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Education Advisory Committees
Advisory committees provide guidance on curriculum development and education programs and publications. The Chief Justice appoints the members of the advisory committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, District, and Magistrate Judge Education and the Benchbook committee, and Center Board members serve on each of these committees.
In 2015, the Center reorganized several education advisory committees to parallel the 2014 reorganization of the Education Division, the purpose of which is to integrate leadership, management, and common professional skills education and training across all court units. Consequently, the Executive Education, Management and Professional Development Education, and Probation and Pretrial Services Education Advisory Committees were formed in March 2015.
The advisory committees have the following membership as of June 2025.
Committee on Appellate Judge Education
Judge Brooks Smith (3rd Cir.), Chair
Judge Guy Cole (6th Cir.), Center Board Representative
Judge Ralph Erickson (8th Cir.), Center Board Representative
Judge Pamela Harris (4th Cir.)
Judge Patricia Millett (DC Cir.)
Joseph Phillips, Chief of Judicial Services Office (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Committee on Bankruptcy Judge Education
Bankruptcy Judge Jeffery W. Cavender (N.D. Ga.), Chair
Bankruptcy Chief Judge Suzanne H. Bauknight (E.D. Tenn.)
Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner (D. Md.), Center Board Representative
Bankruptcy Judge David S. Jones (S.D. N.Y)
Bankruptcy Judge Sandra R. Klein (C.D. Cal.)
Bankruptcy Judge Patricia M. Mayer (E.D. Pa.)
Professor Melissa B. Jacoby
Daniel J. Isaacs-Smith, Deputy Chief of Judicial Services Office (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Committee on District Judge Education
Judge Benita Pearson (N.D. Ohio), Chair
Judge Kathleen Cardone (W.D. Tex.), Center Board Representative
Judge Theodore D. Chuang (D. Md.)
Judge Audrey G. Fleissig (E.D. Mo.)
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. (N.D. Cal.)
Judge David Proctor (N.D. Ala.)
Judge B. Lynn Winmill (D. Id.), Center Board Representative
Joseph Phillips, Chief of Judicial Services Office (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Committee on Magistrate Judge Education
Magistrate Judge Noelle C. Collins (E.D. Mo.), Chair
Magistrate Judge Jared Bennett (D. Utah)
Magistrate Judge Stanley Boone (E.D. Cal.)
Magistrate Judge Suzanne Mitchell (W.D. Okla.), Center Board Representative
Magistrate Judge Michael North (E.D. La.)
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang (S.D.N.Y.)
Joseph Phillips, Chief of Judicial Services Office (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Committee on the Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges
Judge Ricardo Martinez (W.D. Wash.), Chair
Judge Sara Ellis (N.D. Ill.), Center Board Representative
Judge Jonathan Hawley (C.D. Ill.)
Committee on Court Attorney Education
Marlena Shipp, Supervisory Staff Attorney, (N.D. Ala.)
Christopher Greene, Career Law Clerk, (N.D. Ala.)
Tina Hardin, Supervisory Pro Se Attorney, (N.D. Okla.)
Terees Shinn-Jenkins, Supervisory Staff Attorney, (W.D. Tex.)
Marisa Watson, Senior Staff Attorney (3rd Cir.)
Gloria J. Malkin, Attorney Advisor (Court Services Office, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Committee on Executive Education
Chief District Judge Dennis Saylor (D. Mass.)
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Brenda Rhoades (E.D. Tex.)
Melissa Aubin, Clerk (D. Or.)
Jon Muller, Chief Pretrial Services Officer (D. N.J.)
Stephanie Lawley, Chief Deputy Clerk (D. Alaska)
Ebony McCain, ACE for Court Policy & Research (8th Cir.)
Sara Romig, Chief Probation Officer (W.D. Pa.)
Jamie Smith, Chief Deputy (Bankr. W.D. Wis.)
Marc Theriault, Circuit Executive (6th Cir.)
Katrina Tibbs, Deputy Chief Pretrial Services Officer (S.D. Oho.)
David Zimmerman, Clerk (Bankr. D. Kan.)
Jane MacCracken, Deputy Chief (Court Services Office, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts)
Charles Robinson, Deputy Chief of Probation and Pretrial Services Office (Administrative Office of U.S. Courts)
Committee on Management and Professional Development Education
Gina Zadra Walton, Clerk of Court (Bankr. W.D. Wash.), Chair
Michelle Badaruddin, Operations Manager (D. Mont.)
Kim S. Bramlett, Chief Probation Officer (E.D. Mo.)
Estella Chavarin, Court Analyst (Bankr. C.D. Cal.)
Bethaney Healy, Division Manager (D. Mass.)
Nichole Milton, Chief Deputy Clerk (D. Colo.)
Dailin Pena, Training Coordinator (S.D. Fla.)
Mona Shah, Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer (M.D. Fla.)
Josh Matos, Clerks Administrator (Operations Division, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Aaron Wonneman, Probation Administrator (Probation and Pretrial Services Office, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
Committee on Probation and Pretrial Services Education
Michael Dorra, Assistant Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer (S.D.N.Y.)
Georgette Leventis, Chief U.S. Probation Officer (D. Utah)
Silvio Lugo, Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer (N.D. Cal.)
Anthony Merolla, Chief U.S. Probation Officer (E.D. Michigan)
Jennifer Metcalfe, U.S. Probation Officer (D. Me.)
Mandy Palmiter, Senior U.S. Probation Officer (E.D. Tenn.)
Natasha Palmer, Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer (E.D. Va.)
Jennifer Rhyne, Supervisory Probation Administrator (Probation and Pretrial Services Office, Administrative Office of U.S. Courts)
Mark Unterreiner, Supervisory Probation Administrator (Probation and Pretrial Services Office, Federal Probation and Pretrial Academy, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)