Who We Are

Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ) is a multi-state organization that aims to replace over-incarceration with more effective public safety solutions rooted in crime prevention, community health, rehabilitation and support for crime victims. Focused on the largest states in the country, we partner with state leaders and advocates to achieve safety and justice reforms through advocacy, organizing, coalition building, research and communications.

Executive Management

Lenore Anderson

Chief Executive & President

Lenore is the founder and President of Alliance for Safety and Justice, and founder and Executive Director of Californians for Safety and Justice. She is an attorney with extensive experience working to improve our criminal justice system. She is a regular commentator in the media about challenges within our...

Jay Jordan

Vice President & National Director of TimeDone

Jay Jordan has worked at the intersection of social justice and politics throughout his career. During his tenure at LA Voice PICO, Jay was instrumental in recruiting and training churches in the South Los Angeles area. He served as one of the lead organizers for the Campaign to Ban...

Andrea Broxton

Chief Operations Officer

Andrea Broxton is the Chief Operating Officer at the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), a project of Tides Center, and is responsible for leading the organization’s state and national operations. In this capacity, she oversees the operational and financial growth plans that enable ASJ to scale up and...

Shakyra Diaz

Chief of Staff & Ohio State Director

Shakyra is a strategist with extensive public policy and organizing experience grounded in authentic coalition building. Shakyra plays a crucial leadership role in building the national membership of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ), leading the effort to develop online and offline platforms for organizing and community-building and...

Shaena Fazal

Managing Director of Advocacy

Shaena Fazal is the Director of Legislative Advocacy for the Alliance for Safety and Justice. She has over 20 years of experience advocating for youth and criminal justice reform as a public defender, policy advocate and lobbyist. She has worked on campaigns related to the abolition of the death...

Mandela Jones

Chief Communications Officer

Mandela Jones is the Chief Communications Officer for Alliance for Safety and Justice and Californians for Safety and Justice. He is an astute political strategist and communications professional with extensive experience in the legislative branch of government, electoral and public policy issue advocacy campaigns.

Aswad Thomas

Chief of Organizing & National Director of CSSJ

On August 24, 2009, Aswad was 26 years old and just three weeks from going to Europe to play professional basketball. As he left a convenience store, he was approached by two men intent on robbing him and he suffered two near-fatal gunshots to his back, ending his basketball...

Robert Rooks

President Emeritus of Advisory Board

Robert is a seasoned organizer and campaigner who over the last two decades worked to achieve landmark wins in justice reform in multiple states. Robert is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance for Safety and Justice where he oversees all of ASJ’s state-based advocacy strategies and campaigns...

Terry Rillera

Executive Assistant to the President

Terry Rillera is the Executive Assistant to Lenore Anderson. Previously she was the executive assistant at the California League of Conservation Voters, the nonpartisan political arm of California’s environmental movement, and before that at the Public Policy Institute of California, which performs independent, objective, nonpartisan public policy research. She’s...

Aswad Thomas

Chief of Organizing & National Director of CSSJ

LaDonna Butler

Senior Manager, CSSJ

Dr. LaDonna Butler is the Senior Program Manager of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ), a national organization focused on criminal justice reform, centering the experiences of survivors. Her lived experience resulted in her commitment to Collective Healing, Wellness and Liberation for those impacted by systemic barriers to wellbeing. Prior to joining...

Juan Pablo Chavez

Florida Regional Manager

Juan Pablo has been working in Latino communities and with faith leaders for over 20 years. In 1992, he began organizing youth groups for the Archdiocese of Chicago. In 1999, he helped implement the CeaseFire model in the Southside of Chicago, a program to reduce shootings and murders while...

Tricia Forbes

CSSJ Regional Training Manager

Tricia provides leadership and advocacy training to crime survivors and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice partners across Texas. She has 25 years of experience working in the movement for social, economic, and racial justice. Her career began at a feminist collective family violence program in Asheville, NC doing...

David Guizar

CSSJ Regional Training Manager

When David was 10 years old in 1983, his older brother – and idol – was murdered. No one told him what happened, and David struggled in his teen years with fear and anger about the loss. After decades of drug and alcohol addiction, David became clean and sober....

Jonathon Lewis

National Training Director

Jonathon is a skilled community organizer who, prior to joining ASJ, worked as a Manager of Organizing Strategy for Leadership for Educational Equity – Louisiana, where he coached and provided strategies for teachers and former teachers to change education policies locally and statewide. He was also a Project Manager...

