Membership & Staff

The Legislative Committee operates during the legislative sessions and makes recommendations to policy makers on justice related legislation.

  • Martin Suazo, Chair
  • Bob Cleavall, NMSC Chair
  • Cindy Aragon, appointed by the State Bar
  • Bennett Baur, Chief Public Defender
  • Jason Bowie, Secretary of the Department of Public Safety
  • Hon. John Chavez, appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court
  • Mark Donatelli, appointed by the Speaker of the House
  • Celina Jones, Administrative Office of the Courts, for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Ramona J. Martinez, appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem
  • Hon. R. David Pederson, appointed by the District and Metropolitan Court Judges' Association
  • Julie Sakura, for the Children, Youth, and Families Department
  • Greer Staley, for the Attorney General
  • Alisha Tafoya-Lucero, Secretary of Corrections
  • Clint Wellborn, appointed by the District Attorneys Association
  • Sydney West, appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem
  • Douglas Carver, New Mexico Sentencing Commission Acting Director
  • Keri Thiel, New Mexico Sentencing Commission Staff Attorney