Judge Susan B. Carbon, President
Concord, New Hampshire

Judge Susan B. Carbon of the Merrimack County Family Division Court in Concord, NH, was installed as the 63rd President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on July 24, 2007 during NCJFCJ’s 70th Annual Conference held in San Francisco. A graduate of DePaul University, Judge Carbon was appointed to the bench in 1991. She is a member of the Governor’s Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, and chairs New Hampshire’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee. The author of several books and articles related to family violence, firearms, judicial selection and retention, and judicial administration, Judge Carbon frequently serves as faculty for the NCJFCJ on domestic violence issues. In 2006, Judge Carbon received the Director’s Award for Exemplary Leadership and Service from New Hampshire’s Division for Children, Youth and Families for her leadership in the areas of child abuse and neglect and domestic violence.

President's Message

Judge Dale R. Koch, Immediate Past President
Portland, Oregon

Judge Patricia A. Macias, President Elect
El Paso, Texas

Judge Douglas Johnson, Vice President
Omaha, Nebraska

Judge R. Michael Key, Treasurer
LaGrange, Georgia

Judge Patricia M. Martin, Secretary
Chicago, Illinois

Board of Trustees

Judge Karen S. Adam Tucson, Arizona Judge Karen M. Ashby Denver, Colorado Judge Joan Byer Louisville, Kentucky  Judge Nolan Dawkins Alexandria, Virginia Judge Michael Denton Austin, Texas Judge W. Dennis Duggan Albany, New York Judge Patricia Walker FitzGerald Louisville, Kentucky Judge Paul W. Garfinkel Charleston, South Carolina Judge Michael P. Gibbons Minden, Nevada Judge Chester T. Harhut Scranton, Pennsylvania Judge Dan Kellogg St. Joseph, Missouri Judge Cindy S. Lederman Miami, Florida

Judge Thomas R. Lipps Cincinnati, Ohio Judge Katherine L. Lucero San Jose, California Judge Marshall Murray Milwaukee, Wisconsin Judge Michael Nash Los Angeles, California Judge Janice Rosa Buffalo, New York Judge Lee F. Satterfield Washington, D.C. Judge Allen Slater Olathe, Kansas Judge David Stucki Canton, Ohio Judge Sharon S. Townsend Buffalo, New York Judge Barbara Ann Villano Toms River, New Jersey Judge Peggy Walker Douglasville, Georgia  Judge A. Ellen White Rustburg, Virginia