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.
(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 members have been appointed to the CJIN Board (Revised May 15, 2026):
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
Hon. Ted Bell
District Attorney
Judicial District 41
Appointed by Chief Justice
Clarence Birkhead
Sheriff
Durham County
Appointed by Attorney General
Hon. Galen Braddy
District Court Judge
Judicial District 3A
Appointed by Chief Justice
Paul Butler
Magistrate Judge
Bladen County
Appointed by Speaker of the House
Brent Culbertson
Chief of Staff
NC SBI
Appointed by General Assembly
Anthony Davis
Chief of Police
Clinton Police Department
Appointed by Governor
Hon. Sherri Elliott
Superior Court Judge
District 36
Appointed by Chief Justice
Laura Fahnstock
Chief of Police
Fuquay-Varina, NC (Retired)
Appointed by General Assembly
Tonya Horton
General Counsel
NC DMV
Appointed by Governor
Duncan Jaggers
Sergeant (Ret.)
Harnett County Sheriff’s Office
Appointed by General Assembly
Daniel Kiger
Supervisor
Wake Forest Police Department
Appointed by General Assembly
James McLamb
Administrative Office
of the Courts
Appointed by Chief Justice
Jeff Oliver
Head of Police
Atrium Hospitals
Appointed by General Assembly
Elizabeth Patel
Asst. Director of Technical Operations
NC State Crime Lab
Appointed by Attorney General
Kimberly Quintus
Director of Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act
NCDPS
Appointed by Governor
Loris Sutton
Sr. Deputy Secretary, Special Operations and Intelligence
NC DAC
Appointed by Governor
Dean Tolson
Clerk of Superior Court
Dare County
Appointed by Governor
Ellen Thomas
Public Safety Technology Director
City of Charlotte
Appointed by General Assembly
Caroline Valand
Chief Deputy Secretary of the Administration Division
NCDPS
Appointed by General Assembly
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
