Members
Kitty Atkins
Associate Director, Dispute Resolution Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Pam Barragan
Commander, Saint Paul Police Department Community Partnership Unit
Vernona Boswell
Sr. Division Manager, Diversity and Inclusion Director – Victim Witness Division, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Toni Carter
Ramsey County District 4 Commissioner
John Choi
Ramsey County Attorney
Chris Crutchfield
Deputy Director, Community Relations and External Affairs, Ramsey County Community Corrections
Richard Frase
Benjamin N. Berger Professor of Criminal Law, and Co-Director, Robina Institute of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School
Juanita Freeman
Judge, Minnesota Tenth Judicial District, Washington County
Mike Freeman
Former Hennepin County Attorney
Jon Geffen
Director, Reentry Clinic, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Shannon Geshick
Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and citizen of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Nadine Graves
Attorney, Hennepin County Adult Representation Services, Child Protection Defense Unit
Sia Her
Executive Director, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
Miriam Itzkowitz
Director of Trauma Informed Care, Institute to Transform Child Protection, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Tadd Johnson
Senior Director, American Indian Tribal Nations Relations; Director, Tribal Sovereignty Institute; Director, Graduate Studies in the American Indian Studies Department, University of Minnesota
Mark Kappelhoff
Judge, Minnesota Fourth Judicial District, Hennepin County
Matthew Langer
Colonel, Chief of the Minnesota State Patrol
Amy Lauricella
Specialist, Office of Government and Community Relations, Minnesota Department of Corrections
Yusef Mgeni
Vice President, MN/Dakotas Area Conference NAACP and Saint Paul NAACP Executive Committee
Kelly Mitchell
Executive Director, Robina Institute of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice, University of Minnesota Law School; Chair, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Mary Moriarty
Hennepin County Attorney
Anthony Niedwiecki
President and Dean, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Laura Pietan
Judge, Minnesota Tenth Judicial District, Washington County
Sharon Press
Professor and Director, Dispute Resolution Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Jennifer Prestholdt
Deputy Director; Director of International Justice Program, The Advocates for Human Rights
Jane Prince
Council Member, St. Paul City Council, Ward 7
Kathy Quick
Chair, Humphrey School’s Management and Leadership area & Academic Co-Director of the University wide Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota
Kevin Reese
Director of Criminal Justice at Voices for Racial Justice
Erica Schumacher
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Community Relations, Ramsey County
Paul Scoggin
Judge, Minnesota Fourth Judicial District, Hennepin County
Raj Sethuraju
Associate Professor, School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
Ahmed Sirleaf
International Development, Transitional Justice, and Conflict Resolution Professional, Community Mediation and Restorative Services
Linda Sloan
Executive Director, Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage
Nicole Starr
Judge, Minnesota Second Judicial District, Ramsey County
John Thompson
Director, Fight for Justice Enterprises LLC; Member, Minnesota House of Representatives
Rosa Tock
Executive Director, Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
Otis Zanders
CEO and President, Ujamaa Place
Student Assistants
Jay Anderson
Intern, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Julie Sell
Extern, Mitchell Hamline School of Law