Committee Members

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Committee members

Chair

  • Eric Werner, Chief, Maple Grove Police Department

Vice Chair

  • Jeffrey Lunde, Commissioner, Hennepin County

Hennepin County

  • Marion Greene, Commissioner
  • Kevin Anderson, Commissioner
  • Mary Moriarty, County Attorney
  • Dawanna Witt, Sheriff
  • Chela Guzman-Wiegert, Assistant County Administrator
  • Leah Kaiser, Director Behavioral Health
  • Mary Ellen Heng, Director Community Corrections & Rehabilitation
  • Lisa Bayley, Director Safe Communities

City of Minneapolis

  • Jacob Frey, Mayor
  • Bill Peterson, Acting Police Chief
  • Michael Rainville, Council Member
  • Jamison Whiting, Council Member
  • Kristyn Anderson, City Attorney

Fourth Judicial District Court & Defense

  • Kerry Meyer, Chief Judge
  • Angela Willms, Juvenile Presiding Judge
  • Hilary Caligiuri, Criminal Court Presiding Judge
  • Sara Gonsalves, Judicial District Administrator
  • Michael Berger, Chief Public Defender

Hennepin County Suburbs & Specialty Law Enforcement

  • Nikki Appelbaum, Suburban Prosecutors Association
  • Jason Nelson, Hennepin Police Chiefs Association
  • Julie Maas-Kusske, Mayor, City of Maple Plain
  • Mary Supple, Mayor, City of Richfield
  • Joseph Dotseth, Chief of Metro Transit Police Department 

CJCC Staff

  • Susan Winterfeld Thompson, Coordinator
  • Jackie Braun-Lewis, Law, Safety & Justice Head of Analytics