Kentucky
Juvenile Justice Advisory Board

The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board

Board Members

Eric Hawkins Chair I want to ensure that our youth have access to programs and resources to prevent delinquency and ensure they have access to community-lead and other restorative programs should they make a mistake. My wife and I have 3 children. We enjoy game night, movies, running, riding bikes and serving the community. I have been in management for 25 years at UPS. I have been volunteer mentor and manager a mentoring program for the children of incarcerated parents for over 8 years. I am a volunteer instructor for a youth summer program for juniors and seniors interested in pursuing a MBA. I have a bachelors in business administration from Spalding University and a MBA from Bellarmine University. I was presented with a Joyce Skees Memorial Award for Youth Services by the YMCA of Louisville and Adult Achiever Award from the Black Achievers Program of the Chestnut Street YMCA. David L. Finke, Ph.D. Vice-Chair David L. Finke, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist. he is the Vice President of Residential Services at Bellewood and Brooklawn (formerly Uspiritus) and is a forensic evaluator for Juvenile Court where he has conducted over 1,000 juvenile court evaluations. He also serves as the Co-Lead of the Bounce Coalition, a diverse coalition from both the private and public sector which conducts Trauma-informed Trainings for Systems of care that work with youth across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Throughout his career of almost 30 years he has worked with youth and families that have experienced trauma. He and his wife, Dr. Helene Finke (also a licensed psychologist) have been married for 28 years and have 3 adult sons.



Ashley Clark Executive Director, Department of Family and Juvenile Services Administrative Office of the Courts Ashley began her career with the Administrative Office of the Courts in 2008 as a court designated worker, serving families and youth in the seventh Judicial District. In 2014, Ashley was promoted to the model court program coordinator providing statewide support to the Kentucky Court Improvement Program. During this tenure, Ashley became a lead trainer for the department. In 2016, Ashley became a regional supervisor for the Court Designated Worker Program, providing oversight to frontline Court Designated Workers in Western Kentucky. Ashley then served as the statewide operations supervisor for the Department of Family and Juvenile Services. In this position, Ashley overseen the implementation of statewide initiatives, including training, assessment, and utilizing best practice standards while ensuring efforts of continuous quality improvement are intact. In addition, Ashley had direct oversight of the Responsive Education to Support Treatment in Opioid Recovery Efforts (RESTORE), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Court Improvement Program (CIP), Title IV-E tracking and reporting, as well as Racial, Ethnic, and Equity Disparity work within the department. In June 2022, Ashley served as Manager for the Department of Pretrial Services where she overseen the implementation of legislation, professional development, and continuous quality improvement efforts. Most recently, Ashley was named executive officer for the Department of Family and Juvenile Services where she administers programs that provide technical assistance, training and support services to judges, court personnel, attorneys, social workers and community partners regarding family law and juvenile justice initiatives. This includes overseeing the statewide Court Designated Worker Program and Citizen Foster Care Review Boards. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Western Kentucky University. Tiffany Mullis I currently have the honor of serving the Commonwealth as an Assistant Director within Kentucky’s state government child and adult public welfare system, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Department for Community Based Services. I oversee and collaborate in programmatic areas involving KY's statewide abuse and neglect reporting system, safety and facilities for the regional service regions across the state, and process and efficiency improvements surrounding field quality and continuous quality improvement efforts (CQI). I am our department lead in KY’s collaboration with Aetna Supporting Kentucky Youth (SKY), KY's ingle managed care organization serving youth in out of home care, juvenile justice involved, transition age youth, and post adopt youth and their families. I am a career social worker with experience in direct frontline field work and supervision, resource home recruitment and certification, special needs adoptions, and regional and statewide management and program administration. I hold a Bachelor of Social Work, a Masters in Public Administration, and a Master of Science in Social Work. I am currently a doctoral student seeking my Doctorate of Social Work through the University of Louisville. I began my State Government experience at DCBS 21 years ago when I completed my Public Child Welfare Certification practicum on a Protection and Permanency team learning investigative and ongoing casework! I also teach at my local university and alma mater, Northern Kentucky University. I have a deep regard and love of the continual learning process and welcome opportunities to garner a deeper understanding to improve. I am a hybrid of having passion for both direct service to families through collaborative processes and teaming, such as the Family Team Meeting model (FTMs) where everyone has a seat at the table, and policy and practice administration. Extra blessings include momming 3 children immersed in all the sports, being a lifetime Girl Scout, and volunteering via school and church. I am proud to be a part of Team Kentucky, and now the Juvenile Justice Advisory team!