitts

4234 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC. 27699

Email: [email protected]

Puerto Rico

Juvenile Justice Specialist and R/ED Coordinator – Natalia Rios

Program Director
Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development
#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR. 00908

Phone: (787) 977-7060
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Jose G. Ojeda, Esq.

#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR. 00908

Phone: (787) 977-7060
Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Roselyn M. Cruz Jimenez

#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR. 00908

Phone: (787) 977-7060
Email: [email protected]

South Carolina

Juvenile Justice Specialist – Jerode Oliver

Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs
SC Department of Public Safety
10311 Wilson Blvd
Blythewood, SC. 29016

Phone: (803) 896-5109
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Rev. John Holler

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor and R/ED Coordinator – Brittany Cane

SC Department of Public Safety Headquarters
10311 Wilson Blvd
Blythewood, SC. 29016

Phone: (803) 896-8707
Email: [email protected]

Tennessee

Juvenile Justice Specialist – Zanira Whitfield

The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
502 Deaderick Street, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN. 37243

Phone: (615) 532-1582
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Charmaine Kromer

The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
3310 Perimeter Hill Dr.
Nashville, TN. 37211

Phone: (615) 250-7200
Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Therese Sipes

The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
502 Deaderick Street, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN. 37243

Phone: (615) 259-1275
Email: [email protected]


Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) Coordinator – Linda Copeland

Youth Justice Director
The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
502 Deaderick Street, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN. 37243

Phone: (615) 532-1588
Email: [email protected]

Virginia

Juvenile Justice Specialist & Racial and Ethnic Coordinator – Greg Hopkins

Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
1100 Bank Street
Richmond, VA. 23219

Phone: (804) 692-0977
Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Samuel A. Perez

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Tony Nelson

Email: [email protected]

West Virginia

Juvenile Justice Specialist – Aaron Hamilton

Email: [email protected]


State Advisory Group Chair – Ron Smith

Email: [email protected]


Compliance Monitor – Jacob Morris 

Email: [email protected]


Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinator – Marty A. Hatfield

Email: [email protected]

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