Board Members List

Office of the Child Advocate Advisory Board Members Mandated by MGL Chapter 18C

Ex-officio members:

Chair, Gail Garinger
The Child Advocate
Office of the Child Advocate

Dr. JudyAnn Bigby
Secretary
Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Mary Elizabeth Heffernan
Secretary
Executive Office of Public Safety & Security

Paul Reville
Secretary
Executive Office of Education

Curtis M. Wood
Executive Director
Criminal History Systems Board

Sandra M. McCroom
Undersecretary of Criminal Justice
Executive Office of Public Safety & Security

Sherri Killins
Commissioner
Department of Early Education and Care

Mitchell D. Chester
Commissioner
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Barbara Leadholm
Commissioner
Department of Mental Health

Elin M. Howe
Commissioner
Department of Developmental Services

John Auerbach
Commissioner
Department of Public Health

Angelo McClain
Commissioner
Department of Children and Families

Julia Kehoe
Commissioner
Department of Transitional Assistance

Jane Tewksbury
Commissioner
Department of Youth Services

Laurie McGrath
Deputy Commissioner
Child Support Enforcement Division Department of Revenue

C. Samuel Sutter
President
Massachusetts District Attorneys Association

John J. O'Brien
Commissioner
Department of Probation

Anthony J. Benedetti
Chief Counsel
Committee for Public Counsel Services

Hon. Barbara J. Rouse
Chief Justice
Superior Court

Hon. Michael F. Edgerton
Chief Justice
Juvenile Court

Hon. Paula M. Carey
Chief Justice
Probate and Family Court

Suzin Bartley
Executive Director
Children's Trust Fund

Gubernatorial appointees, selected to rep-represent non-governmental interests:

Barbara Kaban
Deputy Director/Director of Research & Policy
Children's Law Center of Massachusetts

Anthony Barrows
Project Manager
Judge Baker Children's Center

Valdace Levarity
Teacher
Quincy Public Schools