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	Liannette Perez Program Associate, Drug Courts liaperez@courts.state.ny.us
	Amber Petitt Mental Health Supervisor, Bronx Community Solutions apetitt@courts.state.ny.us
	Jonathan Pettiford Crew Supervisor, Midtown Community Court Jpettiford@courts.state.ny.us
	Shernette Pink Compliance Monitor, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens spink@courts.state.ny.us
	Fernan Polanco Crew Supervisor, Midtown Community Court Fpolanco@courts.state.ny.us
	Rachel Porter Senior Research Associate rporter@courts.state.ny.us Rachel Porter is a senior research associate at the Center for Court Innovation. She has authored numerous research publications and presentations in sentencing and corrections including early evaluations of New York City drug courts, alternatives to incarceration and parole. Prior to coming to CCI she managed domestic programs for a human rights organization. Rachel is currently working on collaborative research on procedural justice in the California Court System and Integrated Domestic Violence Courts in New York State. With colleagues at CCI she is also developing a set of performance indicators of problem solving courts. Ms. Porter teaches sociology at John Jay College. She received her B.A. from Columbia University where she also attended the School of Public Health. She is currently pursing her PhD at the Graduate Center of CUNY.
	Carrie Potts Resource Coordinator, Bronx Community Solutions cpotts@courts.state.ny.us
	Amy Pumo Director, Child & Adolescent Witness Support Program pumoa@courtinnovation.org Amy is the program coordinator and therapist for the Child and Adolescent Witness Support Program. Her role is to develop and sustain the program’s ability to address the mental health needs of young survivors of violent crime. She is a member of the Bronx Multidisciplinary Team on Child Physical and Sexual Abuse, and the Bronx Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Task Force. Over the last ten years, Amy has worked with youth and families in foster care, psychiatric hospitals, and community-based programs. Amy has also worked as a diversity trainer for graduate students and as a consultant for a creative healing arts organization. She has volunteered as a birth assistant; a companion for dying patients; and as an art curator and events planner for a social justice community space. Amy received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Villanova University and her graduate degree in social work from Columbia University.
	Stephanie Quinones Senor Job Developer, Midtown Community Court quinoness@courtinnovation.org
	Valerie Raine Director, Drug Court Programs rainev@courtinnovation.org As the director of drug treatment court projects at the Center for Court Innovation, Valerie Raine assists New York’s Unified Court System in developing and training drug courts across New York State. She also oversees numerous national drug court technical assistance projects which are supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. From 1996 to 2000, she was project director of the Brooklyn Treatment Court, where she helped develop and manage New York City's first drug treatment court. She currently serves as President of the New York Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals and is a former member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Ms. Raine developed and taught a course on problem-solving justice at Fordham Law School, has served as faculty for the National Drug Court Institute and presented at numerous conferences over the past decade. Previously, she worked for 14 years at the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division in Kings County, where she was appointed attorney-in-charge in 1994. Ms. Raine is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.
	Veronica Ramadan Office Manager ramadanv@courtinnovation.org Veronica Ramadan manages the Center's facilites, internal procedures, new staff orientation and events planning. Ms. Ramadan handles vendor relations, negotiates vendor contracts and purchases. Prior to working with non-profit organizations, Ms. Ramadan spent over 20 years with United Nations delegations and NGO’s working on diverse issues as inalienable rights of refugees to self-determination, national independence and sovereignty. She has also worked with developing countries using creative media, the power of storytelling and the reach of broadcast media to promote Sexual and Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Gender Equality, and to foster social change. Ms. Ramadan is a member of MCC’s Volunteer Advisory Board. Ms. Ramadan attended Hunter College in New York City receiving a B.A. summa cum laude in Media Studies and Sociology, and an M.A. in Communications and Mass Culture.
	Chante Ramsey Associate Director of Finance ramseyc@courtinnovation.org Chantè Ramsey is responsible for planning and managing program budgets and assists the development department in the production of budgets, reports to grantors, and contract compliance, facilitate the flow of communication between the Center’s parent organization, the Fund for the City of New York, and the Center programs. Previously, she worked as the Assistant Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs & Research at Baruch College and as the Assistant to the Grants Officer of the Fund for the City of New York. She received her Masters Degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Organizational and Human Resource Management at the Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs, and a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and Finance at Brooklyn College with a minor in Journalism.
	Angelica Raygoza Mental Health Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions araygoza@courts.state.ny.us
	Dennis Reilly Deputy Project Director for Drug Court Projects reillyd@courtinnovation.org As the Deputy Director of Drug Court Programs, Dennis A. Reilly Esq. provides training, technical assistance, and development support for drug treatment courts. He has served as the Director of the Brooklyn Treatment Court and the Problem-Solving Courts Coordinator for the Kings Supreme Court. Previously, he worked for the Connecticut Judicial Branch as a Special Deputy Sheriff, Trial Court Clerk, Pretrial Services Officer, Supervision Officer, Court Planner, and as a founding team member of the first two drug courts in Connecticut. He also worked as a Deputy Director at the National Drug Court Institute, developing and initiating the Drug Court Planning Initiative, and is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, School of Administration and Management, the University of Denver, College of Law, and the University of Amsterdam School for Executive Development in International Relations.
	Michael Rempel Research Director rempelm@courtinnovation.org Michael Rempel is the Center’s research director and is actively involved in projects concerning drug courts, domestic violence, and applications of problem-solving principles in traditional court settings. He recently directed a statewide evaluation of New York’s adult drug courts; a randomized experiment testing the impact of batterer programs; and a national survey examining how courts respond to the noncompliance of domestic violence offenders with judicial orders. Currently, he is principal investigator of a national study of specialized domestic violence courts and co-principal investigator of a multi-site evaluation of adult drug courts across the country. He is co-editor of Documenting Results: Research on Problem-Solving Justice (2007). Previously, he published articles on contemporary social theory and the political sociology of advanced industrial societies and co-edited Citizen Politics in Post-Industrial Societies (1997).
	Moises Reyes Coordinator Community Service, Bronx Community Solutions moreyes@courts.state.ny.us
	Luis Rivera Assistant Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup lrivera@courts.state.ny.us
	Taina Rivera Case Manager, Harlem Community Justice Center trivera2@courts.state.ny.us
	Caren Rodriguez Monitor Compliance, Bronx Community Solutions cerodri@courts.state.ny.us
	Sonia Rodriquez Clinical Coordinator, Midtown Community Court srodrigu@courts.state.ny.us
	Orleny Rojas Resource Coordinator, Bronx Community Solutions orojas@courts.state.ny.us
	Sandra Rollins Compliance Counselor, Bronx Community Solutions srollins@courts.state.ny.us
	Jacklyn Romanoff Coordinator, Staten Island Youth Court jromanof@courts.state.ny.us
	Omarax Rosa Case Manager, Harlem Community Justice Center romarax@courts.state.ny.us
	Christina Ruffino Project Manager, Drug Courts ruffinoc@courtinnovation.org