Membership & Staff

The Juvenile committee focuses on all New Mexico juvenile justice issues. The committee visits programs and facilities throughout the state and makes recommendations to the full commission as appropriate.

• Bob Cleavall, Chair
• Marit Andrews, for the Secretary of Education
• Cindy Aragon, appointed by the State Bar
• Diana Garcia, for the District Attorney's Association
• Sheriff Glenn Hamilton, appointed by New Mexico Counties
• April Land, for the Dean of UNM School of Law
• Angela "Spence" Pacheco, appointed by the Speaker of the House
• Scott Patterson, for the Administrative Office of the Courts
• David Schmidt, appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem
• Hon. Fred T. Van Soelen, appointed by the District and Metropolitan Court Judges' Association
• Dennica Torres, for the Law Offices of the Public Defender
• Barbara Vigil, Secretary, Children, Youth and Families Department
• Hon. Marie Ward, Presiding Children’s Court Judge, Second Judicial District
• Linda Freeman,New Mexico Sentencing Commission Executive Director
• Douglas Carver, New Mexico Sentencing Commission Deputy Director