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Juvenile Justice & Childrens’ Rights Leadership

Officers

Chair
Michelle Formyduval Lynch | NC Administrative Office of the Courts
Immediate Past Chair
Jared Simmons | North Carolina General Assembly
Secretary
Caitlin Whalan Jones | Council for Childrens Rights Inc
Treasurer
Mary Grzechowiak Holliday | Mary G. Holliday, Attorney at Law
Vice-Chair
Stacey Bice Bawtinhimer | NC Office of Administrative Hearings

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
BreAnne Shieh | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Patti West Ramseur | Ramseur Maultsby LLP
NCBA President-Elect
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Council Members

Sydney J Batch | Batch Poore and Williams PC
Suzanne Mary Chester | Legal Aid of NC - TCA
Joonu-Noel Andrews Coste | Disability Rights NC
Deana Katherine Fleming | Stephenson & Fleming, LLP
Mary Grzechowiak Holliday | Mary G. Holliday, Attorney at Law
Caitlin Whalan Jones | Council for Childrens Rights Inc
LaToya Blackmon Powell | NC Department of Public Safety
Karen Florence Richards | New Hanover County County - Attorney Office
Jared Simmons | North Carolina General Assembly
Patricia Alice Tate
Sidney A Thomas | NC Commissioner of Banks

Committee Leadership

CLE Committee Co-Chair
Deana Katherine Fleming | Stephenson & Fleming, LLP
CLE Committee Co-Chair
LaToya Blackmon Powell | NC Department of Public Safety
Communications Chair
Patricia Alice Tate
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Sydney J Batch | Batch Poore and Williams PC
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Joonu-Noel Andrews Coste | Disability Rights NC
Nominations Committee Chair
Jared Simmons | North Carolina General Assembly
Paralegal Division Liaison
Deborah Jean Rieser Harris | County of Davidson Office of the County Attorney
Pro Bono Committee Chair
Jared Simmons | North Carolina General Assembly
Programs Committee Co-Chair
Suzanne Mary Chester | Legal Aid of NC - TCA
YLD Liaison
Sidney A Thomas | NC Commissioner of Banks