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As designated by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Council is comprised of 23 members.

Eleven ex officio members represent the following Federal agencies: the Departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and Labor; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Office of National Drug Control Policy; Americorps (formerly Corporation for National and Community Service); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Federal Agency Affiliate Members and Designees include the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense.

Ten members, who are juvenile justice practitioners, are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate Majority Leader, the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, and the President of the United States.
  **Federal Agency Members**

**Ex Officio Members and Designees**

      
  
  
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U.S. Department of Justice
Chair
Attorney General of the United States
    
          Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Logo
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Vice Chair
Administrator

      
  
  
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U.S. Department of Education
Secretary
    
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Logo
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary
    
          U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Logo
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary

      
  
  
  U.S. Department of Labor Logo
U.S. Department of Labor
Secretary
    
          U.S. Department of the Interior Logo
U.S. Department of the Interior
Secretary
    
          Americorps Logo
AmeriCorps 
(formerly Corporation for National and Community Service)
Chief Executive Officer

      
  
  
  Office of National Drug Control Policy Logo
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Director
    
          Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Logo
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Secretary
    
          U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement next to the seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Director
  **Federal Agency Affiliate Members and Designees**

      
  
  
  U.S. Department of Agriculture Logo
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary
    
          U.S. Department of Defense Logo
U.S. Department of Defense
Secretary
  **Practitioner Members**

As described in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 [As Amended Through P.L. 115–385, Enacted December 21, 2018], ten members are appointed to the Council, without regard to political affiliation, from among individuals who are practitioners in the field of juvenile justice and who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government.

Three members are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
	Three members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate.
	Three members shall be appointed by the President.
	One member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, in consultation with the Vice Chairman of that Committee and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.

  **Appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives**

**Sheryl Evans Davis**
Executive Director
San Francisco Human Rights Commission

**Honorable Renee Rodriguez-Betancourt**
Judge
449th Judicial Court in Hidalgo County, Texas

Additional appointment pending.



**Appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate**

**Lourdes M. Rosado**
President and General Counsel
LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Additional appointments pending.



****Appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate****

**Mark Kawika Patterson**
Administrator
Hawai`i Youth Correctional Facility, Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center



**Appointed by the President of the United States**

**Amiyah Davis**
Project Coordinator
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy

**Michael Anthony Mendoza**
Director
Advocacy and a Community Organizer at the Anti-Recidivism Coalition

**Liz Simons**
Chair of the Board, Heising-Simons Foundation
Chair of the Board, Marshall Project
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