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Advisory Board

The Committee Members

Co-chairs

  • Honorable Sawako Gardner, Circuit Court Judge
  • Honorable David Ruoff, Superior Court Judge

Training & Pipeline Diversity

  • Honorable Melissa Countway, Circuit Court Judge
  • Honorable William Delker, Superior Court Judge

Communications

  • Jenn Haggar, Clerk, Rockingham Superior Court
  • Margaret Huang, Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator
  • Av Harris, NH Judicial Branch Communications Manager/PIO

Data Collection

  • Tim Gudas, Clerk of the NH Supreme Court
  • Dianne Martin, Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts

Qualitative Analysis

  • Honorable Michale Mace, Circuit Court Judge
  • Honorable Charles Temple, Superior Court Judge

Demographics and Workplace Policies

  • Sarah Freeman, Circuit Court Administrator
  • Victoria Prestejohn, Human Resources Manager

Reporting

  • Jackie Waters, Deputy Director, Access and Community Engagement

The Advisory Board

Erica Allen
PFLAG New Hampshire
Manchester

Matthew Barter
Lieutenant, Manchester Police Department
Manchester

Deodonne Bhattarai, JD.
Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire
Concord

Gilles Bissonnette, Esq.
ACLU of New Hampshire
Concord

Mark Brave
Strafford County Sheriff
Dover

Bruno D’Britto, Esq.
New Hampshire Brazilian Council
Nashua

Martha Ann Hornick, Esq.
Grafton County Attorney
North Haverhill

Julian B. Jefferson, Esq.
University of New Hampshire
Concord

Sean Locke, Esq.
NH Department of Justice, Civil Rights Unit
Concord

James T. McKim
Manchester Branch, NAACP
Manchester

Peter A. Nieves, Esq.
Nieves IP Law Group, LLC.
Manchester

Thomas Raffio
Delta Dental Plan of New Hampshire
Concord

Lyndsay N. Robinson, Esq.
Shaheen & Gordon
Nashua

Susan Stearns
National Alliance on Mental Illness – NH
Concord

Borja Alvarez de Toledo
Waypoint
Manchester