Kung Li

Leadership Academy Director

Kung Li Organizing & Partnerships Leadership Academy Director

Tashante McCoy

CSSJ Chapter and Membership Development Manager

Danny Montes

Director of Membership & Organizing

Danny Montes is the Director of Membership & Organizing. He manages the organization’s key partnerships and coalition work throughout California. Danny brings over 12 years of local, state and national campaign experience and currently provides strategic input on all of CSJ’s projects and campaigns. Based in Los Angeles, Danny...

Terrance Stewart

TimeDone Membership & Organizing Manager

Terrance Stewart Organizing & Partnerships TimeDone Membership & Organizing Manager

Jay Jordan

Vice President & National Director of TimeDone

Liz Sanchez

Senior Manager

Liz Sanchez supports the President and core program areas with program management. Prior to becoming Program Manager, she provided executive and administrative support for the organization. Liz brings several years of experience in administrative support, Spanish interpreting and translation and legal assistance for immigration attorneys. She gained a passion...

Shakyra Diaz

Chief of Staff & Ohio State Director

Subhash Kateel

Florida State Director

Subhash is an experienced strategist and community organizer with 15 years of experience advancing criminal justice reform in Florida and New York. Subhash serves as the Florida State Director for the Alliance for Safety and Justice, where he is responsible for designing and implementing statewide campaigns to advance policies...

Harvey Santana

Michigan Government Affairs Manager

Harvey Santana State Campaigns Michigan Government Affairs Manager

Terra Tucker

Texas State Director

Terra is a policy analyst with more than a decade of experience in the Texas legislature and criminal justice field. Terra serves as the Texas State Director for the Alliance for Safety and Justice where she is responsible for developing and executing justice reform campaigns that center safety and...

Tinisch Hollins

CSJ Executive Director & CSSJ CA Director

Tinisch Hollins is a crime survivor and a native of San Francisco, CA. She has been deeply engaged in the Bay Area social justice movement as community organizer, policy advocate and systems navigator for nearly two decades. She has worked passionately to bring the voices of survivors to the...

Anthony DiMartino

California Government Affairs Director

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...

Saun Hough

CA Partnerships Manager

Saun Hough Californians for Safety & Justice CA Partnerships Manager

Gilbert Johnson

CA TimeDone Statewide Manager

Gilbert Johnson Californians for Safety & Justice CA TimeDone Statewide Manager

Ed Little

Policy Advocate

Edward Little, is a leading policy professional in criminal justice reform with an extensive background in the areas of social justice, workforce development, reentry, and policing. Ed served on the Bail Bond Review Steering Committee with other community stakeholders, and legal professionals from around the community engaged in a...

Tesha Laurente

Events Manager

As the Events Manager of Californians for Safety and Justice, Tesha works to meticulously plan and execute events with partners held throughout the state. Prior to joining CSJ, Tesha was part of the experiential industry, focused on full event production and logistics, venue management, and entertainment curation for high-profile...

Will Mathews

CA Public Affairs Manager

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...

Shaena Fazal

Managing Director of Advocacy

John Cutler

Director of State Policy

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...

John Maki

Local and State Government Best Practices Director

John serves as the Local and State Government Best Practices Director. In this role, he partners with government leaders, elected officials, non-profit organizations and communities to develop effective implementation strategies for the policy reforms ASJ drives in states across the country. From 2015-19, he was the Executive Director of...

Jason Ziedenberg

Director of Research and Publications

Jason is the Alliance for Safety and Justice’s 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 Oregon....

Marisa Arrona

Local Safety Solutions Project Director

As the Local Safety Solutions Project Director, Marisa works with systems and community leaders across California to advance the Blueprint for Shared Safety, a framework of principles and practices that local leaders can use to advance shared safety strategies. By shifting the focus from over-incarceration to investments that focus on...

John Bauters

Budget Advocacy Director

John has spent his entire career in public service, with a special focus on people experiencing homelessness, displacement and stigmatization due to mental health or criminal history. As director of government relations, John is responsible for crafting and advocating for Safe and Just’s legislative agenda in the California Capitol....

Brian Kenner

Local and State Government Best Practices Manager

Brian is a public policy and budget professional. He serves as Illinois Director of Government Affairs for the Alliance for Safety and Justice, where he is responsible for designing and implementing statewide campaigns to advance policies that improve public safety while elevating the voices of crime survivors. Prior to...

Andi Gentile

Senior State Policy Manager

Andi has been working in movements for social change for the last decade, first as an organizer and more recently supporting change work through research and policy analysis. Andi served as Youth Justice Policy Strategist at the Center on Youth Registration Reform at Impact Justice, synthesizing research and analyzing...

