{"id":343,"date":"2023-09-28T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:33:34","slug":"advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>John Tuell<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nRobert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice<br \/>\nRFK Community Alliance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Umpierre<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector<br \/>\nCenter for Juvenile Justice Reform<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cheri Ely<\/strong><br \/>\nProgram Director<br \/>\nNational Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josh Weber<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Juvenile Justice<br \/>\nCouncil of State Governments Justice Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wayne Bear<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident\/CEO<br \/>\nNational Partnership for Juvenile Services (NPJS)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason Szanyi<\/strong><br \/>\nChief Executive Officer<br \/>\nCenter for Children\u2019s Law and Policy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Sarah Desmarais<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior Vice President<br \/>\nPolicy Research Associates<\/li>\n<li><strong>Molli Cook<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nNational Assessment Center Association<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angela Albertus<\/strong><br \/>\nAdvisory Board Consultant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Feierman<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior Managing Director<br \/>\nJuvenile Law Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teresa Goode, M.Ed.<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident and Founder<br \/>\nGOODEWorks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Carlita Elias<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical\/Applied Assistant Professor of Psychology (GIPP)<br \/>\nUniversity of Hartford<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kelly Sanchez<\/strong><br \/>\nLicensed Master of Social Work<br \/>\nOptimus Health Care, emme Coalition<\/li>\n<li><strong>Janeri Hernandez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>David Hopkins<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident &amp; Chief Executive Officer<br \/>\nUrban League of Greater Hartford<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Giannetta-Ramos<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector of Partnerships &amp; Specialty Programs<br \/>\nCOMPASS Youth Collaborative<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susan Sarmiento<\/strong><br \/>\nProgram Coordinator<br \/>\nParent and Mentor Engagement<br \/>\nThe Governor\u2019s Prevention Partnership<\/li>\n<li><strong>Al Killen-Harvey<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-founder of The Harvey Institute, inc. and a Lead Trainer<br \/>\nThe Chadwick Center at Rady Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariah Rooney<\/strong><br \/>\nPsychotherapist<br \/>\nAdjunct Professor<br \/>\nCo-Founder, Trauma Informed Weight Lifting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teresa Brewington<\/strong><br \/>\nLiaison<br \/>\nUCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abdul-Rahmaan I. Muhammad<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nMy People Clinical Services<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Isa Velez<\/strong><br \/>\nState Project Manager for Ohio<br \/>\nGreat Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center<br \/>\nMental Heath TTC, and Prevention TTC<br \/>\nCenter for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vernonica Willeto DeCrane<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nMontana Afterschool Alliance Steering Council<br \/>\nResearch Associate<br \/>\nIndigenous Student Identification Project<br \/>\nAmerican Institute for Research<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Richard Zhang<\/strong><br \/>\nPsychiatry Resident Doctor<br \/>\nUniversity of Connecticut,<br \/>\nChair<br \/>\nAmerican Psychiatric Association&#8217;s Assembly Committee of Area Resident-Fellow Members<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Asima Zehgeer<\/strong><br \/>\nTraining Director<br \/>\nChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program<br \/>\nMedical Director<br \/>\nChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2181,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 21:13:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/trauma-recovery-juvenile-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}