Veterans Justice Commission

COMMISSION MEMBERS
PRESS RELEASES

The Veterans Justice Commission is examining the extent and nature of veterans’ involvement in the criminal justice system and developing recommendations for evidence-based policy changes that enhance safety, health, and justice.

Launched by the Council on Criminal Justice in August 2022, the Commission is assessing the risk factors that drive veterans’ justice-system involvement, the adequacy of transitional assistance for military service members as they reenter civilian life, and the effectiveness of the justice system response when veterans break the law.

The Commission is chaired by former U.S. Defense Secretary and U.S. Senator Charles Hagel and includes former defense secretary and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as well as 13 other leaders representing veterans, the military, the Veterans Administration, community advocates, and various sectors of the justice system.

Commission Members

Members participate in their individual, not their institutional, capacities. Professional affiliations do not imply institutional endorsement.

Hon. Charles Hagel

Chair 24th Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of Defense Former U.S. Senator (NE)

Michael P. Boggs

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia

Carla Bugg

Criminal Justice Services Coordinator Recovery Organization of Support Specialists

Dr. Andrea Finlay, PhD (VA Liaison)

Research Health Scientist Veterans Administration Center for Innovation to Implementation

Pelicia Hall

Senior Vice President, ViaPath Technologies Former Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections

Greg Hamilton

Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC Sheriff of Travis County, Austin, TX (ret.)

Major General Mark Inch

Corrections Consultant, Mark 2.54, LLC 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons U.S. Army (ret.)

Sergeant Major Alford McMichael

14th Sergeant Major of the U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)

General Maryanne Miller

United States Air Force (ret.)

Justice Eileen C. Moore

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal Army Nurse Corps, United States Army

Hon. Leon Panetta

23rd Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense Former White House Chief of Staff Former U.S. Congressman (CA)

Vincent W. Patton III, EdD

Senior VP for Leadership Development, NewDay USA 8th Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard (ret.)

Major General Angela Salinas

Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas United States Marine Corps (ret.)

Dr. Ronald Self, PhD

Founder and Executive Director, Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out, former U.S. Marine

Dr. Jo Sornborger, PsyD

Executive Director, Operation Mend, UCLA Health

Jim Seward

Commission Director Colonel, United States Army

Olivia McLarnan

Policy Specialist

General Peter Chiarelli

Senior Adviser Member, CCJ Board of Trustees

Aaron Rosenthal

Research Consultant

Lindsey Kirchhoff

Legal and Policy Consultant

Council Staff

Meetings are facilitated by Council staff and consultants. Neither the Board of Directors nor the Board of Trustees approves or disapproves the findings and recommendations.