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Membership Group

The SEARCH Membership Group is comprised of one gubernatorial appointee from each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the territories, as well as eight at-large Members appointed by the SEARCH Chair.

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Alabama
Maury Mitchell
Director
Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center

Alaska
David Schade
Director
Division of Statewide Services
Alaska Department of Public Safety

Arizona
Lt. Colonel Jeffrey E. Raynor
Assistant Director
Technical Services Division
Arizona Department of Public Safety

Arkansas
Jay B. Winters, Sr.
Director
Arkansas Crime Information Center

California
Linda K. Denly
Acting Director
California Justice Information Services Division
California Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General

Colorado
Karl W. Wilmes
Manager
Program Support Unit
Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Connecticut
Michael Lawlor
Under Secretary
Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

Delaware
Renee Rigby
Assistant Director
State Bureau of Identification
Delaware State Police

District of Columbia
Appointment Pending 

Florida
Donna M. Uzzell
Director
Criminal Justice Information Services
Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Georgia
Terry D. Gibbons
Deputy Director
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Crime Information Center

Hawaii
Liane Moriyama
Administrator
Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
Department of the Attorney General

Idaho
Dawn A. Peck
Manager
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Idaho State Police

Illinois
Appointment Pending 

Indiana
Captain Michael White
Indiana State Police
AC/S Communications and Information Services

Iowa
David Jobes
Assistant Director
Division of Criminal Investigation
Iowa Department of Public Safety

Kansas
Leslie Moore
Director
Information Services Division
Kansas Bureau of Investigation

Kentucky
Lt. Col. Brad Bates
Technical Services Division
Kentucky State Police

Louisiana
Appointment Pending 

Maine
Matthew R. Ruel
Director
Maine State Bureau of Identification
Maine State Police

Maryland
Ronald C. Brothers
Chief Information Officer
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Massachusetts
Curtis M. Wood
Undersecretary
Forensic Science and Technology
Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Michigan
Dawn T. Brinningstaull
Director
Criminal Justice Information Center

Minnesota
Oded Galili
Deputy Director
Minnesota Justice Information Services - MNJIS
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Mississippi
Appointment Pending 

Missouri
Maj. Timothy McGrail
Commander
Technical Services Bureau
Missouri State Highway Patrol

Montana
Eleanor Cooperider
Business Operations Supervisor
Criminal Investigations
Criminal Records and Identification Services
Montana Department of Justice

Nebraska
Lt. John J. Shelton
Investigative Services Division
Nebraska State Patrol

Nevada
Patrick J. Conmay
Chief of Records and Technology
Nevada Department of Public Safety

New Hampshire
Jeffrey Kellett
Chief Administrator
Criminal Records Unit
New Hampshire State Police

New Jersey
Lt. Ronald Rivera
Assistant Bureau Chief
State Bureau of Identification
Identification & Technology Section
New Jersey State Police

New Mexico
Appointment Pending 

New York
Joseph N. Morrissey
Director
Office of Criminal Justice Operations
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

North Carolina
Wendy L. Brinkley
Special Agent in Charge
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

North Dakota
Judy Volk
Information Services Manager
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
North Dakota Office of Attorney General

Ohio
Thomas Stickrath
Superintendent
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation

Oklahoma
Dave Page
Director
Information Services Division
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Oregon
Appointment Pending 

Pennsylvania
Robert Merwine
Director
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Puerto Rico
Appointment Pending 

Rhode Island
Appointment Pending 

South Carolina
Appointment Pending 

South Dakota
Delton Tipton
Manager
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications

Tennessee
Brad Truitt
Director of Information Systems
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Texas
Mike Lesko
Deputy Assistant Director
Crime Records Service
Texas Department of Public Safety

Utah
Appointment Pending 

Vermont
Francis X. Aumand III
Director
Criminal Justice Services
Vermont Department of Public Safety

Virgin Islands
Appointment Pending 

Virginia
Captain Thomas W. Turner
Division Commander
Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Virginia State Police

Washington
Jim Anderson
Commander
Criminal Records Division
Washington State Patrol

West Virginia
Appointment Pending 

Wisconsin
Appointment Pending 

Wyoming
Natalie A. Chrastil, Ph.D.
Deputy Director CJIS
Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation

At Large Appointees
Alfred Blumstein, Ph.D.
J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and
Operations Research
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie-Mellon University

James Buckley
Special Agent
Department of Homeland Security

David Steingraber
Senior Policy Advisor
National Criminal Justice Association

Phillip Stevenson, Ph.D.
Director
Statistical Analysis Center
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

Robert Wessels
Vice Chair
Judicial Committee on Information Technology
State of Texas

Members Emeritus
Hugh M. Collins, Ph.D. (Retired)
Judicial Administrator
Louisiana Supreme Court

Charles M. Friel, Ph.D. (Retired)
Professor
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University

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