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	Danny Abriano Intake Specialist, Bronx Community Solutions dabriano@courts.state.ny.us
	Julian Adler Deputy Director, Red Hook Community Justice Center jadler@courts.state.ny.us Julian Adler is the Deputy Project Director at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. In this capacity, Julian oversees court operations and clinical services for a multi-jurisdictional community court. Prior to his current position, Julian served as the project's Clinical Director. Julian is also a practicing psychotherapist with an extensive background in family mediation. Julian received his BA from Wesleyan University, his JD from Fordham Law School, and his MSW from Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.
	Liberty Aldrich Director, Domestic Violence & Family Court Programs aldrichl@courtinnovation.org Liberty Aldrich oversees the planning and implementation of the Center's Domestic Violence initiatives. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Aldrich was the director of legal services at Safe Horizon, where she represented domestic violence victims in family and supreme courts and federal immigration proceedings, in addition to supervising staff attorneys and program development. Ms. Aldrich is the co-founder and a current director of Legal Information for Families Today, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to informing New Yorkers about their legal rights in family court. She has authored numerous articles on domestic violence law and policy, and she received the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s annual Equal Access to Justice award in 2000. Ms. Aldrich graduated from Harvard University and New York University School of Law.
	Maria Almonte-Weston Project Director, Bronx Community Solutions almontem@courtinnovation.org
	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.
	Rebecca Arian Project Associate rarian@courts.state.ny.us
	Aaron Arnold Director, Upstate Office and Tribal Courts Technical Assistance arnolda@courtinnovation.org As director of the Upstate Office, Aaron Arnold is responsible for providing planning and technical assistance to problem-solving courts throughout upstate New York. Mr. Arnold is currently working to promote problem-solving justice in the greater Syracuse area. In addition, Mr. Arnold serves as director of tribal courts technical assistance. In this capacity, Mr. Arnold leads the Center's Tribal Justice Exchange, which seeks to promote the sharing of information between state and tribal courts, assist tribal communities in enhancing their justice systems, and explore ways in which state courts can benefit from traditional tribal justice practices. Before joining the Center, Mr. Arnold was a prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix, Arizona, where he gained first-hand experience working in several problem-solving courts. He has also worked as a litigation associate at Fennemore Craig, one of Arizona's oldest law firms. Mr. Arnold is a native of Syracuse and a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Arizona College of Law.
	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.
	Raye Barbieri Director of Implementation barbierir@courtinnovation.org Ms. Barbieri joined the Center in 1994 and is currently responsible for developing, planning and implementing a host of new initiatives each year. She also oversees the Harlem Community Justice Center and Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens (QUEST). Further, Ms. Barbieri provides ongoing guidance and oversight for various Center staff in the planning, implementation and provision of court and community programming and social services. Ms. Barbieri has held numerous positions at Center projects including the Midtown Community Court and the Brooklyn Treatment Court. She also served as Director of the Manhattan Family Treatment Court and the Harlem Community Justice Center. Prior to the Center, Ms. Barbieri served as a social worker with the Legal Aid Society’s Parole Revocation Defense Unit. Ms. Barbieri is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She holds a BSW from Wheelock College and an MSW from Columbia University.
	Kate Barrow Youth Services Coordinator, Midtown Community Court kabarrow@courts.state.ny.us
	Greg Berman Director bermang@courtinnovation.org Greg Berman is the director of the Center for Court Innovation. Part of the founding team responsible for creating the Center, he has helped guide the organization from start-up to an annual budget of more than $17 million. He has accepted numerous awards on behalf of the Center, including the Peter F. Drucker Award for Non-profit Innovation. He is the co-author of Trial & Error in Criminal Justice Reform: Learning from Failure (Urban Institute Press, 2010) and Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice (The New Press, 2005). He has contributed chapters to numerous books including Peter Drucker's Next Management, Judicial Politics, and Resolving Family Conflicts. In addition, his written work has appeared in ABA Judges Journal (guest editor), Law and Policy, Judicature, New Statesman (UK), The Guardian (UK), National Law Journal, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philadelphia Inquirer, American Criminal Law Review and other publications. Prior to being named director of the Center for Court Innovation in 2002, he served as deputy director of the Center and as the lead planner of the Red Hook Community Justice Center. In the early 1990s, while working for the New York Foundation, he created the New York Common Application, a universal form designed to expedite the foundation grant proposal process for community groups in the New York area. He has also worked in development (New Israel Fund) and as a freelance journalist (Providence Journal). He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and a former Coro Fellow in Public Affairs.
	Willie Bernandez Intake Specialist, Bronx Community Solutions wbernard@courts.state.ny.us
	Debbie Boar Task Force Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center dboar@courts.state.ny.us
	David Bookhart Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center dbookhart@courts.state.ny.us
	Peter Borenstein Program Associate, Greenpoint Youth Court pborenst@courts.state.ny.us
	Dida Brassey Coordinator, Midtown Community Court dbrassey@courts.state.ny.us
	Beth Broderick Greenpoint Youth Coordinator bbroderi@courts.state.ny.us
	James Brodick Project Director, Red Hook Community Justice Center brodickj@courtinnovation.org James Brodick is project director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center and NYC Community Cleanup. Red Hook is the countries first multi-jurisdictional community court in Southwest, Brooklyn. As director, he oversees the Justice Center's day-to-day operations and program development. NYC Community Cleanup is a new citywide initiative designed to address neighborhood hot spots and eyesores. NYC Community Cleanup puts low-level offenders to work repairing conditions of disorder throughout New York City. As director, he oversees day-to-day operations of three teams in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.Mr. Brodick joined the Center for Court Innovation in 1998 and has held numerous positions at the 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.
	Julie Brooks Clinical Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center jubrooks@courts.state.ny.us
	Damon Brown-Dobbs Youth Program Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center dabrown@courts.state.ny.us
	Justin Brrigs Youth Engagement/Community Service Specialist, Bronx Community Solutions jtbrrigs@courts.state.ny.us
	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.
	Jennifer Bryan Principal Research Associate jebryan@courts.state.ny.us Jennifer L. Bryan is a principal research associate, currently working on a national study of the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and serving as Principal Investigator for an evaluation of the Bronx Family Treatment Court. Prior to joining the Center, Jennifer worked on issues of prisoner reentry and urban justice with the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), the Vera Institute of Justice, and the Center for Urban Research and Policy at Columbia University. Jennifer holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University and a B.A. in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Rutgers University. Her work on the post-9/11 experiences of Arab Muslims in Jersey City was published by the Russell Sage Foundation (2005), and she has published several reports and articles on issues of criminal justice. In addition to her work at the Center, Jennifer teaches courses in criminal justice at New Jersey City University.
	Sharon R. Bryant Office Assistant bryants@courtinnovation.org