Staff

California Government Affairs Director

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Anthony pursued his Master’s in Social Welfare to work on social justice issues and reform the criminal justice system. As director of government affairs, Anthony is responsible for strategizing and advocating for Safe and Just’s legislative and budget agenda in the California Capitol. Anthony began his career as an administrative analyst for the City of […]

CSSJ Training & Chapter Engagement Manager

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David Guizar, CSSJ Membership Engagement Manager

David currently serves as our CSSJ Training & Chapter Engagement Manager. He previously was in the role of CSSJ Membership Engagement Manager.

Associate Director, CSJ

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Tesha, CA Program Manager

Tesha Laurente is the Associate Director of Californians for Safety and Justice. With a proven track record of success, Tesha is one of the driving forces behind CSJ’s programmatic achievements, orchestrating impactful campaigns (Progress Not Prisons, We Are Survivors, Just Safe) and special events (Time Done Concert, Survivors Speak CA) with finesse

CSJ Director of Communications

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Will Matthews began his career an award-winning investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, where he documented governmental corruption in San Bernardino County and investigated the financial dealings of prominent southern California medical school leaders, leading to an investigation by the state Attorney General. He then served as a senior media relations associate for […]

Californians for Safety and Justice Executive Director

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A crime survivor and a native of San Francisco, Tinisch is the Executive Director of Californians for Safety and Justice — the Alliance for Safety and Justice’s flagship state-based program in California. Tinisch previously served for two years as CSJ’s Associate Director as well as the California State Director of Crime Survivors for Safety and […]

Digital Engagement Strategist

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Paul is an information technologist with over eight years of executive experience designing 100+ custom software solutions for Enterprise and Startup clients like 3M, ESPN, SIEMENS, Clean Up Stockton, and more. Paul is well-versed with software product design, and agile development to bring a new product to market. Paul is a nationally recognized app developer […]

Managing Director, State Policy and Research

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John is a criminal justice reform advocate with extensive experience developing policy strategies for successful reform campaigns. As Director of State Policy at Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), John leads the research and development of new policy approaches in support of ASJ’s work across states. Prior to joining ASJ, John crafted policy strategies for […]

Survivors Speak Campaign Director

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Anna began her career as a social worker and youth justice advocate. Her personal experience as a child sexual abuse survivor and family separation is what called her to work in policy. Anna joined CSJ after serving as the Policy Director of The Anti-Recidivism Coalition, where she helped pass three major pieces of legislation that […]

Federal Policy Director

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Jason is the Alliance for Safety and Justice’s Federal Policy Director. Her was previously the Director of Research and Publications. He is the former Executive Director and Director for Research and Policy with the Justice Policy Institute. He has also served on executive team of probation, parole and juvenile justice agencies in Washington, D.C., and […]