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Nina Elderdort

 

 

Nina Aledort
NYS Office of Children and Family Services

 

 

 

 

Amore Alvarenga

 

 

Amore Alvarenga
New York City Law Department Family Court Division

 

 

 

 

Leigh Bates

 

 

Leigh Bates
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

 

 

 

 

Gayle Beck

 

 

Gayle Beck
Athena Project, University of Memphis 

 

 

 

 

Daphnne Brown

 

 

Daphnne Brown
Families Together in NYS

 

 

 

 

Kelli Caseman

 

 

Kelli Casemen
Think Kids

 

 

 

 

Tanya Coke

 

 

Tanya Coke
Ford Foundation

 

 

 

 

Rebecca Colman

 

 

Rebecca Colman
NYS Office of Children and Family Services

 

 

 

 

Christy Crawford

 

 

Christy Crawford
New York City Department of Education

 

 

 

 

MMA Amara Ekeruche

 

 

MMA Amara Ekeruche
Center for the Study of Economies of Africa

 

 

 

 

Eddie Ellis

 

 

 

Eddie Ellis
Incarcerated Children's Advocacy Network

 

 

 

Eddie Fergus

 

 

Eddie Fergus
Temple University, College of Education, Urban Education and Policy

 

 

 

 

Alysha Gagnon

 

 

Alysha Gagnon
University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice

 

 

 

 

Stephen Goldmeier

 

 

Stephen Goldmeier
Indigent Defense Research Association

 

 

 

 

Audrey Hickert

 

 

Audrey Hickert
Southern Illinois University

 

 

 

 

David Hureau

 

 

 

David Hureau 
University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice

 

 

 

Megan Kurlycheck

 

 

Megan Kurlychek
Penn State University

 

 

 

 

Yo Jackson

 

 

Yo Jackson 
Penn State, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network

 

 

 

 

Allen Lipscomb

 

 

Allen Lipscomb
California State University Northridge

 

 

 

 

Jim Lynch

 

 

Jim Lynch
University of Maryland

 

 

 

 

Hon. Edwina Mendelson

 

 

Hon. Edwina Mendelson
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives

 

 

 

 

Dan Mistak

 

 

Dan Mistak
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

 

 

 

 

Amanda Oren

 

 

Amanda Oren
Monroe County Law Department 

 

 

 

 

Greg Owens

 

 

Gregory Owens
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

 

 

 

 

Rashaad Porter

 

 

Rashaad Porter
The Vera Institute of Justice 

 

 

 

 

Professor John A Powell

 

 

Professor John A. Powell
UC Berkeley, Director of Othering & Belonging Institute 

 

 

 

 

Josh Rovner

 

Josh Rovner
The Sentencing Project

 

 

 

 

 

Melissa Sickmund

 

 

 

Melissa Sickmund
National Center of Juvenile Justice

 

 

 

Michaela Soyer

 

 

Michaela Soyer
CUNY, Hunter College

 

 

 

 

Lynette Tannis

 

 

Lynette Tannis
Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Taylor

 

 

Paul Taylor
University of Colorado Denver 

 

 

 

 

Hon. Steven Teske

 

 

Hon. Steven Teske
Juvenile Court of Clayton County, GA

 

 

 

 

Dina Thompson

 

 

Dina Thompson
Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition

 

 

 

 

Laura Tinajero

 

 

Laura Tinajero
National Comadres Network, Building Healthy Communities (BHC)

 

 

 

 

Vivian Tseng

 

 

Vivian Tseng
William T. Grant Foundation

 

 

 

 

Michael Umpierre

 

 

 

Michael Umpierre
Georgetown University Director of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform

 

 

 

Corey Whichard

 

 

Corey Whichard
University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice

 

 

 

 

Chris Wildeman

 

 

Chris Wildeman
Cornell University 

 

 

 

 

Yamanda Wright

 

 

 

Yamanda Wright
RTI International; Youth, Violence Prevention, and Community Justice Division