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 $18 million. 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, Justice System Journal, Court Review, 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 for 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, the multi-jurisdictional community court in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. As director, he oversees the Justice Center's day-to-day operations and program development. Mr. Brodick joined the Center for Court Innovation in 1998 and has held numerous positions at the Red Hook Community Justice 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. He received his B.S. in business management from Saint John’s University in 1995.

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

Darcel Calixte
Resource Coordinator, Midtown Community Court
dcalixte@courts.state.ny.us

Leslie Carrasquillo
Assistant Program Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
lcarrasq@courts.state.ny.us

Sabrina Carter
Youth Court Associate, Staten Island Youth Court
sacarter@courts.state.ny.us

Toni Cela
Special Projects Coordinator, Crown Heights Mediation Center
tcela@crownheights.org

Ife Charles
Deputy Project Coordinator, Crown Heights Mediation Center
icharles@courts.state.ny.us

Amanda Cissner
Principal Research Associate
cissnera@courtinnovation.org
Amanda B. Cissner is a senior research associate at the Center for Court Innovation. She was the principal investigator on a process evaluation of the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court for adolescent perpetrators of relationship violence, and is currently working on an impact evaluation of that program. In addition, she is currently the principal investigator of a research intervention testing the effects of a dating violence prevention curriculum administered to college students at Syracuse University; the project director of a randomized trial testing the impact of intensive judicial monitoring on domestic violence offenders in Rochester, New York; and the lead analyst on a five-site Integrated Domestic Violence Court evaluation. She previously completed a study examining the impact of two different batterer program models on offender outcomes in Brooklyn and co-authored the Center’s statewide evaluation of adult drug courts.

Cynthia Cohen
Technology Lead
cohenc@courtinnovation.org
Cynthia Cohen is part of the team that develops and maintains the Center's web applications, including the Justice Center Application, the Juvenile Intervention Network, and the Harlem Youth Network. Her involvement in the development process is end-to-end, covering the spectrum from database queries to Java programming to front-end code. Ms. Cohen graduated from Binghamton University with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Studio Art.

Jason Collazo
Crew Supervisor, NYC Community Cleanup
jcollaz2@courts.state.ny.us

Jessica Colon
Deputy Project Director, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jecolon@courts.state.ny.us

Rachel Davidson
Youth Program Associate, Harlem Community Justice Center
rdavison@courts.state.ny.us

Elizabeth Delmonte
Administrative Assistant, Midtown Community Court
Edelmonte@courts.state.ny.us

Anthony DeMieri
Clinical Social Worker, Midtown Community Court
ademieri@courts.state.ny.us

Steve Dennis
Fiscal Manager
stdennis@courts.state.ny.us

Omar Diaz
Community Service Supervisor, Red Hook Community Justice Center
domar@courts.state.ny.us

Aissatou Diop
Intake Counselor, Midtown Community Court
adiop@courts.state.ny.us

Elvita Dominique
Program Coordinator, Technical Assistance
dominiquee@courtinnovation.org
Elvita Dominique is the Program Coordinator of Technical Assistance for the Center for Court Innovation. Prior to joining the staff at the Center, Ms. Dominique was an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP. Ms. Dominique received her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Before and during law school she interned with various public service-oriented organizations including the Midtown Community Court, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, the Harvard Tenant Advocacy Project, Jamaicans for Justice and the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Ms. Dominique also holds an M.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and received her B.A. from Barnard College.

Winter Drayton
Case Manager, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
wdrayton@courts.state.ny.us

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

Rachel Finkelstein
Technical Assistance Associate
finkelsteinr@courtinnovation.org

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.

Sarah Fritsche
Senior Research Associate
bradleys@courtinnovation.org
Sarah Fritsche is a senior research associate with a background in domestic violence research and program evaluation in community and criminal justice settings. She is currently conducting an evaluation of the Brooklyn Criminal Court’s centralized drug screening initiative, and is participating in several domestic violence research projects, including a national portrait of domestic violence courts and a survey of litigant perspectives in one of New York’s integrated domestic violence courts. Ms. Bradley graduated with a B.A. from Georgia State University and received a Master’s Degree in sociology from Hunter College in 2005.

Nancy Frost
Social Worker
nfrost@courts.state.ny.us

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
Case Manger, 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.

