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Danny Abriano
Intake Specialist, Bronx Community Solutions
dabriano@courts.state.ny.us
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Julian Adler
Deputy Director, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jadler@courts.state.ny.us
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Maria Almonte-Weston
Project Director, Bronx Community Solutions
almontem@courtinnovation.org
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Eleanor Anderson
Program Associate, Crown Heights Mediation Center
eanderson@crownheights.org
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Jethro Antoine
Project Director, Newark Community Court
antoinej@courtinnovation.org
Jethro Antoine is the director of the Newark Community Court. Before joining the Center, Mr. Antoine practiced law. He also served as a senior management consultant in the public and private sectors. He is a graduate of New York University, New York Law School, and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
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Linda Baird
Program Coordinator, Youth Justice Board
bairdl@courtinnovation.org
Linda Baird is the Program Coordinator of the Youth Justice Board. She is responsible for curriculum design, lesson planning, outreach to program partners, facilitating Board sessions and supervising a project associate and interns. Prior to joining the Center, she worked as the National Policy Coordinator at The After-School Corporation, organizing a six-city initiative to increase the scale, funding and sustainability of after-school programs. She has extensive experience working with young people, having served for three summers as a counselor at The Thurber House youth writing camp in Columbus, Ohio, and for three years as a Citizen Schools Teaching Fellow in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her M.Ed. from Lesley University.
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Kate Barrow
Youth Services Coordinator, Midtown Community Court
kabarrow@courts.state.ny.us
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Willie Bernandez
Intake Specialist, Bronx Community Solutions
wbernard@courts.state.ny.us
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Debbie Boar
Task Force Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center
dboar@courts.state.ny.us
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David Bookhart
Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center
dbookhart@courts.state.ny.us
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Peter Borenstein
Program Associate, Greenpoint Youth Court
pborenst@courts.state.ny.us
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Dida Brassey
Coordinator, Midtown Community Court
dbrassey@courts.state.ny.us
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James Brodick
Project Director, Red Hook Community Justice Center
brodickj@courtinnovation.org
James Brodick is project director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, the multi-jurisdictional community court in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. As director, he oversees the Justice Center's day-to-day operations and program development. Mr. Brodick joined the Center for Court Innovation in 1998 and has held numerous positions at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, including project coordinator of the Red Hook Public Safety Corps (an AmeriCorps program), director of Community Programs (which includes mediation, housing resource, youth court, AmeriCorps and Operation Tool Kit) and deputy director. Mr. Brodick is a New York State certified mediator and has worked with schools throughout the city to develop peer-led mediation programs. He received his B.S. in business management from Saint John’s University in 1995.
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Julie Brooks
Clinical Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jubrooks@courts.state.ny.us
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Damon Brown-Dobbs
Youth Program Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center
dabrown@courts.state.ny.us
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Justin Brrigs
Youth Engagement/Community Service Specialist, Bronx Community Solutions
jtbrrigs@courts.state.ny.us
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Courtney Bryan
Project Director, Midtown Community Court
cbryan@courts.state.ny.us
Courtney Bryan is the Project Director of the Midtown Community Court. Prior to this she assisted jurisdictions throughout New York State in the planning and implementation of specialized Domestic Violence courts. Just before joining the Center’s DV team, she was a criminal defense attorney with The Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, NY. Previously, she was the Project Attorney at the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, an organization that provides technical assistance to criminal defense attorneys representing battered women defendants. Before receiving her law degree, she worked at the Center’s Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, as well as with the community court technical assistance team. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Temple University School of Law.
