Kama Harris, Director of Policy and Education

Kama Harris is the Director of Policy and Education with the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health. Prior to joining the JCMH, Ms. Harris graduated cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law and worked as a mitigation specialist and criminal defense lawyer defending death penalty cases and as the First Assistant for the Burnet County’s Public Defender’s Office. At the JCMH, Ms. Harris works on adult criminal justice issues, focusing on the intricacies of Mental Health and IDD legal practices and procedures integral to the justice system. Ms. Harris is the lead on the JCMH Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health and spearheads the JCMH Texas Mental Health and IDD Law Bench Book project. Ms. Harris is passionate about improving the justice system for people with mental illness or IDD.