Long-Term Planning

The Long-Term Planning Committee focuses on long-term goal setting and offering input on possible new Judicial Commission on Mental Health (JCMH) projects. It is chaired by Judge John Specia. In 2022, the Committee met to discuss JCMH goals and had many suggestions to steer the work of the commission moving forward. A new strategic plan is forthcoming. 

• Hon. John J. Specia, Jr., Chair
  Fmr. Judge, JCMH Jurist-in-Residence
• Hon. Devon Anderson
  President and CEO, Justice Forward
• Hon. Bill Boyce
  Partner, Alexander Dubose Jefferson
  Justice, 14th Court of Appeals (Fmr.)
• Hon. Nelda Cacciotti
  Assistant Criminal District Attorney – Mental Health, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
• Hon. Cory Carlyle
  Justice, 5th Court of Appeals
• Hon. Brent Carr
  Judge, Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 9
• Kevin Garret
  Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the State Forensic Director, HHSC
• Dr. Courtney Harvey
  Chief of Government Relations, Texas Council of Community Centers
• Hon. Oscar Kazen
  Judge, Bexar County Probate Court No. 1
• Adrienne Kennedy
  Former President, NAMI
• Hon. Elizabeth Leonard
  Judge, 238th District Court, Midland County
• Hon. Pam Liston
  Senior Attorney, Messer Fort, PLLC
• Dr. Octavio Martinez, M.D.
  Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
• Denise Oncken
  Bureau Chief, Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Mental Health Bureau
• John Petrila
  President of Adult Policy, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
• Janis Reinken
  Former Chief Clerk, House Committee on Corrections
• Hon. Renee Rodriguez-Betancourt
  Judge, 449th District Court, Hidalgo County
• Dr. Jennie Simpson
  Forensic Director, HHSC

Updated October 2023