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	Ronell Jack Crew Supervisor, NYC Community Cleanup rjack@courts.state.ny.us
	Wendell Jack Facilities Manager, Midtown Community Court Wjack@courts.state.ny.us
	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.
	Nigel Jackson Reentry Court Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center njackson@courts.state.ny.us
	Lisa Jones Program Manager, Crown Heights Mediation Center lijones@courts.state.ny.us
	Roberto Julbe Resource Center Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center rjulbe@courts.state.ny.us
	Sara Kaplan Coordinator of Youth and Family Services, Red Hook Community Justice Center skaplan@courts.state.ny.us
	Jessica Kay Social worker, Red Hook Community Justice Center jkay@courts.state.ny.us
	Dana Kralstein Associate Research Director kralsteind@courtinnovation.org Dana Kralstein is involved with research on adult, family and juvenile drug courts, as well as community courts in New York City and throughout the state; Ms. Kralstein is also involved in a National Adult Drug Court Evaluation. Ms. Kralstein received her B.A. from the University of Rochester and her Master's in Public Policy from the University of Michigan with a concentration in social policy.
	Melissa Labriola Associate Director of Research labriolam@courtinnovation.org Melissa Labriola is a principal research associate at the Center for Court Innovation. She is currently the principal investigator of a randomized trial testing the impact of intensive judicial monitoring on domestic violence offenders in Rochester, New York. She is also project director of a national study of specialized domestic violence courts; and is participating in an evaluation of a New York City-based initiative to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children. She previously served as lead analyst on the Center’s randomized trial testing the impact of batterer programs; served as project director of a national survey of court responses to offender noncompliance with batterer program mandates; and participated in the Center’s statewide evaluation of adult drug courts.
	Julius Lang Director, Technical Assistance langj@courtinnovation.org Julius Lang is Director of Technical Assistance at the Center for Court Innovation. Mr. Lang oversees the Center's consulting services - including workshops, site visits and in-person consulting - for jurisdictions around the nation and internationally. He currently spearheads national technical assistance efforts for the Community-Based Problem-Solving Criminal Justice Initiative, the newest effort of the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice to promote the wider use of problem-solving principles and practices. Previously, Mr. Lang served as the Coordinator of the Midtown Community Court – the Center’s first demonstration project – in Manhattan’s Times Square neighborhood. Prior to joining the Midtown Community Court, Mr. Lang was chief of staff to New York City’s Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Villanova University School of Law. He also spent several years as an associate at the international law firm of Shearman & Sterling, serving in their New York and London offices.
	Manuel Larino Queens Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup mlarino@courts.state.ny.us
	Dwayne Lashley Assistant Borough Manger, NYC Community Cleanup dlashley@courts.state.ny.us
	Colin Lentz Program Associate, Youth Justice Board clentz@courts.state.ny.us
	Amy Levitt Director, Finance & Administration levitta@courtinnovation.org Amy Levitt directs the Center’s fiscal and administrative staff and works closely with the Center's Director. She is responsible for fiscal planning, management and oversight, contract compliance, risk management, human resources and employee relations. Her duties include the management of an operating budget in excess of $16 million annually. She developed and is responsible for overseeing Center fiscal and administrative policy and procedures. In addition, she manages the Center’s performance review program and promotes staff welfare and workplace satisfaction for over 170 employees. Amy is a 1986 graduate of the School of Business at the State University of New York at Albany. She is a Coro alumna of Leadership New York XV. She has served as the Administrator for the 9/11 Court Families Assistance Fund and the UCS Katrina Courts & Families Recovery Fund. Amy has held financial positions in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors in New York City.
	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.
	Scott Long Senior Applications Developer longs@courtinnovation.org Scott is part of the team that develops and maintains the Center's web applications. Since joining the Center in 2003 he has been involved with several technology projects including the Domestic Violence Application, Justice Center Application, the Center's public website, and multiple online training initiatives. For each of these projects he has contributed to front end developement and database development through the software development lifecycle. Prior to joining the Center Mr. Long developed software which was specifically designed for, and is currently used by, several major corporations including Cisco Systems, IBM, and AOL. Mr. Long graduated from Marist College with a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics.
	Edith Lopez Administrative Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center elopez1@courts.state.ny.us
	Stephanie Lovett Intake specialist, Red Hook Community Justice Center stlovett@courts.state.ny.us
	Victorica Luisana Project Coordinator, Attendance Court vluisana@courts.state.ny.us
	Vanessa Lynch Compliance Monitor, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens velynch@courts.state.ny.us