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Darcel Calixte
Resource Coordinator, Midtown Community Court
dcalixte@courts.state.ny.us
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Leslie Carrasquillo
Assistant Program Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
lcarrasq@courts.state.ny.us
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Sabrina Carter
Youth Court Associate, Staten Island Youth Court
sacarter@courts.state.ny.us
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Sidia Castillo
Youth Court Case Developer, Newark Youth Court
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Ife Charles
Deputy Project Coordinator, Crown Heights Mediation Center
icharles@courts.state.ny.us
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Jason Collazo
Crew Supervisor, NYC Community Cleanup
jcollaz2@courts.state.ny.us
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Jessica Colon
Deputy Prokect Director, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jecolon@courts.state.ny.us
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Rachel Davidson
Youth Program Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center
rdavison@courts.state.ny.us
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Elizabeth Delmonte
Administrative Assistant, Midtown Community Court
Edelmonte@courts.state.ny.us
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Anthony DeMieri
Clinical Social Worker, Midtown Community Court
ademieri@courts.state.ny.us
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Aissatou Diop
Intake Counselor, Midtown Community Court
adiop@courts.state.ny.us
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Winter Drayton
Case Manager, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
wdrayton@courts.state.ny.us
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Amy Ellenbogen
Project Director, Crown Heights Mediation Center
director@crownheights.org
As director of the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, Amy Ellenbogen oversees the day to day operations of the neighborhood problem solving center. She is currently focused on providing conflict resolution and youth court programming to schools and youth organizations in Brooklyn. She has worked in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles as an educator, social worker, community activist and program founder. She founded ROOTED (Respecting Ourselves and Others Through Education), a Columbia University program designed to facilitate student dialogue around issues of identity as they relate to power and privilege. Ms. Ellenbogen has a BA degree in Ethnic studies and a Master's degree in Social Work from Columbia University.
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Saudi Encarnacion
Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions
sencarna@courts.state.ny.us
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Lloyd Fider
Parent Advocate, Midtown Community Court
lfider@courts.state.ny.us
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Nancy Fishman
Project Director, Youth and Community Engagement Programs
nfishman@courts.state.ny.us
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Aubrey Fox
Director of Special Projects
foxa@courtinnovation.org
Aubrey Fox was the Project Director of Bronx Community Solutions, a one-of-its-kind initiative launched in January 2005 that seeks to meet the ambitious goal of changing a large and tradition-bound public agency's approach to low-level crime. He was responsible for the day-to-day leadership of 20 administrators, social workers and community service crew supervisors charged with providing increased sentencing options for 11,000 annual non-violent criminal offenders. Previously, he was Associate Director of Special Projects at the Center, organizing a series of roundtable conversations on topics of concern to criminal justice professionals. He graduated with a master's degree in public policy from the University of California at Berkeley, served as a VISTA Volunteer in San Antonio, Texas, and was a Warren Weaver Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation and a member of Coro's Leadership New York program. His work has appeared in Newsday, the Gotham Gazette, Judicature, the Justice System Journal and Court Review, among other publications.
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Elizabeth Garcia
Program Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center
elgarcia@courts.state.ny.us
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Melissa Gelber
Project Director, Project READY Staten Island
mgelber@courts.state.ny.us
Melissa Gelber is the Director of Community Programs at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. In this capacity she is responsible for maintaining all aspects of Justice Center operations, including issues of community programs, court operations, development, technology and services. In addition, she assists in researching, planning and implementing new Justice Center projects. Prior to this position, Ms. Gelber coordinated the Red Hook Public Safety Corps, an AmeriCorps national service program and the Red Hook Youth Court - an early intervention program for youth who have committed violations, minor misdemeanors, and other offenses. The Youth Court is also a youth development program, training youth in the community to be peer leaders. Ms. Gelber has also served as a mentor in the Red Hook Mentoring Program from 2005-2006. Melissa received her B.A. in Government and Womens Studies from Franklin and Marshall College and received her M.A. in Social Work and Public Policy from New York University in 2005.
