Leah Sakala has over 15 years of experience working on policy change to build better safety solutions. As Senior State Policy Manager at ASJ, she advances campaigns through research, policy analysis, and strategy development.
Before joining ASJ, Leah was a senior policy associate in the Urban Institute’s Justice and Safety Division, where she developed research and provided technical assistance to advance adult and youth justice reform on the state and local levels, and to strengthen community safety strategies. She also previously worked as a senior policy analyst at the Prison Policy Initiative, where she led research and campaigns to document and mitigate the harms of mass incarceration.
Leah holds a BA from Smith College and MPP and MBA in nonprofit management degrees from Brandeis University.
