Committees – Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts

Advisory Committee

Chief Justice Jeffrey Locke

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Co-Chair

John Bello

Court Administrator,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court, Co-Chair

Edward Dolan

Commissioner of the Massachusetts Probation Service

Chief Justice Stacey Fortes

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Kathleen Coffey

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Chief Justice Amy Nechtem

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Kathleen Sandman

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Sheila Casey

Specialty Courts Administrator,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Laura Gallant

Deputy Specialty Courts Administrator,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Margret Cooke

Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Brooke Doyle

Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Linda Spears

Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families

Dara Drawbridge

CoE Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Brian Daly

CoE Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Amy Thornton

CoE Project Manager I,

UMass Chan

Fredrick Mann

Research Program Manager I

UMass Chan

Implementation & Translation Division Subcommittee

Judge John J. Julian

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court,

Co-Chair

Laura Gallant

Deputy Specialty Courts Administrator,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Michael Coelho

Deputy Commissioner of Programs,

Massachusetts Probation Service

Angela Dorman

Specialty Court Clinician

Judge Kathleen Coffey

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Kathleen Sandman

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Carol Shaw

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Patricia Horne

Deputy Director, Massachusetts Office of Community Corrections

Tess Jurgensen

Community Justice Project Administrative Coordinator, Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Jason Thomas

Veterans Programs Coordinator, Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Dara Drawbridge

CoE Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Brian Daly

CoE Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Ekaterina Pivovarova

Assistant Professor, UMass Chan

Amy Thornton

CoE Project Manager I,

UMass Chan

Fredrick Mann

Research Program Manager I

UMass Chan

Elena Munzell

Research Coordinator I

UMass Chan

Equity Division Subcommittee

Judge Matthew Machera

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court,

Co-Chair

Pamerson Ifill

Deputy Commissioner of Pre-Trial Services, Massachusetts Probation Service

Co-Chair

Marisa Hebble

Senior Manager for Behavioral Health,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

John Laing

Chief Experience & Diversity Officer, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Experience,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Eric Dorman

Specialty Court Coordinator

Judge Lisa-Ann Grant

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Mary Orfanello

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Charles Groce

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge Julie Bernard

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Dara Drawbridge

CoE Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Ayorkor Gaba

CoE Equity Division Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Tara Dhanraj Roden

CoE Equity Division Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Jinnia Baiye

CoE Research Coordinator II,

UMass Chan

Amy Thornton

CoE Project Manager I,

UMass Chan

Fredrick Mann

Research Program Manager I

UMass Chan

Research, Evaluation, & Policy Division Subcommittee

Andrew Doherty

Mental Health Court Probation Officer,

Massachusetts Probation Service

Judge Mary Beth Heffernan

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court,

C0-Chair

Sheila Casey

Specialty Courts Administrator,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Marisa Hebble

Senior Manager for Behavioral Health,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Melaine Malcolm

Department of Research & Planning,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Laura Lempicki

Statewide Manager, Research & Development,

Massachusetts Probation Service

Rachel Wallack

Case Manager, Juvenile Court,

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Judge John McDonald

Massachusetts Executive Office of the Trial Court

Michael Coelho

Deputy Commissioner of Programs,

Massachusetts Probation Service

Meaghan Dupuis

CoE Research, Evaluation & Policy Division Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Michael Kane

CoE Research, Evaluation & Policy Division Co-Director,

UMass Chan

Ekaterina Pivovarova

Assistant Professor, UMass Chan

Joshua Rumbut

CoE Software Engineer,

UMass Chan

Amy Thornton

CoE Project Manager I,

UMass Chan

Fredrick Mann

Research Program Manager I

UMass Chan

Advisory Committee

Implementation & Translation Division Subcommittee

Equity Division Subcommittee

Research, Evaluation, & Policy Division Subcommittee

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