Criminal Justice Policy Board
The Public Safety Grant Administration Office Criminal Justice Policy Board meets a minimum of four times a year to review and approve planning and grant funding recommendations from various advisory committees and the Steering Committee. In this fashion, the Criminal Justice Policy Board and Steering Committee ensure the strategic planning and coordination of all the aforementioned grant programs administered by the Public Safety Grant Administration Office as well as to develop criminal justice system policies and priorities.
Membership
- George A. Zainyeh
Chairperson, Citizen Member - Caitlin O'Connor
Vice Chairperson - Honorable Peter Neronha
Rhode Island Attorney General - Collin Geiselman, Esq.
Rhode Island Public Defender - Colonel Darnell Weaver
Superintendent, Rhode Island State Police - Wayne T. Salisbury, Jr.
Director, Department of Corrections - Kimberly Merolla-Brito
Director, Department of Human Services - Richard Leclerc, MSW
Director, Department of Behavioral Health, Development Disabilities & Hospitals - Michael Grey
Chair, Board of Education - Ashley Deckert, MSW, MA
Director, Department of Children, Youth & Families - Chief Thomas F. Oates III
President, Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association - Sidney Wordell
Police Chief selected by RI Police Chiefs' Association - Jerome Larkin, MD
Director, Department of Health - Randy Rossi
Executive Director, Rhode Island League of Cities & Town - Honorable Paul A. Suttell
Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court - Honorable Michael B. Forte
Chief Judge, Rhode Island Family Court - Honorable Alice B. Gibney
Presiding Justice, Rhode Island Superior Court - Honorable Jeanne E. LaFazia
Chief Judge, Rhode Island District Court - Timothy McLaughlin
Rhode Island State Fire Marshal - Vacant
Citizen Member - Deborah DeBare
Citizen Member - Meko Lincoln
Citizen Member - Katherine E. Brown
Community Service Organization - Rose Albert
Community Service Organization - Vacant
Community Service Organization