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Sarah Gillespie
Intake Associate, Midtown Community Court
sgillespie@courts.state.ny.us
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Emily Gold
Senior Planner
emgold@courts.state.ny.us
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Viviana Gordon
Case Manger, Red Hook Community Justice Center
vgordon@courts.state.ny.us
Viviana Gordon is a Case Manager at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. In this capacity, she works closely with misdemeanor-level defendants engaged in court mandated drug treatment and mental health services as an alternative to jail. She previously did reentry planning with men and women released from the Washington State Penitentiary, advocated for the pre-trial release of detained youth with the Juvenile Rights Project in Portland, Oregon, and interned with a forensic social worker at the Defender Association of Philadelphia. She received her B.A. from Whitman College in 2008.
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Helen Gorokhovsky
Social Worker, Red Hook Community Justice Center
hgorokho@courts.state.ny.us
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Dory Hack
Deputy Director, Center for Courts and the Community
hackd@courtinnovation.org
Previously, Dory Hack was the Project Coordinator of the Youth Justice Board--a team of 16 high school students from across New York City who spend 10 months studying and then developing policy recommendations on a specific public safety issue. Also she was Technology Project Manager for several case management systems used by the Center's problem-solving courts, including the Red Hook Community Justice Center and New York City’s first juvenile drug court. Ms. Hack received her BA from Wesleyan University.
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Becca Harrison
Program Director of Workforce Development, Midtown Community Court
harrisonb@courtinnovation.org
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Shira Heisler
Case Manager, Red Hook Community Justice Center
sheisler@courts.state.ny.us
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Jeffrey Hobbs
Deputy Projector Director, Midtown Community Court
hobbsj@courtinnovation.org
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Ronell Jack
Crew Supervisor, NYC Community Cleanup
rjack@courts.state.ny.us
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Wendell Jack
Facilities Manager, Midtown Community Court
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Lucille Jackson
Project Director, Brooklyn Mental Health Court
jacksonl@courtinnovation.org
Lucille Jackson, Project/Clinical Director for the Brooklyn Mental Health Court at the Center for Court Innovation, has a master’s degree in clinical social work from the Hunter College School of Social Work. Before joining CCI, she was the program director for New York City’s first Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, providing on-going in vivo services to court-mandated adults with serious and persistent mental illness, and the program director for an outreach program for adults with serious mental illness living in homeless encampments in New York City. In addition, she has a part-time private practice in Manhattan.
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Nigel Jackson
Reentry Court Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center
njackson@courts.state.ny.us
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Lisa Jones
Program Manager, Crown Heights Mediation Center
lijones@courts.state.ny.us
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Roberto Julbe
Resource Center Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
rjulbe@courts.state.ny.us
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Jessica Kay
Social worker, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jkay@courts.state.ny.us
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Manuel Larino
Queens Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup
mlarino@courts.state.ny.us
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Dwayne Lashley
Assistant Borough Manger, NYC Community Cleanup
dlashley@courts.state.ny.us
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Colin Lentz
Program Associate, Youth Justice Board
clentz@courts.state.ny.us
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David Long
Director, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
longd@courtinnovation.org
David Long is the Project Director of an Alternative to Detention program operated by the Center for juveniles arrested in Queens County, New York. He previously served as the Deputy Project Director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, and has over 20 years experience in criminal justice, including service as an NYPD police officer, Associate Counsel with the New York City Probation Department, litigator prosecuting employee misconduct for the New York City Department of Education, and litigator for the Narcotics Eviction Unit of the New York City Housing and Preservation Department. He is also a certified mediator and a former arbitrator for Small Claims Court in New York City. Additionally, he has been an adjunct professor for the last 10 years, the first eight years at St. Francis College and the last two at Monroe College. He holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a J.D. degree from Fordham Law School.
