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.

• Cindy Aragon, Chair
• Bob Cleavall, NMSC Chair
• Ambrosio Castellano, appointed by the Speaker of the House
• Sheriff Glenn Hamilton (ret’d.), appointed by New Mexico Counties
• April Land, for the Dean of UNM School of Law
• Krista Lawrence, appointed by the Governor
• Ramona Martinez, appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem
• Angela "Spence" Pacheco, appointed by the Speaker of the House
• Scott Patterson, for the Children, Youth and Families Department
• David Richter, for the Law Offices of the Public Defender
• Hon. Alma Cristina Roberson for Children’s Court Judge, Second Judicial District
• Linda Freeman, New Mexico Sentencing Commission Executive Director
• Douglas Carver, New Mexico Sentencing Commission Deputy Director
• Keri Thiel, New Mexico Sentencing Commission Staff Attorney