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

Adam Mansky
Director, Operations
amansky@courtinnovation.org
Adam Mansky became the Center for Court Innovation’s director of operations in February 2002. In that capacity, Mr. Mansky supervises the Center’s community courts and its technology and research departments. From 1997 until early 2002, Mr. Mansky was the Red Hook Community Justice Center’s project director, coordinating all aspects of its planning, development, implementation and operations. Prior to joining the Center for Court Innovation, Mr. Mansky practiced corporate law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and securities litigation at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D., cum laude, from the New York University School of Law. He currently sits on the Family Court / Family Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Shante Martin
Director of Youth Programs, Red Hook Community Justice Center
shmartin@courts.state.ny.us

Robyn Mazur
Deputy Director, Domestic Violence Programs
mazurr@courtinnovation.org
Ms. Mazur is involved in various domestic violence court planning and implementation efforts, coordinates several Roundtable discussions for Domestic Violence Judges throughout New York State, and has been instrumental in developing training curricula for NYS Town and Village Justices. Previously, she worked in a domestic violence shelter in Maryland, where she represented victims in protection order cases and she worked as a staff attorney at the National Network to End Domestic Violence where she focused on Violence Against Women Act legislation. She is a graduate of Tulane University and the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Fertia McCauley
Fiscal Associate
mccaulf@courtinnovation.org
Fertia McCauley joined the Center for Court Innovation team in 2007, as a fiscal associate, helping to facilitate the fiscal department's daily operations. She is a recent graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, where she received a B S in Accounting.

John Megaw
Deputy Project Director, Harlem Community Justice Center
megawj@courtinnovation.org

Evelyn Mejil
Director, Newark Youth Court
mejile@courtinnovation.org

Angela Merrill
Respite Social Worker, Staten Island Youth Justice Center
amerrill@courts.state.ny.us

John Mickens
Crew Supervisor, NYC Community Cleanup
jmicken2@courts.state.ny.us

Darren Mills
Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions
damills@courts.state.ny.us

Kelly Mulligan-Brown
Resource Coordinator, Newark Community Court
mulligank@courtinnovation.org

Peter Napoli
Development Associate
pnapoli@courts.state.ny.us

Melissa Novock
Case Manager, Bronx Community Solutions
mnovock@courts.state.ny.us

Susanna Osorno
Juvenile Justice Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center
sosorno@courts.state.ny.us
Susanna Osorno is the Juvenile Justice Coordinator responsible for the implementation of the Attendance Court program in both Red Hook and Harlem, including coordinating the relationships among the Justice Centers, schools, and service providers, and is the case manager for both project sites. She’s interned with the San Mateo Probation Department and the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department. Ms. Osorno also volunteered with the Mission Neighborhood Center on youth programs where she assisted in the development of a youth program for at-risk girls ages 13-17 in the Mission District of San Francisco. Before returning to the field of Public Service she worked in Human Resources for three years. Ms. Osorno earned her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and minor in criminal justice from San Francisco State University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University.

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

Sally Sanchez
Court Operations Coordinator, Harlem Community Justice Center
ssanchez@courts.state.ny.us
Sally Sanchez is the Clinic Coordinator at the Harlem Community Justice Center. Ms. Sanchez oversees and supervises the provision of direct services by case management staff who work with youth, adults and families involved in the Justice Center’s programs. Ms. Sanchez joined the Center for Court Innovation team in 2005 and has held various positions since then, originally starting as a case manager for the Juvenile Intervention Court and later as Parent Coordinator for the new Custody and Visitation Court. Prior to coming to the Harlem Community Justice Center, Ms. Sanchez worked as a Domestic Violence Advocate with Safe Horizons’ Domestic Violence Police Program. Ms. Sanchez received her Bachelors Degree in Government from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2003.

Jonah Schwartz
Clinical Director, Midtown Community Court
jschwartz@courts.state.ny.us

Derick Scott
Outreach Worker Supervisor, Crown Heights Mediation Center
descott@courts.state.ny.us

Ramon Semorile
Community Service Supervisor, Bronx Community Solutions
rsemoril@courts.state.ny.us

Jillian Shagan
Director, Development
shaganj@courtinnovation.org
Jillian Shagan oversees the Center’s development department and is responsible for coordinating Center-wide fundraising efforts. Before leading the development team, she worked on planning and implementing new community justice projects, including the Juvenile Reentry Network and the Juvenile Accountability Court. Ms. Shagan also spent two years as the coordinator of the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, a Center project that works to provide community residents with the skills and tools to settle their own conflicts and solve their own problems. She is a certified mediator, has given multiple trainings in conflict management to youth and adults, and continues to coordinate conflict resolution projects for the Center. Before joining the Center, Ms. Shagan directed the legal division of Lutheran Family and Community Services, an immigration and refugee resettlement agency, where she managed three church-based community immigration clinics and oversaw almost five hundred cases. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her law degree from the New York University School of Law.

