Membership & Staff

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

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