Mel Hannah, Chairman
Chairman Mel Hannah has more than 35 years of involvement in a variety of community outreach and citizen advocacy issues. These experiences began in 1973 after being the first African American elected to serve on the Flagstaff, Arizona City Council (elected for three 4-year terms). During his service as an elected official, Chairman Hannah was the Assistant Director for the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG). After relocating to the Phoenix area in the early 1990’s Chairman Hannah has been employed by the Greater Phoenix Urban League, as Director of community outreach, job development and intergovernmental relations.

Elizabeth Archuleta
Supervisor Elizabeth Archuleta, a fourth-generation Flagstaff resident, is the first elected Hispanic woman to serve on the Coconino County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Archuleta's public service includes the Governor's Commission on Services and Volunteerism, Arizona Association of Chicanos for Higher Education, United Way of Northern Arizona, Affordable Housing Coalition, and the Coconino County Juvenile Court Community Advisory Board.

Jean-Jacques “J” Cabou
Mr. Jean-Jacques "J" Cabou is an attorney in Phoenix. Mr. Cabou divides his practice between civil and criminal litigation. His civil practice focuses on complex commercial and constitutional matters, while his criminal practice emphasizes asset forfeiture and appellate work. Mr. Cabou earned his bachelor's degree in Government and Foreign Affairs with high honors from the University of Virginia and his Doctor of Law degree from the University of Chicago. After law school, Mr. Cabou was a judicial clerk to Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Cabou joined his current firm, Osborn Maledon, in 2004. While on leave of absence from the firm in 2005 and 2006, Mr. Cabou served as Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's Assistant for Public Safety, overseeing policy and operations for the City's departments of Police, Fire, and Emergency Management. While in Chicago, J was also on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School, teaching a class entitled "The Law, Policy, and Politics of Policing."

Luis Fernandez
Dr. Fernandez is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice who is currently teaching courses at Northern Arizona University including: Globalization and Law Enforcement; Critical Race Theory; and Criminological Theory.  Dr. Fernandez was awarded his Ph.D. from the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. He has been involved with many community organizations including being a board member for Newtown, a non-profit community development organization and a founding member of the Community Land Trust of Tempe, which works to build affordable housing in the Tempe Area. Rutgers University Press will publish his book, entitled Policing Dissent, this fall.

Zoe Hammer Tomizuka
Dr. Zoe Hammer-Tomizuka is Adjunct Faculty in the Department of criminal justice at Northern Arizona University and serves as a Graduate Advisor for the Master of Arts Program and as Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Cultural and Regional Studies at Prescott College.  She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies from the University of Arizona. In addition to her academic writing and teaching, Dr. Hammer-Tomizuka sits on the board of directors of the Border Action Network as well as the Institute for Restorative Justice, co-coordinates the criminal justice working group for the Progressive Communicators Network, and sits on the advisory board of the International Forum on National Security States.

Edwin Lorenzo Jones
Mr. Edwin Lorenzo Jones is the City of Scottsdale’s Emergency Management Officer. Prior to his work with the city he was a Maricopa County Public Defender who represented indigent clients in felony and misdemeanor cases. He received his JD from Arizona State University where he received the Dean’s Award for outstanding contributions to the law school. His undergraduate degree is from Grand Canyon University where he majored in Public Safety Administration. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Jones served as a Battalion Chief with the Mesa Fire Department. Mr. Jones began his career with the City of Mesa in 1980. He has held the position of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Captain, Recruitment Officer, Safety Officer and Battalion Chief.

Tom Milldebrandt
Mr. Milldebrandt, a World War II Navy Veteran, has had extensive experience in law-enforcement and traffic safety issues in Arizona. Having joined the Highway Patrol in 1954, Mr. Milldebrandt retired from the Department of Public Safety in 1988 as the head of the Highway Patrol Bureau. He received his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University (then the Michigan State Normal College) and his master’s degree from Michigan State University. Since retirement he has served as a consultant on highway safety and criminal justice and has served on several traffic related boards and commissions, most recently as a Citizen Transit Commissioner planning the light rail system.

Sal Rivera
Mr. Rivera is a Partner at Fennemore Craig, P.C.  Mr. Rivera has a strong record of achieving excellent results for his clients, both in trial and through alternative dispute resolution procedures. Mr. Rivera practices primarily in the areas of personal injury, tort and commercial litigation. Mr. Rivera has had significant community involvement and experience including service on a number of Government and Non-Profit Group Boards and Commissions some of which include: Co-Founder and Chairman of the Arizona Latino Research Enterprise, Member of the Governor's Latino Advisory Council, Member Arizona State University President's Minority Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Arizona Commission on Elected Officials Salaries and a Former Member of the Ethics Committee of the Arizona State Bar.

Orlenda Roberts
Ms. Roberts was appointed Pinal County School Superintendent in 2007. She has spent over 30 years working in education in the Casa Grande Area. As an educator she has been a classroom teacher, supervised teaching staff, and implemented and developed district programs and activities to encourage student and community involvement in schools. Ms. Roberts received her Masters Degree in Education from the University of Arizona. She has been elected to the Arizona Town Hall Board of Directors, served as a member for the Pinal County NAACP Education Committee and has been the recipient of numerous community awards for her educational work. Ms. Roberts  is Vice Chair of the Arizona Commission on African American Affairs and  also serves as a member of the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind Board of Directors.