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, Co-Director (California)
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

Carolyn Brown, Co-Director (Hawaii)
Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii (Oahu)

Jonathan Laba, Deputy Director
Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office

Sue Burrell
Youth Law Center, San Francisco

Elizabeth Calvin
Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles

Winston Peters
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Cyn Yamashiro
Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law & Policy

Advisory Board

Edmund Acoba
Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii (Kaui)

Pat Arthur
National Center for Youth Law, Oakland

Arthur Bowie
Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office

Cate Brennan
Monterey County Public Defender’s Office

Roger Chan
East Bay Children’s Law Offices, Hayward

Julie Croghan
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Chris Gardner
San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office

Corene Kendrick
Youth Law Center, San Francisco

Dan Macallair
Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice, San Francisco

Jennifer Mayer
Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office

Sharon Meadows
University of San Francisco School of Law

Maureen Pacheco
Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law & Policy

Shannan Wilber
Legal Services for Children, San Francisco