Committee Members

Chair

• Jeffrey Lunde, Commissioner, Hennepin County

Vice Chair

• Eric Werner, Chief, Maple Grove Police Department 

Hennepin County

• Jeffrey Lunde, Commissioner
• Mary Moriarty, County Attorney
• Marion Greene, Commissioner
• Dawanna Witt, Sheriff
• Chela Guzman-Wiegert, Assistant County Administrator
• Michael Berger, Chief Public Defender
• Leah Kaiser, Director Behavioral Health & Justice Strategies
• Mary Ellen Heng, Interim Director Community Corrections & Rehabilitation
• Lisa Bayley, Director Safe Communities

City of Minneapolis

• Jacob Frey, Mayor
• Brian O'Hara, Police Chief
• Michael Rainville, Council Member
• Robin Wonsley, Council Member
• Kristyn Anderson, City Attorney

Fourth Judicial District Court

• Kerry Meyer, Chief Judge
• Todd Fellman, Juvenile Court Presiding Judge
• Hilary Caligiuri, Criminal Court Presiding Judge
• Sara Gonsalves, Judicial District Administrator

Hennepin County Suburbs and Specialty Law Enforcement

• Nikki Appelbaum, Suburban Prosecutors Association
• Jason Nelson, Hennepin Police Chiefs Association
• Tim Busse, Mayor, City of Bloomington
• Eric Werner, Chief, Maple Grove Police Department 
• Julie Maas-Kusske, Mayor, City of Maple Plain
• Joseph Dotseth, Interim Chief of Metro Transit Police Department 

CJCC Staff

• Mary Ellen Heng, Director
• Jackie Braun-Lewis, Law, Safety & Justice Head of Analytics