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Miriam Shehane
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Miriam Shehane was appointed to the original Commission in
1984 for a four-year term by Governor George Wallace and was re-appointed by
Governor Guy Hunt in 1988. She served until 1992 and was re-appointed in July
1993 by Governor Jim Folsom, July 20, 1998 by Governor Fob James, July 2001 by
Gov. Siegelman. She is a former banker and has worked as the Victim Service
Officer in the District Attorney's Office in Montgomery and as the Supervisor of
the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance. Mrs. Shehane's dedication to
the victims' movement in Alabama has been acknowledged throughout the nation
where she has been asked to speak at national conferences on victims' issues.
Mrs. Shehane was one of the founding members of VOCAL, Victims of Crime and Leniency,
and has served on the Board since its inception in 1982. She found out about
trauma of victimization first hand when her 21 year old daughter Quenette, was
murdered in 1976 while enrolled at Birmingham Southern. Miriam and her husband
Edward have two children and seven grandchildren and reside in Clio, Alabama. |
Sheriff Jay Jones |
Sheriff Jay Jones was
appointed to the Commission in October of 2007 by Governor Bob Riley, to
serve a four-year term as the law enforcement representative. He was
first elected Sheriff of Lee County in 1998, and was subsequently
re-elected in 2002 and 2006. He began his thirty-two years of service
with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office as a jail officer and
communications operator. He has held positions of increasing
responsibility and progressed from patrol deputy, patrol supervisor,
investigator, and chief investigator. Sheriff Jones holds a Bachelor of
Science in Law Enforcement from Auburn University and a Master’s of
Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Troy State University.
He has also undertaken graduate level studies at Northwestern University
and University of Virginia. Sheriff Jones was an honors graduate of the
Alabama Police Academy, and attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Academy’s 146th Session in 1986. Sheriff Jones is active in
several civic and community organizations. He is an adjunct instructor
and teaches Criminal Justice courses for Auburn University and Southern
Union Community College. He and his wife, Judy, who reside in Auburn,
are the parents of four and proud grandparents of three. |
Barbara Brown
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Mrs. Barbara
Brown was appointed to the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission
as the crime victim representative to serve a four-year term in November
1996 by Governor Fob James. She was re-appointed to serve a second term
on February 13, 2001 by Governor Don Siegelman. Mrs. Brown is the mother
of two murdered sons, Brandon Brown, age 19 years, and Horace Jr., age
28 years. Although no arrests have been made in either of her son's
brutal murders, she does not allow herself to rest from seeing that the
murderers are brought to justice. Effective April 3, 2001, Mrs. Brown
and others saw the passage of a Resolution designating that April 4,
2001, be declared as National Anti-Murder Awareness Day, and The Purple
Ribbon as the National Symbol Against Violence. Mrs. Brown's attitude of
"we can all do something, and should never stop trying to make a
difference for crime victims," makes her an outstanding role model
for everyone. She also hosts a weekly radio program entitled Victims
Voices. Barbara and her husband Horace have a daughter and reside in
Selma, Alabama. |
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