DWI Court Task Force

The DWI Court Task Force will establish and ensure implementation of best practices for DWI Courts, examine policy issues on impaired driving as it relates to DWI Courts, and provide members of the task force to be a presence at national and state conferences, as well as congressional events. The Task Force is made up of thirty-two (32) persons. The Task Force members are DWI Court practitioners, DWI Academy Court judges, national subject-matter experts on impaired driving, law enforcement agency representatives, and relevant non-profit associations. The Task Force will meet in person at least twice each calendar year and conduct conference calls at other times during the year.

The DWI Court Task Force is supported by a charitable contribution from the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA).

Members include:

• Honorable Mike Barrasse, Judge – DWI Court
• Honorable Carlton Biggs, Judge – DWI Academy Court
• Ms. Barbara Brugnaux, Attorney
  
• Honorable Christopher Chiles, Prosecutor, President-Elect – National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)
• Mr. Brian Chodrow, COTR – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• Mr. Robert Dallas, Director – Georgia Governor’s Highway Safety Office
• Honorable Peggy Davis, Commissioner – DWI Academy Court
• Ms. Leanna Depue, Director – Missouri Governor’s Highway Safety Office
• Mr. Warren Diepraam, NAPC/NHTSA Prosecutor Fellow
• Honorable Bill Dressler, President - National Judicial College
• Mr. Ron Engle, Director – Traffic Safety – Century Council
• Honorable Mike Haley, Judge – DWI Academy Court
• Honorable David Hodges, Judge – Judicial Resource Liaison – Texas Center for the Judiciary
• Honorable Harvey Hoffman, Judge – DWI Court
• Chief Russell Laine, President – International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
• Ms. Norma Jaeger, Idaho - Statewide Drug Court Coordinator
• Mr. Mack Jenkins, Chief Probation Officer – San Diego
• Honorable Michael Kavanaugh, Judge, Retired– DWI Court
• Honorable Kent Lawrence, Chairperson – DWI Court Task Force, Judge – DWI Academy Court
• Mr. Mike Loeffler, Assistant District Attorney – Creek & Okfuskee Counties – Oklahoma
• Honorable Brian MacKenzie, NHTSA Judicial Fellow, Judge - DWI Court
• Ms. Laura Dean-Mooney, President – MADD
• Ms. Karin Moore, Legal Counsel – Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA)
• Ms. Nadine Milford, MADD Volunteer
• Ms. Kimberly Overton, Chief Resource Prosecutor – North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys
• Mr. Mark Pickle, Deputy Court Administrator – Bernalillo County
• Ms. Robyn Robertson, President – CEO – Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF)
• Mr. Matt Stanton, Vice President – Corporate Affairs – Beam Global, Inc.
• Mr. Stephen Talpins, Vice President for Industry – AMS, CEO – National Partnership on Alcohol Misuse and Crime (NPAMC)
• Dr. Ron Thrasher, Deputy Chief – Stillwater Police
• Mr. David Wallace, Director - National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC)
• Mr. Terrence Walton, Branch Manager, DC Pretrial Services Agency
• Honorable Craig Webre, Sheriff - Lafourche Parish
• Mr. Carl Wicklund, Executive Director – American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)