Alliance for Children’s Justice

The Alliance for Children’s Justice is a multi-disciplinary task force of North Dakota professionals and people concerned about the abuse and neglect of children, funded by the North Dakota Child Protection Services in the Children and Family Division of the North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services.

Task Force Members

  • Amy Zundel – Community Member

  • Amy Oehlke – Children & Family Services Training Center Director

  • Anna Frissell – Attorney

  • Arnie Rummel – BCI

  • Brittany Long - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

  • Carlotta McCleary – ND Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

  • Christal Halseth – Executive Director - Northern Plains CAC

  • Christy Dodd – Executive Director - PCAND

  • Clare Hochhalter – Assistant US Attorney U.S. Department of Justice

  • Heather Traynor – Parent Educator

  • Janell Regimball – Community Member

  • Jason Ziegler – Police Chief

  • Jen Jackson – Community Member

  • Jen Withers – ND DPI Asst. Director Educational Improvement and Support

  • Joel Hecktner – NDSU Professor and Department Head

  • John Orluck – Home on the Range

  • Jonathan Avalos - School Resource Officer

  • Karen Kringlie – Juvenile Court Director

  • Kirsten Hansen - DHHS-Prevention & Protection Administrator for Child Family Services

  • Kristi Frederick - Director at Ward County Human Service Zone

  • LeDora Wohler – Fargo Cass Public Health

  • Melanie Heitkamp – Executive Director - Youthworks

  • Michelle Manley - CPS Supervisor - Northern Valley Human Service Zone

  • Paula Condol – Executive Director - Dakota Children’s Advocacy Center

  • Steffanie Jorgenson – School Counselor

  • Swain Bension – Retired - Bottineau State’s Attorney

  • Tanya Redroad – ND Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

  • Todd Ewell – Deputy Director - ND Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents

  • Tracey Wilkie – ND Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

  • Travis Finck – Executive Director - ND Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents

  • Veronica Wiesz – Program Director - PCAND