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Edith Lopez
Administrative Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center
elopez1@courts.state.ny.us
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Stephanie Lovett
Intake specialist, Red Hook Community Justice Center
stlovett@courts.state.ny.us
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Vanessa Lynch
Compliance Monitor, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
velynch@courts.state.ny.us
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Adam Mansky
Director, Operations
amansky@courtinnovation.org
Adam Mansky became the Center for Court Innovation’s director of operations in February 2002. In that capacity, Mr. Mansky supervises the Center’s community courts and its technology and research departments. From 1997 until early 2002, Mr. Mansky was the Red Hook Community Justice Center’s project director, coordinating all aspects of its planning, development, implementation and operations. Prior to joining the Center for Court Innovation, Mr. Mansky practiced corporate law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and securities litigation at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D., cum laude, from the New York University School of Law. He currently sits on the Family Court / Family Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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Shante Martin
Director of Youth Programs, Red Hook Community Justice Center
shmartin@courts.state.ny.us
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John Megaw
Deputy Project Director, Harlem Community Justice Center
megawj@courtinnovation.org
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Evelyn Mejil
Director, Newark Youth Court
mejile@courtinnovation.org
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John Mickens
Crew Supervisor, NYC Community Cleanup
jmicken2@courts.state.ny.us
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Darren Mills
Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions
damills@courts.state.ny.us
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Diaz Omar
Community Service Supervisor, Red Hook Community Justice Center
domar@courts.state.ny.us
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Rosa Omarax
Case Manager, Harlem Community Justice Center
romarax@courts.state.ny.us
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Susanna Osorno
Program Coordinator, Attendance Court
sosorno@courts.state.ny.us
Susanna Osorno is the Attendance Court Program Coordinator responsible for the implementation of the Attendance Court program in both Red Hook and Harlem, including coordinating the relationships among the Justice Centers, schools, and service providers, and is the case manager for both project sites. She’s interned with the San Mateo Probation Department and the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department. Ms. Osorno also volunteered with the Mission Neighborhood Center on youth programs where she assisted in the development of a youth program for at-risk girls ages 13-17 in the Mission District of San Francisco. Before returning to the field of Public Service she worked in Human Resources for three years. Ms. Osorno earned her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and minor in criminal justice from San Francisco State University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University.
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Amber Petitt
Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions
apetitt@courts.state.ny.us
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Jonathan Pettiford
Crew Supervisor, Midtown Community Court
Jpettiford@courts.state.ny.us
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Shernette Pink
Compliance Monitor, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
spink@courts.state.ny.us
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Fernan Polanco
Crew Supervisor, Midtown Community Court
Fpolanco@courts.state.ny.us
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Carrie Potts
Resource Coordinator, Bronx Community Solutions
cpotts@courts.state.ny.us
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Stephanie Quinones
Senor Job Developer, Midtown Community Court
quinoness@courtinnovation.org
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Moises Reyes
Coordinator Community Service, Bronx Community Solutions
moreyes@courts.state.ny.us
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Luis Rivera
Assistant Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup
lrivera@courts.state.ny.us
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Melisa Robles
Resource Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center
mrobles@courts.state.ny.us
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Caren Rodriguez
Monitor Compliance, Bronx Community Solutions
cerodri@courts.state.ny.us
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Sonia Rodriquez
Clinical Coordinator, Midtown Community Court
srodrigu@courts.state.ny.us
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Orleny Rojas
Resource Coordinator, Bronx Community Solutions
orojas@courts.state.ny.us
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Sandra Rollins
Compliance Counselor, Bronx Community Solutions
srollins@courts.state.ny.us
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Jacklyn Romanoff
Coordinator, Staten Island Youth Court
jromanof@courts.state.ny.us
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Sally Sanchez
Court Operations Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center
ssanchez@courts.state.ny.us
Sally Sanchez is the Clinic Coordinator at the Harlem Community Justice Center. Ms. Sanchez oversees and supervises the provision of direct services by case management staff who work with youth, adults and families involved in the Justice Center’s programs. Ms. Sanchez joined the Center for Court Innovation team in 2005 and has held various positions since then, originally starting as a case manager for the Juvenile Intervention Court and later as Parent Coordinator for the new Custody and Visitation Court. Prior to coming to the Harlem Community Justice Center, Ms. Sanchez worked as a Domestic Violence Advocate with Safe Horizons’ Domestic Violence Police Program. Ms. Sanchez received her Bachelors Degree in Government from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2003.
