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NEWS RELEASE JULY 24, 2008 Click here to download this news release in PDF form Barry Mahoney Named to Succeed Alan Carlson as President of JMI Dr. Barry Mahoney, a leading justice system consultant and former President of The Justice Management Institute (JMI), has been named by JMI’s Board of Directors to succeed Alan Carlson as President of JMI, effective September 1, 2008. Mr. Carlson, who became JMI’s third President in January 2002, will be leaving JMI in September to become Chief Executive Officer/Clerk of Court/Jury Commissioner of the Orange County (CA) Superior Court. Dr. Mahoney will serve as President on an interim basis, pending selection of a permanent President of JMI early in 2009. “Barry has made major contributions to justice system improvement over the years, and he knows JMI’s operations very well,” said Harvey Solomon, JMI’s Board Chair, in announcing the appointment. He added, “We are fortunate that he has remained active in the field of justice system improvement and is willing to take on this assignment.” Dr. Mahoney helped to found JMI and served as its President from December 1993 to January 2002. Since then, he has remained affiliated with the organization as its President Emeritus. In the interim he has been involved in a variety of justice system improvement projects in the U.S. and internationally, including serving as Reporter and author of the Commentary for new (2006) American Bar Association Standards on Speedy Trial and Timely Resolution of Criminal Cases. He is currently directing a JMI project focused on caseflow management and jail population issues in Fulton County, Georgia, and leading a national-scope project on rural court improvement sponsored by the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance. Alan Carlson, who has led JMI for the past six and a half years, was formerly the CEO of the San Francisco Superior Court, and has also been a senior executive in the California Administrative Office of the Courts. While at JMI, he led projects on privacy and justice information sharing, court finance, and caseflow management. At the Orange County Superior Court Alan will be the CEO of one of the largest courts in the nation. The court functions in nine different facilities, with 111 full-time judges, 33 commissioners, and a fluctuating number of senior judges who conduct trials and hearings. In accepting the appointment as JMI’s President, Dr. Mahoney emphasized that he would serve in the position on an interim basis and wished to see a permanent new President of JMI selected within the next 6-9 months. “JMI now has a fifteen-year track record of doing top quality technical assistance, research, and education and training”, he said, “and I want to see the organization become even stronger in the future. Elaine Nugent-Borakove, who joined JMI last year and is based in the Washington, D.C. area, has plenty of justice system experience and will be a key person in JMI’s development. Alan Carlson’s departure will be a loss for JMI, but we are in a good place now. I expect JMI to expand its role and scope of operations in the future. My job is to help make that happen, working with Elaine, our core organization, and lots of justice system partners.” ###