Elaine Shea
Development Associate
eshea@courts.state.ny.us

Alfred Siegel
Deputy Director
siegela@courtinnovation.org
Alfred Siegel directs the design and implementation of the Center’s newest community court projects, including the Red Hook and Harlem Community Justice Centers and the Parole Reentry Court. Mr. Siegel served as the Deputy Commissioner of New York City’s Probation Department for eight and one half years. In that capacity, he directed a staff that annually supervised over 100,000 adult and juvenile probationers. Mr. Siegel has also served as an inspector general for the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and as an assistant district attorney in Bronx County. He is a graduate of New York University, where he also received a master’s degree. Mr. Siegel received his law degree from Rutgers University.

Tabitha Sieloff
Community Resource Coordinator
tsieloff@courts.state.ny.us

TK Singleton
Community Initiatives Coordinator, Bronx Community Solutions
tksingle@courts.state.ny.us

Christine Sisario
Director, Technology
sisarioc@courtinnovation.org
Christine Sisario is responsible for overseeing the development and roll-out of all technology projects at the Center. Her duties include coordinating application compliance with court operations and technology standards, testing, user training and support, and managing the programming and analyst staff responsible for developing applications and the Center’s various public websites. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Sisario worked for the New York State Office of Court Administration on statewide network design and roll-out and, in the private sector, on worldwide technology project management assignments. Ms. Sisario received a B.A. from SUNY Geneseo, and a Master of Public Administration from Marist College. In addition she possesses a number of technical certifications and distinctions.

Benjamin Smith
Deputy Project Director, NYC Community Cleanup
bsmith@courts.state.ny.us

Kai Smith
Brooklyn Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup
kaismith@courts.state.ny.us

Gene Sorkin
Systems Engineer/Staff Photographer
sorking@courtinnovation.org
Gene Sorkin joined the Center in 1999 and is currently responsible for network administration and technology service management. He maintains the Center’s servers, workstations, audio visual equipment, phone/voicemail systems and Blackberrys. Working with Novell and Microsoft networks, he manages multiple site networking, terminal services, VPN, remote desktop and firewall products. Mr. Sorkin provides on-going research and support for cutting edge technology products and systems, and special projects such as a project-based Linux operating system. Mr. Sorkin also functions as the Center’s photographer for special events. His photos of the Mayor of New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg have appeared in the Benchmark Journal and some of his personal work has been published in the New York Times.

Jacqueline Soto
Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
jsoto@courts.state.ny.us

Linda Steele
Executive Specialist, Midtown Community Court
lsteele@courts.state.ny.us

Danielle Stockweather
Deputy Project Director, Midtown Community Court
stockweatherd@courtinnovation.org

Adam Sugerman
Senior Applications Developer
sugermana@courtinnovation.org

Elizabeth Swan
Coordinator of Court Operations, Bronx Community Solutions
eswan@courts.state.ny.us

Rachel Swaner
Senior Research Associate
rswaner@courts.state.ny.us
Rachel Swaner is a senior research associate at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, focusing on the development and evaluation of various youth programs; she is also doing research on youth-led social change as part of a capacity building project for the Youth Justice Board. Prior to joining CCI, she was a research associate at the Harlem Children’s Zone, where she evaluated social, educational, and health programs for children and youth. Ms. Swaner received her B.S. and Master’s of Public Administration from New York University, and is currently A.B.D. in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Alice Tapia
Coordinator, Red Hook Community Justice Center
atapia@courts.state.ny.us

Brett Taylor
Deputy Director, Technical Assistance
taylorb@courtinnovation.org
Brett Taylor is the Center's Deputy Director of National Technical Assistance. He was a trial attorney for the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn for over 10 years before becoming the senior defense attorney for six years at the Red Hook Community Justice Center upon its opening in April 2000. He has been a trainer for the Red Hook Youth Court since 1999 and is entering his ninth year of organizing and coaching the Red Hook Youth Baseball League. He is also completing his first year as the Hearing Officer for P.S. 27’s Attendance Court. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Rebecca Thomforde Hauser
Associate Director, Domestic Violence Programs
thomforr@courtinnovation.org
As the Associate Director of Domestic Violence Programs, Rebecca Thomforde Hauser assists jurisdictions nationally and in New York State to plan and implement Domestic Violence, Integrated Domestic Violence, Sex Offense and Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Courts. Before coming to the Center, she was a Victim Witness Advocate at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, providing crisis intervention, case management, and court advocacy to domestic violence victims as well as other victims of violent crimes. While in Boston, she also worked at Safe Havens: The Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence, creating curricula and coordinating a year-long training domestic violence education program for clergy and laity from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim congregations throughout the greater Boston area. She graduated from Earlham College, where she received a Fulbright Scholarship, and Boston University School of Theology.

