Data

The Data Committee, chaired by Dr. Connie Almeida, had its first meeting in September 2021 and will continue to meet every other month. 

Committee Members:

• Dr. Connie Almeida, Chair
  Director, Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services
• Virginia Brown
  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Population Health, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
• Sonja Burns
  Mental Health Advocate
• Hon. Nelda Cacciotti
  Assistant Criminal District Attorney – Mental Health, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
• Hon. Brent Carr
  JCMH Jurist-in-Residence
  Judge, Tarrant County Criminal Court #9 (Ret.)
• Angel Carroll
  Director of Community Engagement & Partnerships, MEASURE
• David Evans
  Chief Executive Officer, Integral Care
• Alyse Ferguson
  Of Counsel, Rosenthal Kalabus & Therrian
• Krishnaveni Gundu
  Co-Founder & Executive Director, Texas Jail Project
• Dr. Courtney Harvey
  Chief of Government Relations, Texas Council of Community Centers
• Hon. Yolanda Huff
  Judge, Bexar County Court at Law #2
• Lee Johnson
  Chief Executive Officer, Texas Council of Community Centers, Inc.
• Hon. Pam Liston
  Senior Attorney, Messer Fort, PLLC
• Dr. Octavio Martinez
  Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
• Rosie Medina
  Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department
• Magdalena Morales-Aina
  Director, El Paso County Community Supervision and Corrections Dept.
• Hon. Tamara Needles
  Judge, 427th District Court, Travis County
• Dr. John Petrila
  Senior Executive Vice President of Policy, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
• Melissa Shearer
  Director, Travis County Mental Health Public Defender’s Office
• Dr. Jennie Simpson
  Forensic Director, HHSC
• Hon. Charles Stephens
  Judge, Comal County Court at Law #2
• Sally Uncapher
  Assistant District Attorney, Bexar County
• Noah Wright
  Director of Analytics, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
• Wayne Young
  Chief Executive Officer, The Harris Center for MH & IDD

Updated October 2023