Finance Committee

The Finance Committee monitors the Commission’s budget and financial practices, including the collection and expenditure of Commission revenues and developing recommendations for the Commission’s consideration.  Committee members review the Commission's budgets and requests in preparation for the discussion during the quarterly online meetings.

2024 - 2025 Meeting Dates:

  • January 16, 2025 @ 2pm ET
  • April 17, 2025 @ 2pm ET
  • June 19, 2025 @ 2pm ET

Chair

Dale Dodd

Commissioner, UNITY Coordinator, Finance Committee Chair, New Mexico

Biography

Dale is the current Commissioner of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles Office in the State of New Mexico. Prior to taking this position in 2002, he worked as a Juvenile Probation and Parole Officer in New Mexico since 1998. Dale’s experience includes working with juveniles in both California and New Mexico as a Juvenile Detention Center supervisor as well as a manager of a residential treatment facility in California before moving to New Mexico. An active member of the Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators, Dale served three terms on the Executive Board and numerous other Committees. Dale currently serves as the West Region Representative and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Interstate Commission for Juveniles.

Vice Chair

Anne Connor

Commissioner, Designee, Idaho

Biography

Anne joined the Idaho ICJ Office as the official Designee in December 2017. Anne was previously the ICJ Commissioner for Nevada, having been appointed by Governor Brian Sandoval on November 28, 2012. She began her Interstate career at the Nevada ICJ Office in March 2010, coming from the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office. As the sole practitioner in the Nevada ICJ Office, Anne was responsible for the day to day operations of the Nevada ICJ Office and provided training to juvenile parole and probation staff across the state regarding ICJ.

Anne was responsible for the development of an internal database to track Nevada’s ICJ youth in 2010 and was a designated “power user” representing the West Region in the development of the National database (JIDS) currently used by all member states within the ICJ. She has been one of two JIDS Trainers since the system went live in November 2012 and is currently involved in the development of ICJ’s new UNITY database. As the Chair of the Training, Education and Public Relations Committee from 2015-2017, Anne presented trainings on a variety of topics including Rules, Rule Amendments, JIDS, JIDS Enhancements and Returning Youth via ICJ.  In addition, she has been privileged to provide training about the ICJ to national juvenile justice stakeholders such as NCJFCJ and APPA. After assisting in the development of a Best Practice for States in Transition, Anne provided countless hours of support, training and technical assistance via WebEx, by phone and on-site to member states across the country. She was also, along with the four Region Representatives, one of the designated ICJ Mentors for the Commission from 2014-2019.

In October 2012, Anne was elected as the Western Region Chair and in October 2013, she was elected as the Vice Chair of the National Interstate Commission serving until August 2015. Anne served as Chair of the Training, Education and Public Relations Committee as well as the Human Trafficking Ad Hoc Committee from 2015-2017. In September 2017, Anne was elected as the Commission's Chair and served 2 terms. She received the ICJ Commission’s Leadership Award in 2015 and again in 2018 in recognition of her dedication to the National Commission for Juveniles.

Roster

First Name Last Name Commission Title Office Email User Profile
Shyra Bland Deputy Compact Administrator New Jersey shyra.bland@njcourts.gov User Profile
Angela Bridgewater Angela Bridgewater Commissioner / Compact Administrator Louisiana angela.bridgewater@la.gov User Profile
Mason Harrington Staff - Compact Coordinator (Cases A - L) South Carolina InterstateCompact@scdjj.net User Profile
Sherry Jones Sherry Jones Commissioner / Deputy Compact Administrator Maryland sherry.jones@maryland.gov User Profile
Latoya Oliver Staff - ICJ Resource Specialist/Extradition Coordinator - Returns and Sending Cases Maryland Latoya.Oliver@maryland.gov User Profile
Abbye Tyler Staff - Management Associate - Receiving Cases and Travel Permits Maryland Abbye.Tyler@maryland.gov User Profile