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