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Jonah Schwartz
Clinical Director, Midtown Community Court
jschwartz@courts.state.ny.us
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Derick Scott
Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center
descott@courts.state.ny.us
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Ramon Semorile
Community Service Supervisor, Bronx Community Solutions
rsemoril@courts.state.ny.us
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Caleb Shoy
Community Service Supervisor, Red Hook Community Justice Center
cshoy@courts.state.ny.us
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TK Singleton
Community Initiatives Coordinator, Bronx Community Solutions
tksingle@courts.state.ny.us
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Benjamin Smith
Deputy Project Director, NYC Community Cleanup
bsmith@courts.state.ny.us
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Kai Smith
Brooklyn Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup
kaismith@courts.state.ny.us
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Jacqueline Soto
Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jsoto@courts.state.ny.us
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Linda Steele
Executive Specialist, Midtown Community Court
lsteele@courts.state.ny.us
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Jessica Stein
Youth Court Director, Greenpoint Youth Court
jstein@courts.state.ny.us
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Danielle Stockweather
Deputy Project Director, Midtown Community Court
stockweatherd@courtinnovation.org
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Elizabeth Swan
Coordinator of Court Operations, Bronx Community Solutions
eswan@courts.state.ny.us
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Alice Tapia
Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
atapia@courts.state.ny.us
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Ericka Tapia
Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
etapia@courts.state.ny.us
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Carolyn Torres
Director Mental Health, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
catorres@courts.state.ny.us
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Melissa Torres
Office Manager, Red Hook Community Justice Center
meltorres@courts.state.ny.us
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Matthew Usher
Crew Supervisor, Bronx Community Solutions
musher@courts.state.ny.us
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Justine van Straaten
Director, Child Welfare Programs
vanstraj@courtinnovation.org
Justine van Straaten is the Director of the Family Court Blueprint for Change initiative at the Center. The Blueprint for Change, in collaboration with the New York City Family Court, represents a coordinated vision for improving the processing of abuse and neglect matters in the Family Court by building upon reforms that are already underway. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. van Straaten was a policy analyst at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services in the Division of Child Protection. Ms. van Straaten received a Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and received both a law degree and a Masters in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago, where she was a CIVITAS ChildLaw fellow.
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Anthony Vargas
Manhattan Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup
avargas@courts.state.ny.us
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Lavon Walker
Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center
lawalker@courts.state.ny.us
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Christopher Watler
Project Director, Harlem Community Justice Center
watlerc@courtinnovation.org
Christopher Watler is project director of the Harlem Community Justice Center, the community court in Harlem focusing on housing, youth crime, and offender reentry. As director, he oversees day-to-day operations and program development. Mr. Watler previously served as the Deputy Director of National Technical Assistance were he provided information & assistance on community justice initiatives to a broad audience, by leading site-visits to the Center’s demonstration projects, conducting training, providing hands-on assistance to jurisdictions developing community court and prosecution programs, assisting in the development of community justice curricula, and coordinating partnerships with model community justice programs. Mr. Walter has also served as part of the original planning teams for the Red Hook Community Justice Center and the Crown Height Community Mediation Center. Before coming to the Center, Mr. Walter worked as the Operations and Training Manager at the City Volunteer Corps and as a Community Center Director for the Union Settlement Association where he supervised programs involving youth and seniors. He holds a Masters of Public Administration from John Jay College of the City University of New York.
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Elise White
Director of Youth and Family Services, Red Hook Community Justice Center
ewhite@courtinnovation.org
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Steven Wint
Case Manger, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
swint@courts.state.ny.us
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Achisimach Yisrael
Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center
ayisrael@courts.state.ny.us
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