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


