Commission Members
Robert A. Evans Nash County District Attorney, Chair
Eddie M. Buffaloe Jr. Secretary of Public Safety
Chief Patrice V. Andrews Durham Police Department
Justice Philip Berger Jr. North Carolina Supreme Court
Sheriff Clarence Birkhead Durham County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Charles Blackwood Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Judge Charles E. Brown Chief District Court Judge, Rowan County
Matthew J. Cooper Raleigh Police Department
Leto Copeley National Crime Victim Bar Association
Judge Julius H. Corpening II Chief District Court Judge, New Hanover County
Judge Mary Covington District Court Judge, Davidson and Davie Counties
Benjamin J. Curtis Private Citizen, Senate Pro Tempore Appointee
Dontario Hardy Mayor of Kinston
Andrew T. Heath Director, Administrative Office of the Courts
Andrew Hendry Private Citizen, Governor’s Appointee
Matt Hughes Mayor Pro Tem of Hillsborough
Monika Johnson-Hostler Executive Director, North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Chief Dan L. House Wrightsville Beach Police Department
Karen Howard Chatham County Commissioner
Todd Ishee Commissioner of Prisons
Virginia Jicha President of the NC Parent Teacher Association
Assistant Chief Anthony Kelly Fayetteville Police Department
William L. Lassiter Deputy Secretary of Juvenile Justice
Tracy Lee Director of Community Corrections
Judge Thomas H. Lock Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, Johnston County
Susan Osborne Assistant Secretary of County Operations, NC Department of Health and Human Services
Ricky Parks Chief Deputy Marshall of the NC Supreme Court
Erendira Ramirez Campbell University
Robert Schurmeier Jr. Director, State Bureau of Investigation
Matthew C. Scott Robeson County District Attorney
Angela Smith Director of Juvenile Facilities Operations, NC Department of Public Safety
Lauren Smith Private Citizen, Governor’s Appointee
Rebecca L. Spragins Clerk of Superior Court, Halifax County
Rev. Bruce E. Stanley Private Citizen, Governor’s Appointee
Hon. Josh Stein Attorney General
Sheriff Keith J. Stone Nash County Sheriff’s Office
Christopher J. Suggs Private Citizen, Governor’s Appointee
Hoyt G. Tessener Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Pamela Thompson Private Citizen, Senate Pro Tempore Appointee
Catherine Truitt State Superintendent of Public Instruction
James D. Williams Jr. Criminal Defense Attorney, Governor’s Appointee
Sheriff Calvin Woodard Wilson County Sheriff’s Office
Chief Michael G. Yaniero Jacksonville Police Department