Carolyn Torres
Director Mental Health, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
catorres@courts.state.ny.us

Melissa Torres
Office Manager, Red Hook Community Justice Center
meltorres@courts.state.ny.us

Matthew Usher
Crew Supervisor, Bronx Community Solutions
musher@courts.state.ny.us

Justine van Straaten
Director, Child Welfare Programs
vanstraj@courtinnovation.org
Justine van Straaten is the Director of the Family Court Blueprint for Change initiative at the Center. The Blueprint for Change, in collaboration with the New York City Family Court, represents a coordinated vision for improving the processing of abuse and neglect matters in the Family Court by building upon reforms that are already underway. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. van Straaten was a policy analyst at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services in the Division of Child Protection. Ms. van Straaten received a Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and received both a law degree and a Masters in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago, where she was a CIVITAS ChildLaw fellow.

Anthony Vargas
Manhattan Borough Manager, NYC Community Cleanup
avargas@courts.state.ny.us

Luisana Victorica
Project Coordinator, Attendance Court
lvictori@courts.state.ny.us

Alina Vogel
Web Technology Associate
vogela@courtinnovation.org
Alina Vogel is a web technology associate, she is in charge of the administration and development of the Center's websites; her responsibilities include project management, programming, design, and ongoing development. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Vogel worked for a number of not-for-profit organizations, including the Ms. Foundation and the White House Project. She has also worked for the Environmental Protection Agency. In her native Romania, Ms. Vogel worked for 4 years as a reporter for a major Romanian newspaper and various magazines. She received her Master's in Journalism from Bucharest University.

Lavon Walker
Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center
lawalker@courts.state.ny.us

Christopher Watler
Project Director, Harlem Community Justice Center
watlerc@courtinnovation.org
Christopher Watler is project director of the Harlem Community Justice Center, the community court in Harlem focusing on housing, youth crime, and offender reentry. As director, he oversees day-to-day operations and program development. Mr. Watler previously served as the Deputy Director of National Technical Assistance where he provided information & assistance on community justice initiatives to a broad audience, by leading site-visits to the Center’s demonstration projects, conducting training, providing hands-on assistance to jurisdictions developing community court and prosecution programs, assisting in the development of community justice curricula, and coordinating partnerships with model community justice programs. Mr. Walter has also served as part of the original planning teams for the Red Hook Community Justice Center and the Crown Height Community Mediation Center. Before coming to the Center, Mr. Walter worked as the Operations and Training Manager at the City Volunteer Corps and as a Community Center Director for the Union Settlement Association where he supervised programs involving youth and seniors. He holds a Masters of Public Administration from John Jay College of the City University of New York.

Elise White
Director of Youth and Family Services, Red Hook Community Justice Center
ewhite@courtinnovation.org

Steven Wint
Case Manger, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens
swint@courts.state.ny.us

Robert V. Wolf
Director, Communications
wolfr@courtinnovation.org
Robert V. Wolf oversees the production of the Center's publications. His responsibilities include editing, layout and production. Mr. Wolf, who worked previously as a reporter, columnist and editor, has written numerous white papers, articles, grant proposals and speeches on the Center's behalf. Over the years, his work has appeared in the New York Times; The Justice System Journal; the Journal of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts; The Judges' Journal; and the Texas Journal of Corrections, among others. He is co-editor, with Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox, of A Problem-Solving Revolution: Making Change Happen in State Courts. A graduate of Columbia University, he is also the author of two books for young adults, Capital Punishment and The Jury System, published by Chelsea House. The Jury System was honored by the New York Public Library as one of its recommended "Books for the Teen Age" in 1999.

Scott Wolf
Senior Research Associate
swolf@courts.state.ny.us
Scott Wolf is a senior research associate at the Center for Court Innovation. He is currently investigating child abuse and neglect cases in the New York City Family Court as part of the Family Court's Blueprint for Change initiative. Prior to joining the Center, he conducted research on intergroup conflict, close relationships, personality, and alcohol use and abuse. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of North Carolina.

Achisimach Yisrael
Outreach Worker, Crown Heights Mediation Center
ayisrael@courts.state.ny.us

Phillip Zielinski
Senior Program Associate
zielinsp@courtinnovation.org
Phil Zielinski serves as the Drug Court Program Associate at CCI. In this capacity, he is responsible for daily operations and administrative support for the department, as well as planning and implementing the New York State Drug Treatment Court Training series. Previously, he acted as a technical assistance associate for the Center, planning and coordinating all site visits to the Center’s demonstration projects. He received his BA in Political Science and Philosophy from Western Washington University.