Jul 15, 2008
Governor Announces Appointments to the Crime Victims Reparation Board

BATON ROUGE- Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced appointments to the Crime Victims Reparations Board.

The Crime Victims Reparations Board serves to regulate the award payments from the Crime Victims Reparation Fund.  The board assists victims of violent crimes with unrecovered costs associated with personal injury, death, or catastrophic property loss.

According to statute, the board is comprised of the eleven members including the executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice (COLE) or his designee, a member who is chosen and appointed by the governor from a list of three nominations  by Victims and Citizens Against Crime, Inc., and nine gubernatorial appointments of which one member must be a full voting member who is at least sixty years old and will serve as a representative of the elderly population of Louisiana.

Appointments to the Crime Victims Reparation Board:

Nancy Adcock, of Shreveport, is the president of North American Railway Services and was formerly a member of the Trinity Heights Christian Academy School Board. Adcock will represent the 4th Congressional District, as required by statute.

Lamar Davis, of Hodge, is a retired Jackson Parish school superintendent and is currently serving as chair on the Crime Victims Reparations Board. Davis will serve as an at-large member, as required by statute.

Carroll DiBenedetto, of Baton Rouge, is a retired licensed social worker and is a former member of the Law Enforcement and Criminal Just Commission. DiBenedetto will represent Victims and Citizens against Crime, Inc., as required by statute.

Mary L. Fanara, of Bunkie, is the Bunkie Chief of Police and has over twenty years of experience in law enforcement. Fanara will represent the 5th Congressional District, as required by statute.
 
Ben Garris, of St. Francisville, will serve as the designee for the Executive Director of the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Garris will serve as an ex-officio member to the board, as required by statute.

Raymond Harris, of Franklin, is the mayor of Franklin, and will represent the 3rd Congressional District, as required.

Kenneth Jones, of Harvey, formerly worked for the former Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee and will represent the 2nd Congressional District, as required by statute.

Ann Polak, of Lake Charles, is the chair of the Community Advisory Committee at Dr. Walter O. Moss Regional Medical Center and will represent the 7th Congressional District, as required by statute.

Sharon Rodi, of Metairie, is an attorney at Adams and Reese. Rodi has been an active participant with Catholic Charities in New Orleans since 1976, and will represent the 1st Congressional District, as required by statute. 

Carolyn Stapleton, of Baton Rouge, is the Crime Victims Service coordinator for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and will represent the 6th Congressional District, as required by statute.

Lucille Williams, of Shreveport, is a retired manager at South Central Bell and will represent the elderly population of Louisiana, as required by statute.

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