Judge Judy Harris Kluger (See Profile), who counts supervision of Integrated Domestic Violence Courts among her duties, said Thursday she will resign as chief of policy and planning for the Unified Court System to head a nonprofit organization that aids domestic violence victims, and sex trafficking victims and their children.

Kluger, 61, will become executive director of Sanctuary for Families on Jan. 1, 2014, after 25 years in the judiciary. Joining Sanctuary for Families is a logical “Chapter Three” in her career following the earlier phases as a prosecutor and a judge, she said.