About the NACC

Board of Directors

Karen M. Ashby, JD

Presiding Judge

Denver Juvenile Court

Denver, CO

Candace J. Barr, JD
Attorney at Law

Henderson, Nevada

Donald C. Bross, JD, PhD*
Director of Education
Kempe Children's Center
Denver, Colorado
*(Founder and Board Member Emeritus)

John Ciccolella, JD
Attorney at Law

Ciccolella Family Law, P.C.
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Robert Fellmeth, JD
Executive Director / Professor 
Children's Advocacy Institute 
University of San Diego Law School
San Diego, California

Donna Wickham Furth, JD
Attorney at Law
San Francisco, California

Gerard Glynn, JD / LLM
Associate Professor of Law
Barry University College of Law
Orlando, Florida

Leslie Starr Heimov, JD, CWLS
Executive Director
Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles
Monterey Park, California

David R. Katner, JD
Director
Tulane Law School / Juvenile Law Clinic
New Orleans, Louisiana

H.D. "De" Kirkpatrick, PhD / ABPP
Forensic Psychologist
Kirkpatrick and Hadler Forensic Evaluation Services
Charlotte, North Carolina

Kathleen McCaffrey, JD
Managing Attorney  
Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services / Children and Family Law Program
Salem, Massachusetts

John E.B. Myers, JD
Professor of Law

University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento, California

Jane Okrasinski, JD

Executive Director

Georgia Association of Counsel for Children

Athens, Georgia

Henry J. Plum, JD
Attorney & Consultant
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Jennifer Rodriguez, JD
Board Youth Representative
Legislative and Policy Coordinator

California Youth Connection
San Francisco, California

Norton Roitman, MD, FAPA
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

University of Nevada School of Medicine

Las Vegas, Nevada

Janet G. Sherwood, JD, CWLS
Law Offices of Janet G. Sherwood
Corte Madera, California

Theresa Spahn, JD
Executive Director
Office of the Child’s Representative
Denver, Colorado

Tamara Steckler, JD
Attorney-in-Charge

Juvenile Rights Division

Legal Aid Society

New York, New York

John H. Stuemky, MD
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Shannan Wilber, JD
Executive Director
Legal Services for Children, Inc.
San Francisco, California

Christopher N. Wu, JD

Supervising Attorney

Judicial Council of California - Center for Children, Families and the Courts

San Francisco, California



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