President Barack Obama has appointed Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson ’86 to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. An independent body within the executive branch, the council coordinates federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, and federal initiatives and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles and that relate to missing and exploited children. Thompson, who presides over Alameda County’s Juvenile Court, was the first African-American woman elected to the county’s Superior Court. She is also a former private criminal defense attorney and county public defender.