NC CJIN Board
Criminal Justice Information Network Board Members
North Carolina General Statute § 143B-1204. Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board – creation; purpose; membership; conflicts of interest. [Effective until January 1, 2023]
(a) The Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board is established within the Department, as a Type II transfer, to operate the State’s Criminal Justice Information Network, the purpose of which shall be to provide the governmental and technical information systems infrastructure necessary for accomplishing State and local governmental public safety and justice functions in the most effective manner by appropriately and efficiently sharing criminal justice and juvenile justice information among law enforcement, judicial, and corrections agencies. The Board is established within the Department for organizational and budgetary purposes only and the Board shall exercise all of its statutory powers in this Part independent of control by the Department.
The following 21 members have been appointed to the CJIN Board:
Steve Lingerfelt, Chairman
Director of Communication and Information Services
City of High Point
Appointed by President of N.C. Chapter of the Association of Public Communications Officials International
Glenn Mack
Chief Information Officer
N.C. Department of Public Safety
Appointed by Governor
Paul “Gib” Butler
Magistrate, Brunswick County
13th Judicial District
Appointed by Chief Justice
Anthony Davis
Chief of Police, Clinton, NC
Chiefs of Police Association
Appointed by Governor
Vanessa Martinucci
Director, NC State Crime Lab
Appointed by Attorney General
Chief Laura Fahnestock, Retired
Vice Chairman
Fuquay-Varina Police Department
Appointed by Speaker of the House
The Honorable Allen Baddour
Superior Court Judge
Judicial District 15B
Appointed by Chief Justice
Former Chief Eddie Jaggers
Member of the Public
Appointed by Speaker of the House
The Honorable Galen Braddy
District Court Judge
Judicial District 3A
Appointed by Chief Justice
James Carlton “Carr” McLamb, Jr.
AOC Employee
N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts
Appointed by Chief Justice
Joe Burns
Kilpatrick, Townsend and Stockton, LLP
Member of the Public
Appointed by President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Daniel Kiger
Wake Forest University Police Department
Forsyth County
Appointed by President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Ivy McMillian
N.C. State Bureau of Investigation
N.C. Department of Public Safety
Appointed by Governor
Kimberly Quintus
N.C. Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Appointed by Governor
Dean Tolson
Clerk of Superior Court
Dare County
Appointed by Chief Justice
Clarence F. Birkhead
Sheriff
Durham County
Appointed by Attorney General
Tare “T” Davis
Warren County Commissioner
Member of a County
Appointed by Speaker of the House
Ellen Thomas
Public Safety Technology Director
City of Charlotte, NC
Appointed by President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Honorable Ted Bell
District Attorney
Rutherfrord and McDowell Counties, Judicial District 41
Appointed by Chief Justice
James Weaver
Secretary N.C. Department of Information Technology
Appointed by Governor
Wayne Goodwin
Commissioner
N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles
Appointed by Governor
CJIN Advisory Members:
Director Danny Bell, CJLEADS
Chief Frank Palombo, NCIS-LInX Carolinas, New Bern Police Department (Retired)
Criminal Investigator Kim Thomas, Fayetteville Police Department
Captain Ryan Hepler, Rocky Mount Police Department
Evidence Supervisor Cameron Garner, Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office
Senior Detective John Guard, Pitt County Sheriff’s Office
Information and Applications Manager Linda Hodgson, High Point University Police Department
Director James Soukup, Durham Communications Center
GangNet Administrator Jon-Paul Guarino, Governor’s Crime Commission
Executive Director David Jones, Governor’s Crime Commisssion (Retired)
FirstNet Administrator Red Grasso, NC Point of Contact for FirstNet Program
Director Robert Barber, Business Systems Analyst, Forsyth County
Executive Director Tim Johnson, CGIA
Major Steve Willis, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (Retired)
Executive Director Pokey Harris, State 911 Board
Deputy Chief Mitch Cunningham, Wilmington Police Department (Retired)
Technical Manager Rodney Spell, State Highway Patrol
Lt. Jeffery Mitchell, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
Special Agent in Charge Dirk German, Information Analysis and Analytic Center
Director Marc Erickson, Retired Executive, Industry Expert in Video Operations
Program Manager John McShane, State ITS
Judge Teresa Vincent, Chief District Court Judge for District 18, AOC
Major Christopher Creech, Wake County Sheriff’s Office
Other:
Ex-Officio Member:
Greg Marrow
CIO for Durham County
Member of NCLGISA
Staff:
Dr. LaVonda Fowler
CJIN Executive Director
Vacant
CJIN Executive Administrator
