The New Mexico Supreme Court recognized the need for centralized operational and financial oversight of the state's growing number of drug court programs and issued an order in February 2003 establishing the New Mexico Drug Court Advisory Committee (DCAC) as a permanent committee. That order identified several of DCAC's responsibilities, including creation of a set of drug court standards for the state's programs (completed in January 2004). The Order also directed DCAC to: develop a five-year strategic plan, with annual updates, for ancillary programs that includes goals and objectives, including access to such programs in all courts by more offenders, and a schedule of when federal funding will be sought and lost for the programs, and when the legislature will be asked to take over program funding (completed in January 2006), and address future drug court issues as they arise.
New Mexico Drug Court Advisory Commitee
| Judge Cristina Jaramillo, Chair Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Albuquerque, NM |
Ms. Virginia Acosta Drug Court Coordinator Third Judicial District Court Las Cruces, NM |
| Mr. David Eisenberg Deputy Chief Public Defender NM Public Defender's Office Santa Fe, NM |
Ms. Cynthia Ferrari Drug Court Coordinator Thirteenth Judicial District Court Los Lunas, NM |
| Judge Sandra Grisham (ret.) Alamogordo, NM |
Judge Teddy Hartley Ninth Judicial District Court Clovis, NM |
| Mr. David Jablonski Deputy Director of Probatio and Parole NM Department of Corrections Santa Fe, NM |
Ms. Charlene Knipfing Director of Probation and Parole NM Department of Corrections Santa Fe, NM |
| Judge Peggy Nelson (ret.) San Cristobal, NM |
Judge David Segura Santa Fe County Magistrate Court Santa Fe, NM |
| Mr. Brad Ullrich Drug Court Coordinator Eleventh Judicial District Court Aztec, NM |
Non-Voting Members:
| Ms. Fern Goodman General Counsel Administrative Office of the Courts Santa Fe, NM |
Mr. Peter Bochert Statewide Drug Court Coordinator Administrative Office of the Courts Santa Fe, NM |