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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.
	Saudi Encarnacion Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions sencarna@courts.state.ny.us
	Norma Feldman Associate Planner, Upstate Office nfeldman@courts.state.ny.us
	Lloyd Fider Parent Advocate, Midtown Community Court lfider@courts.state.ny.us
	Nancy Fishman Project Director, Youth and Community Engagement Programs nfishman@courts.state.ny.us
	Carol Fisler Director, Mental Health Court Programs fislerc@courtinnovation.org Carol Fisler oversees initiatives that address mental illness and the courts, including planning and implementation of the Brooklyn Mental Health Court, the first specialized court for offenders with mental illness in New York. She is currently working on two demonstration projects: an initiative for youth with mental health disorders charged with delinquency and a specialized court part for landlords and tenants of supportive housing facilities. She has provided extensive training and technical assistance to mental health court planning teams and speaks frequently at national conferences. Ms. Fisler has public and private sector legal and managerial experience, serving as the president of a start-up welfare-to-work staffing company, deputy general counsel of the New York City Housing Authority, assistant commissioner for legal affairs of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Ms. Fisler graduated from Harvard University and Stanford Law School.
	Kathryn Ford Senior Domestic Violence Program Associate fordk@courtinnovation.org As a Senior Domestic Violence Associate, Kathryn Ford works with the court system on two statewide initiatives: addressing the needs of children exposed to family violence and ensuring an effective and compassionate response to intimate partner sexual assault. Both projects include needs assessment research, identification and dissemination of best practices, curriculum development, and the provision of training and technical assistance. She also manages a violence prevention initiative at Syracuse University and conducts trauma-focused therapy one day a week through the Child and Adolescent Witness Support Program at the Bronx District Attorneys Office. Prior to joining the Center, she was a social worker in Safe Horizons Supervised Visitation Program at Bronx Family Court, and an intern in the Brooklyn District Attorneys Office Counseling Services Unit. She received a B.A. from Tufts University with a double major in Psychology and Sociology, and a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University.
	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.
	Nancy Frost Social Worker nfrost@courts.state.ny.us