Committees and boards
Wisconsin Commission on Children, Families and the Courts
This multi-disciplinary commission was created in March 2007 as part of the Children's Court Improvement Program, a federal grant initiative focused on improving the processing of child abuse and neglect cases in the court system.
The group is charged with developing and institutionalizing meaningful collaboration across systems to identify and address barriers to safety, permanency and child and family well-being at the state and local levels. Members are appointed by the Chief Justice and include:
- Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson (chair)
- Secretary Eloise Anderson, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
- Patrick Brummond, Seventh Judicial District Court Administrator
- Oriana Carey, Adoption Resources of Wisconsin
- Nic Dibble, Department of Public Instruction
- Hon. Shelley Gaylord, Dane County Circuit Court (vice chair)
- Attorney Kris Goodwill, Lac Courte Oreilles Legal Department
- Arlene Happach, Director, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare
- Attorney Douglas Heenan, Block, Scott & Heenan
- Hon. John P. Hoffmann, Waupaca County Circuit Court
- Attorney Molly Jasmer, Waukesha County Assistant Corporation Counsel
- Attorney Michelle Jensen Goodwin, Director, Children's Court Improvement Program
- Commissioner Sandra Marcus, Marathon County
- Hon. Joseph Donald, Milwaukee County Circuit Court
- William Orth, Director, Sauk County Department of Human Services
- Ron Rogers, Division of CPS Director, Kenosha County Department of Human Services