Advisory Board

  • John Tuell
    Executive Director
    Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice
    RFK Community Alliance
  • Michael Umpierre
    Director
    Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
  • Cheri Ely
    Program Director
    National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
  • Josh Weber
    Director, Juvenile Justice
    Council of State Governments Justice Center
  • Wayne Bear
    President/CEO
    National Partnership for Juvenile Services (NPJS)
  • Jason Szanyi
    Chief Executive Officer
    Center for Children’s Law and Policy
  • Dr. Sarah Desmarais
    Senior Vice President
    Policy Research Associates
  • Molli Cook
    Executive Director
    National Assessment Center Association
  • Angela Albertus
    Program Director
    Juvenile Justice at the National District Attorneys Association
  • Jessica Feierman
    Senior Managing Director
    Juvenile Law Center
  • Teresa Goode, M.Ed.
    President and Founder
    GOODEWorks
  • Dr. Carlita Elias
    Clinical/Applied Assistant Professor of Psychology (GIPP)
    University of Hartford
  • Kelly Sanchez
    Licensed Master of Social Work
    Optimus Health Care, emme Coalition
  • Janeri Hernandez
  • David Hopkins
    President & Chief Executive Officer
    Urban League of Greater Hartford
  • Elizabeth Giannetta-Ramos
    Director of Partnerships & Specialty Programs
    COMPASS Youth Collaborative
  • Susan Sarmiento
    Program Coordinator
    Parent and Mentor Engagement
    The Governor’s Prevention Partnership
  • Al Killen-Harvey
    Co-founder of The Harvey Institute, inc. and a Lead Trainer
    The Chadwick Center at Rady Children’s Hospital
  • Mariah Rooney
    Psychotherapist
    Adjunct Professor
    Co-Founder, Trauma Informed Weight Lifting
  • Teresa Brewington
    Liaison
    UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
  • Abdul-Rahmaan I. Muhammad
    Executive Director
    My People Clinical Services
  • Dr. Isa Velez
    State Project Manager for Ohio
    Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center
    Mental Heath TTC, and Prevention TTC
    Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS)
  • Vernonica Willeto DeCrane
    President
    Montana Afterschool Alliance Steering Council
    Research Associate
    Indigenous Student Identification Project
    American Institute for Research
  • Dr. Richard Zhang
    Psychiatry Resident Doctor
    University of Connecticut,
    Chair
    American Psychiatric Association’s Assembly Committee of Area Resident-Fellow Members
  • Dr. Asima Zehgeer
    Training Director
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
    Medical Director
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic