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	Elizabeth Garcia Program Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center elgarcia@courts.state.ny.us
	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.
	Sarah Gillespie Intake Associate, Midtown Community Court sgillespie@courts.state.ny.us
	Yisrael Gladstein Deputy Director of Development ygladste@courts.state.ny.us
	Emily Gold Senior Planner emgold@courts.state.ny.us
	Miriam Goodman Case Manger, Midtown Community Court mgoodman@courts.state.ny.us
	Viviana Gordon NYC Juvenile Justice Program Coordinator, 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.
	Helen Gorokhovsky Social Worker, Red Hook Community Justice Center hgorokho@courts.state.ny.us
	Mia Green Senior Research Associate miagreen@courts.state.ny.us Mia Green is a Senior Research Associate with the Center. She is currently a researcher on the Multi-Site Drug Court Evaluation and New York Statewide Evaluation of Domestic Violence Courts. Prior to joining the Center, she worked as an educational advocate for high school students in the foster care system in New York City. Ms. Green’s prior research experience has included studying the effects of reentry of formerly incarcerated women and identifying the factors of pretrial release conditions of misdemeanor and felony defendants. Ms. Green received a Masters in Education with an emphasis in Equity and Social Justice from San Francisco State University and a PhD in Criminal Justice from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.
	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.
	Becca Harrison Program Director of Workforce Development, Midtown Community Court harrisonb@courtinnovation.org
	Shira Heisler Case Manager, Red Hook Community Justice Center sheisler@courts.state.ny.us
	Kelli Henry Senior Research Associate khenry@courts.state.ny.us Kelli Henry is a Senior Research Associate currently conducting research on the Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation project and the Queens Juvenile Mental Health Project, where she is Principal Investigator. Prior to joining the center, she was Europe Editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has published numerous articles on European politics and economics. Previously she conducted research evaluating special education programs for the New York City Board of Education, taught as an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at New York University, Queens College and the University of Arts and Science in Bucharest, Romania and worked for non-profit organizations as well as the United Nations. She served as an international election observer at Romania’s presidential and legislative elections in 1992. Dr. Henry received her Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University.
	Kristine Herman Director, Global Gender Initiatives hermank@courtinnovation.org Kristine Herman has worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault for nearly fifteen years, including legislative reform, legal representation, client advocacy and services for victims of domestic violence. She has worked as the Gender/Human Rights Specialist at the American Bar Association’s Central Eurasian and European Law Initiative in Azerbaijan where she trained on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, gender equality and capacity and coalition building. Ms. Herman has also served as the Associate Director of Sex Offense Programs at the Center for Court Innovation where she worked with the Office of Court Administration to research and develop specialized courts and emerging practice models on sex offenses in New York State. Ms. Herman is a New York Bar Admitted Attorney and a Licensed Master of Social Work. Ms. Herman received her law degree from Northeastern University and a Master of Social Work from Tulane University.
	Bryn Ann Herrschaft Senior Research Associate bherrsch@courts.state.ny.us Bryn Herrschaft is a Senior Research Associate at the Harlem Community Justice Center. She is currently conducting research with the Center’s programs, including a randomized study of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court. Prior to joining CCI, she was the project coordinator for a study involving jail-based reentry strategies in New Jersey county jails and a research associate on several evaluations of parole-based reentry programs with research centers located at Rutgers University. Ms. Herrschaft received her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from New York University and a Master’s of Criminal Justice from Rutgers University in 2009. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, where she also teaches undergraduate courses in Criminal Justice.
	Jeffrey Hobbs Deputy Projector Director, Midtown Community Court hobbsj@courtinnovation.org
	Suvi Hynynen Research Associate shynynen@courts.state.ny.us Suvi Hynynen is a research associate at the Center for Court Innovation. She is currently conducting research at the Red Hook Community Justice Center and at Bronx Community Solutions. Prior to joining the Center, she worked with various non-profit organizations on issues including domestic violence, transparency in foreign aid, and climate change. Ms. Hynynen received her B.A. from Brigham Young University and her Master’s of Public Administration from New York University in 2009.