Staff & Board of Directors

PJDC is governed through its Executive Committee and a statewide Advisory Board representing a broad spectrum of offices, geographic areas and forms of advocacy on behalf of youth in the California and Hawaii juvenile justice systems.

Executive Committee

Patti Lee, President
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

Jonathan Laba, Vice President
Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office

Richard Braucher, Secretary
First  District Appellate Project

Roger Chan, Chief Financial Officer
East Bay Children’s Law Offices

Cyn Yamashiro, Treasurer
Center for Juvenile Law & Policy

Arthur Bowie, Board Member
Sacramento Public Defender’s Office

Sue Burrell, Board Member
Youth Law Center, San Francisco

Elizabeth Calvin, Board Member
Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles

Rourke Stacy
Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office

Advisory Board

Pat Arthur
Oakland, CA

Joanne Carter
Humboldt County Public Defender’s Office

Chris Gardner
San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office

Sherry Gold
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Corene Kendrick
Prison Law Office, Berkeley

Dan Macallair
Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice, San Francisco

Jennifer Mayer
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Maureen Pacheco
Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law & Policy

Winston Peters
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Ji Seon Song
Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office

Abigail Trillin
Legal Services for Children, San Francisco