May 2024 Meeting

• Welcome
  • Meghan Guevara, Pretrial Justice Institute
  • Honorable Shannon Baldwin, Harris County Criminal Court at Law
• Network Update from Laurie Garduque, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Panel Presentation: Legislative Lessons Learned from Safety and Justice Challenge Sites
  • Kentucky Senator Whitney Westerfield
  • Montana Senator Barry Usher
  • Oregon Representative Tawna Sanchez
  • Amber Widgery, National Conference of State Legislatures (moderator)

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• [Panel Presentation] Changing the Conversation: The Human Costs of Jails
  • Daniel Forkkio, Represent Justice
  • Wesley Lowery, Prison Journalism Project
  • Lauren Pabst, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (moderator)
• [Panel Presentation] Staying Ahead of the Curve: How local leaders are combating false narratives about the gains criminal justice reform efforts have achieved
  • Kimberly Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney, IL
  • DeAnna Hoskins, President, JustLeadershipUSA
  • Judge Timothy Kuhlman, Toledo Municipal Court, OH
  • Chief Murphy Paul, (Retired), Baton Rouge, LA
  • Brian Williams, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety, Los Angeles, CA
  • Adam Gelb, President and CEO, Council on Criminal Justice (moderator)

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• Rev. Michelle Simmons, Why Not Prosper
• Faith Bartley, Why Not Prosper
• Ivy Johnson, Why Not Prosper
• Dr. Ashley Goldon, Impact(ful) Consulting

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• Ed Wells, Court Manager, Harris County Courts
• Hon. Toria J. Finch, Harris County Criminal Court No.9
• Hon. Shannon Baldwin, Harris County Criminal Court No.4
• Lindsay Hafford, National Center for State Courts (moderator)

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• Ronald Simpson-Bey, JustLeadershipUSA
• Tiawana Brown, Charlotte, NC
• Tarsha Jackson, Houston Councilmember
• Tony McCrighrt, NLC

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• Chandra Tyler, Mecklenburg County Criminal Justice Services
• Patrice Funderburg, The Center For Community Transitions
• Hon. Elizabeth T. Trosch, Mecklenburg County District Court

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• Bill Heiser, REFORM Alliance
• Ingrid Archie, TimeDone Program
• Jerri A. Vega, Pathways and Mobility, REFORM Alliance

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• Dr. Josy Hahn, Brennan Center for Justice
• Jeff Altenburg, Office of the District Attorney, Milwaukee County, WI
• Dave Ryan, Office of Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, Middlesex County, MA
• Jeannie Lopez-Melendez, Office of District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Kings County, NY
• Rosemary Nidiry, Law Enforcement Leaders To Reduce Crime and Incarceration (LEL), Brennan Center for Justice

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• Jessica Yager, Center for Justice Innovation
• Kelly Walsh, Urban Institute
• Aaqilah Islam, San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing
• Brett Johnson, Minnehaha County Human Services

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• Michael Mrozinski, National Legal Aid and Defender Association (moderator)
• Ayanna Lyons, Office of Criminal Justice, Philadelphia, PA
• Michael Russell, Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism, Cook County, IL
• Thelma French, Total Community Action, Inc., New Orleans, LA

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• Wilford Pinkney, City of St. Louis, MO Office of Violence Prevention
• Kurtis August, City of Philadelphia, PA Office of Criminal Justice
• Emanuel Milton, National League of Cities
• Allie Preston, Center for American Progress
• Sergeant Shannon Jones- Brewer, New Orleans, LA Police Department
• Robin Ausbie, City of Houston, TX
• Kirby Gaherty, National League of Cities (moderator)

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• Christopher James, W. Haywood Burns Institute
• Joseph Hayashi, Council of State Governments Justice Center

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• Tanya Mera, San Francisco, CA Department of Public  Health
• Alissa Riker, San Francisco, CA Sheriff’s Department
• John Gannon, Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff’s Department
• Arthur Velasquez, Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff’s Department
• Melanie Henry, Los Angeles County, CA Correctional Health Services
• Vikki Wachino, Health And Reentry Project
• Lore Joplin, Justice System Partners (moderator)
• Maureen McDonnell, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (moderator)

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• Don Stemen, Loyola University Chicago
• David Olson, Loyola University Chicago

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• Jaime-Lee Bradshaw, Palm Beach County, CA Criminal Justice Commission
• Ellen S. Steinberg, Charleston County, SC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
• Doyle R. Morrison, Pima County, AZ Justice Services
• Kim Davis, Justice Advisory Council, Cook County, IL
• Gwen Wright, CJI/Change Matters (moderator)

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• Dr. Christi M. Smith, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties, R Street Institute
• Javier Aguirre, Santa Clara County, CA Office of Diversion and Reentry Services
•  Sharon Bean, Camden County, NJ Department of Corrections
• Jesse Jannetta, Urban Institute (moderator)

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• [Panel Presentation] Co-Creating Safety: Bringing community members together around a shared vision of safety
  • Kym Cravatt, General Counsel, Chickasaw Health Department
  • aurelius francisco, M.A, The Foundation for Liberating Minds
  • Tinisch Hollins, Crime Survivor and Executive Director, Californians for Safety and Justice.
  • LaRhonda Wilson - St. Louis County - Educator, Community Member and Activist
  • Earl Simms,CEO, Restorative Community Solutions (moderator)

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• Adelle Fontanet, Center for Justice Innovation
• Precious Benally, Department of Commerce, Office of Native Affairs and Economic Development

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• Nida Abbasi, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• NeAngela Dixon, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Christine Umeh, Harris County Public Defender
• Robyn Hasan-Simpson, Women on the Rise
• Doris O’ Neal, YWCA King and Snohomish County

• Yolanda James-Sevilla, Santa Cruz, CA Probation Department
• Eric Jackson, DeepWeave Consulting, formerly with the City of Asheville, NC
• Linsey LaMontagne, Las Vegas, NV Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
• Theresa McKinney, City of New Orleans, LA Office of Criminal Justice Coordination
• Hena Rafiq, Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
• Stephanie Rosoff, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance
• Ellen S. Steinberg, Charleston County, SC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
• Ashleigh Wojslawowicz, Charleston County, SC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

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• Camille Quinn, University of Michigan
• Ashima Saigal, University of Michigan
• Gwen Wright, CJI/Change Matters

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• Sharon Bean – Camden County, NJ Department of Corrections
• Antonne Henshaw – Camden County NuEntry Opportunity Specialist

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• Noah Barth, Pennsylvania Prison Society
• Krishnaveni Gundu, Texas Jail Project

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• Perry Sacks, M+R
• Chris La Rose, NORC at the University of Chicago
• Beth Huebner, Arizona State University
• Ellen Steinberg, Charleston County

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• Shannon Baldwin - Judge, Harris County Criminal Court
• Sandra Guerra Thompson - Newell H. Blakely Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center and Deputy Monitor for the federal consent decree in the ODonnell v. Harris County settlement
• Krishnaveni Gundu - Founder and Executive Director of the Texas Jail Project
• Ronald Brownstein (moderator)

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• Laurie Garduque, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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