* this is an ongoing project and we will be adding things as we learn about them
Professional Development Training Planning Group
Chair: Melissa Dineen – Training Chief, Training Dept.
Members:
Emily Cardy – Criminal Defense Training Attorney, Training Dept.
Theresa Coney – Racial Equity Trainer, Training Dept.
Jacquelyn Diaz – Administrative Assistant I, Training Dept.
Ira Gant – Forensic Services Litigation Director, Training Dept.
Katy Krywonis – CAFL Training Attorney, Training Dept.
Barbara Mulvey-Welsh –Supervising AA, Training Dept.
Melanie Roberts – YAD Training Director, Training Dept.
Delfina Hite – Asst. Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Dept.
Wellness
Co-chairs: Beau Kealy – Mental Health Training Director, Training Dept.
and Jen Coliflores – Supervising Attorney, PDD Worcester
Members:
Erica Cushna – YAD Trial Panel Director, Training Dept.
Sarah Derby – Director of Social Work, CAFL
Kristin Dame – Director of Private Social Work, Private Counsel
Kathy Sinnott – Attorney in Charge, CAFL Lowell
Lisa Hewitt – General Counsel
Johanie Rodriguez – HR Generalist, Human Resources
Jennifer Magaw – Trial Attorney, PDD Fall River
Maeve Edwards – Social Services Advocate, PDD Salem
Pasqua Scibelli – Director, ACRSU
Donna Heimlich – Asst. Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Dept.
Mentor Group
Chair: Melissa Dineen – Training Chief, Training Department
Members:
Delfina Hite – Asst. Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Dept.
Jennifer Magaw – Trial Attorney, PDD Fall River
Priscilla Duffy- Managing Director, YAD
Olivia Dubois – Director of Social Work, MHLD
Lianne Henderson – Trial Attorney, CAFL Worcester
Samuel Aylesworth – Assistant General Counsel, General Counsel’s Office
Adrian Angus – Criminal Defense Training Attorney, Training Dept.
Samantha Ambriose – Trial Attorney, YAD Quincy
Zelly Steering Committee
James Dixon – Managing Director, PDD
Kristen Gondim – Project Coordinator, Administration
Ziyad Hopkins – AIC, YAD Quincy
Jacquelyn O’Brien – Managing Director, CAFL
Gisel Pimentel – Business Systems Analyst, IT
Michelle Yee – Managing Director, MHLD
Jack Weydt – Director of Applications, IT
Discovering Justice
Alexandra August
Randall Brachman
Rachel Johnson
Bob Ryan
Holistic Defense Group
Carrie Domzalski
Reconstituted Conflicts Committee
Laura Sanford
Strategic Planning Committee
Jasmine Villanueva-Simms
Zelly Working Group
Denise Tetrault
Springfield Courthouse Environmental Advisory Board
Matt Fleischner
Transfer and Rotation Committee
Jay Dixon
Priscilla Duffy
Jacquelyn O’Brien
Nan Whitfield
Arnie Stewart
Zelly CAFL Working Group
Rebecca Cardenales
AnnMarie Davenport
Lianne Henderson
Natalie Jenrette
Conflicts Committee
Lisa Sheehan
Juvenile and Child Welfare Section Council of the MBA
Patricia Johnston
Queer Defenders, Unconventionally Gendered Humans (U.G.H.)
Craig Gimbrone
CPCS Disabilities Affinity Group
Craig Gimbrone
CAFL Racial Justice Task Force Steering Committee and Communications Committee
Rebecca Amdemariam
Victoria Blier
Aimee Bouchard
Cris and Deb Freitas
Anna Kelly
Dan Mahoney
Sherrie Niles
Alexis Torrey Williams
CAFL Training Hypothetical Re-Writing Group TCPT
Rebecca Amdemariam
Rachel Hypolite
Amy Karp
Dorothy Storrow
Yangchen Tenzin Nangpa
Community Engagement working group for the EID plan
Aezad Aftab
Delano Bailey
Erica Cushna
Kristin Dame
Dan Mahoney
Carly Pedersen
EID Access Committee
Jasmine Villanueva-Simms
CAFL United Field Work Support Committee & CAFL Racial Justice Task Force
Romina Silahain
Harms of Removal Project, Subcommittee: Aids for Attorneys
Megan Deeley
CAFL Legal Response Team
Cheryl Ludwig
Ann O’Connor
Black Affinity Group
Valdir Cabral
Kisha Jones
CAFL Transition Age Youth Training Group
Amy Ponte
Fall River Youth Violence Group
Amy Ponte
Fall River CBHI Systems of Care group
Amy Ponte
JJPAD CBI Subcommittee through OCA
Amy Ponte
CAFL Motion Bank Working Group
David Cohen
Chris Mahoney
CAFL Harms of Removal group
Ann O’Connor
NACC Certification Committee
Ann O’Connor
Chair of EID events, the core EID working group
Kisha Jones
Hampden County Justice project
Kisha Jones
SJC working group on Substance Use and Mental Illness
Lisa Tankanow
AAPI Affinity Group
Tenzin Nangpa
Justice Reinvestment Policy Oversight Board
Jay Dixon
Legislative Policy Forum
Jay Dixon
Springfield Courthouse Environmental Advisory Board
Jay Dixon
PDD Murder List Point Person for the DCC
Jay Dixon
Arnie Stewart
Pasqua Scibelli
CPCS Wellness Committee
CPCS Appellate Directors Committee
Alexei Tymoczko
CPCS Appellate Directors Committee
Kristin Dame
Wellness Committee
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Community Engagement Subcommittee
ART (Anti-Racism Training)
Outside of CPCS: DOC Classification Tool Revalidation Committee.
Jacky Oppler
Legislative Policy Forum
Outside of CPCS: Monthly CHNA Health Community Fall River, Regional Behavioral Health for Justice Involved Individuals (BHJI) Stakeholders meetings.
Outside of CPCS for both Kristin and Jacky: PAACA/SOURCE (a re-entry coalition in Bristol County); the CJI Health Working Group Meeting (MassHealth Demonstration Waiver); and the statewide Behavioral Health for Justice Involved Individuals (BHJI) Implementation meeting.
Vanessa Vélez
Outside of CPCS: member of the Alternative Paths to Licensure subcommittee of the Massachusetts SJC’s Steering Committee on Bar Admissions.
Mara Voukydis
Outside of CPCS: member of the Coalition for Effective Public Safety (CEPS);DOC Classification Tool Revalidation Committee.
Nicole Ouellette
Outside of CPCS: representative for the Behavioral Health for Justice Involved Individuals (BHJI).
CPCS Restorative Justice Working Group Participants, 2022-2023
Kristen Graves, Chair, Staff Attorney Salem PDD
Allison Cartwright, Managing Director PDD, Central Region
John Lozada, CPCS Equity and Inclusion Director
Theresa Coney, CPCS Racial Equity Statewide Training Lead
Cristina Rodrigues, Staff Attorney Boston PDD
Sarah Laughlin, SSA for PDD Boston
Ziyad Hopkins, AIC Quincy YAD
Jill Klowden, AIC Quincy PDD
Katherine Grubbs, AIC Pittsfield PDD
Caitlin Perry, Staff Attorney Pittsfield PDD
CPCS RJ Working Group Position Paper – May 2023
Technology Committee – established by Arnie Stewart
Jim Barakat
Connor Barusch
Kyle Cormier
Andrew daMota
Lindsey Ferreira
Timothy Flynn
Erin Fuller
Jeff Garland
Jason Green
Jesse Grove
Jing Marcos
Neni Odiaga
Paola Reyes
Arnie Stewart
Nathan Wong