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Speaker Biographies/Information
Judge Frank Orlando (Retired)
The Honorable Frank A. Orlando is the Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy at Nova Southeastern University,
Shepard Broad Law Center. Judge Orlando also serves as a Technical Assistance Team Leader for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s
Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI). Prior to assuming his present positions, Judge Orlando served as a Florida Circuit
Court judge for 21 years. His primary assignments were in the juvenile and family law divisions. He developed and supervised the
court connected mediation program and has written and lectured extensively on juvenile justice issues. In 1969, Judge Orlando
was Commissioner of the Office of Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention, U.S., Department of Health, Education and
Welfare. He is past Chair of the Florida Supreme Court Mediation Training and Standards Commission. He served as the Chair of
the Florida Delegation to the White House Conference on Families. In 1982 he was President of the National Association of Family
and Conciliation Courts. In 1990 he was Chair of the Florida Legislative Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force. Judge Orlando holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida. In 1992, Judge Orlando
received the American Bar Association Livingston Hall Justice Award and has twice been awarded the Florida Council on Crime
and Delinquency Distinguished Service Award. In 1998, he received the A.L. Carlisle Child Advocacy Award from The National
Coalition for Juvenile Justice.
Center for Study of Youth Policy, NOVA SE U
3305 College Avene, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314
Phone: 954-262-6239 E-Mail: orlandof@nsu.law.nova.edu
Beth Mohler Stinnett
Beth Mohler Stinnett works at the central headquarters for the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice as the state’s Juvenile Justice
Program Specialist. In that role she is involved in policy analysis, project management, program development and practice improvement.
Among her responsibilities is serving as the State Coordinator for the Commonwealth’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
(JDAI) and supervising local JDAI coordinators in the state’s participating jurisdictions. A former Probation and Parole Officer
for several localities in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Ms. Stinnett has also worked in adult corrections, alternative education and
domestic violence. She was recently re-elected to a second term as the President of the Virginia Juvenile Justice Association (VJJA),
a diverse group of more than 1200 professionals from nearly every agency in the Commonwealth that touches the lives of courtinvolved
children. In that role she has been actively involved in the legislative arena lobbying against legislation that runs counter to
research on adolescent development or threatens the rehabilitative nature of the juvenile court. Ms. Stinnett and her husband Dave,
and their chocolate Labrador, Yaz, make their home in Glen Allen.
Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
State JDAI Coordinator
P. O. Box 1110, Richmond, VA 23218-1110
Phone: 804-786-0486 E-Mail: beth.stinnett@djj.virginia.gov
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