NC Task Force for Safer Schools

The Center for Safer Schools Task Force was established in September 2013, by Executive Order 25, tasked to serve as an advisory body to the Center. The Task Force is comprised of appointed stakeholders to include parents, students, teachers, school administrators, law enforcement, juvenile justice professionals and mental health professionals.

The Task Force is divided into working groups to include School Climate and Discipline, Mental Health, Substance Use, Physical Security and Emergency Preparedness, School Resource Officers, and Gang Intervention.

Appointed Task Force Members

First NameLast NamePosition
SGT SandyBennetSRO
DonovanBetheaStudent Member
EvelynBulluckLocal School Board
ShelannaCopenyAt Large
MikeDaniskaDPS Secretary/Designee
AlanDuncanState Board of Education Member
StephanieEllisPublic School Psychologist
VanessaGoodman BarnesLicensed School Counselor
RachelJohnsonDHHS Secretary/Designee
VACANT Local Law Enforcement
William (Billy)Lassiter (Chair)Juvenile Justice Professional
EvonneMooreLicensed Social Worker
DanyaPerryExpert in Gang Prevention & Intervention
ChristineReddinAt Large- Charter Schools
Sheriff DannyRogersLocal Law Enforcement
JoshSteinNC Justice Academy/Attorney General
LeahStein Student Member
ChristopherSuggsGCC Member
PatrickTillmanLocal School Board
BoTrumboEmergency Management
VACANTPublic School Administrator 
VACANTPublic School Teacher  
JeffWhite Public School Administrator
DonnaWhite At Large-General Assembly
India IreneWilliamsParent of Public School Student