Administrator of Courts Regina deChabert Petersen commences her term as President of the Conference of State Court Administrators, Chief Justice Rhys S. Hodge announced.
The Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) is a national forum consisting of the administrator or equivalent official in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and is dedicated to the improvement of state court systems, according to the press release.
The Conference of State Court Administrators works closely with the Conference of Chief Justices, and both conferences, with the support of the National Center for State Courts, work collaboratively to improve the administration of justice in local courts throughout our nation, the press release stated.
Administrator Petersen is the first Court Administrator from a U.S. Territory to serve as President of the Conference of State Court Administrators and assumes this new role in addition to her duties as the Administrator of Courts of the Judicial Branch of the U. S. Virgin Islands, the release stated.
A graduate of DePauw University and Notre Dame School of Law, Administrator Petersen has been a dedicated public servant in the Virgin Islands for 26 years, with nearly half of her professional career dedicated to improvements in the Judicial Branch. No stranger to organizational change, consensus building, and process reform, she looks forward to a productive term as COSCA President, not just for the opportunity to lead on national objectives but for the continued positive impact of many national initiatives and reforms on our court system and justice system partnerships, it said.
