Judge Patricia M. Martin, President
Chicago, Illinois

Judge Patricia M. Martin of Chicago, Illinois, was installed as President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on July 26, 2011, during the 74th Annual Conference in New York, New York. 

Judge Martin is Presiding Judge of the Child Protection Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, has served on the bench since 1996. She is a member and past chair of the Supreme Court of Illinois Judicial Conference Study Committee on Juvenile Justice and a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Special Committee on Child Custody Issues. Judge Martin is a former Lead Judge in NCJFCJ's Child Victims Act Model Courts Project. She received her education at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., and Northern Illinois University College of Law. Judge Martin's recent honors include the 2010 Service to the Community Award from the Resolution Systems Institute, and the 2007 C.F. Stradford Award, given each year by the State’s Attorney’s Office to distinguished attorneys in the African-American community.  

Judge R. Michael Key, Immediate Past President
LaGrange, Georgia

Judge Michael Nash, President-Elect
Los Angeles, California

Judge David Stucki, Treasurer
Canton, Ohio

Judge Peggy Walker, Secretary
Douglasville, Georgia

Board of Trustees

Judge Darlene Byrne Austin, Texas Judge Anthony Capizzi Dayton, Ohio Judge Kim Berkeley Clark Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Judge Amy Davenport Montpelier, Vermont Judge Sallyanne Floria Newark, New Jersey Judge Maxwell Griffin, Jr. Chicago, Illinois Judge Chester T. Harhut Scranton, Pennsylvania Judge Karen A. Howze Washington, D.C. Judge Anita Josey-Herring Washington, D.C. Judge Dan Kellogg St. Joseph, Missouri Judge Katherine L. Lucero San Jose, California Judge Janice Rosa Buffalo, New York

Judge Peter Sakai San Antonio, Texas Judge Barbara Salinitro Jamaica, New York Judge Willie M. Saunders Augusta, Georgia Judge Deborah Schumacher Reno, Nevada Judge James Seals Fort Myers, Florida Judge Allen Slater Olathe, Kansas Judge Katherine Tennyson Portland, Oregon Judge William Thorne Salt Lake City, Utah Judge Louis A. Trosch, Jr. Charlotte, North Carolina Judge Jerry Vinson, Jr. Florence, South Carolina Judge A. Ellen White Rustburg, Virginia