Holly Kirby

State Policy Manager

Holly is an experienced organizer, researcher and advocate who supports the Alliance’s state campaigns by analyzing policy and conducting research. Prior to joining the Alliance, she worked on a range of justice-related policy initiatives, including efforts to close private prisons, address racial disparities in policing, end low-level arrests, eliminate...

Ellen McCann Sfecla

Senior Research Manager

Maria Robalino

Federal Advocacy Director

Maria Robalino Advocacy Federal Advocacy Director

Mandela Jones

Chief Communications Officer

Kerrin Garripoli

Senior Manager, Communications

Kerrin is a seasoned strategist who specializes in advocacy and cause communications. Prior to joining the Alliance for Safety and Justice, Kerrin spent seven years designing and managing integrated communication campaigns to drive policy reform, raise public awareness, and galvanize constituent action at progressive agencies in Philadelphia and Washington,...

Kristina Villarini

Digital Director

Kristina Villarini is the Digital Director for the Alliance for Safety and Justice and Californians for Safety and Justice. She is a strategic and tactical communications leader focused on data-driven analysis, user experience, audience insight and acquisition, and overall engagement. She aims to bring innovative approaches and solutions to...

Brittanie Dial

Communications Program Manager

Brittanie has over a decade of experience working on programming, community outreach, and development teams in the non-profit sector, advocating on behalf of homeowners who fell victim to predatory lending practices, and raising consciousness on social justice issues through community organizing and research.

Kim Deterline

Kimberly Deterline, FL Communications Manager & Media Training Specialist

Kim Deterline has over 20 years of experience working in communications and advocacy to pursue racial and economic justice and criminal justice reform. She has worked with the American Bar Association, the Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, the Innocence Project and Van Jones, co-host of CNN’s Crossfire. She founded...

Julien Martinez

Senior State-Based Communications Manager

Julien is the Senior State-Based Communications Manager for the Alliance for Safety and Justice. He has extensive experience in city government and media relations, having worked as a media research analyst at the New York City Mayor’s Office. He then served as a press officer for the NYC Department...

Will Mathews

CA Public Affairs Manager

Monzurat Oni

Digital Manager

Monzurat is a digital communications specialist with years of experience in the for profit and nonprofit sectors. A student of international history and culture, Monzurat is passionate about culturally competent communications that resonate with the intended audience. Prior to joining ASJ, Monzurat worked with GLSEN, a leading nonprofit advocating for...

Nathan Pirtle

Influencer Relations Manager

Nathan Pirtle is a globally recognized speaker, host, entrepreneur, marketing expert, activist and philanthropist who Forbes ranked on their 25 top marketers list in 2017 and 10 fold ranked Nathan the #2 marketing influencer in the world based off of real stats and analytics. Nathan is a millennial-aged entrepreneur...

Ida Sefer

Web & Data Manager

Ida began her career streamlining the flow and handling of data for a software firm and various health management organizations. Immediately prior to joining Alliance for Safety and Justice, Ida was the web and database manager at GLSEN, an organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ students. At the Alliance for...

Julie Vanderlee

Digital Manager

Julie Vanderlee Communications Digital Manager

Robin Campbell

Senior Staff Writer

Robin Campbell joined the Alliance for Safety and Justice as Senior Staff Writer in 2019. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Communications and Engagement at the Pretrial Justice Institute and, even earlier, as Director of Media Relations for the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). ...

Eris Eady

Digital Organizer

Eris Eady (she/her) is a writer, poet, advocate and artist from Cleveland, Ohio. Believing in the necessary conjunction between arts & activism, Eris intersects storytelling & social justice with the pursuit of radical self love. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian, For Harriet, The Root & BBC Worldwide....

Jessica Reid

Development Director

Jessica brings more than 15 years of experience in fundraising, program development and capacity building to the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), where she leads fund development efforts and works to ensure the success and sustainability of core programs and initiatives. Before joining ASJ, she expanded and managed...

Meghan Hibner

Grants Manager

Meghan Hibner Operations Grants Manager

Reena Singh

Grant Writer and Development Associate

Reena is the grant writer and development associate for Alliance for Safety and Justice. Prior to her work here she served as a grant writer at Northern Virginia Family Service, a social service agency that provides wraparound services to support and empower low-income families. She cut her teeth in the...

Andrea Broxton

Chief Operations Officer

Rima Chaudry

Senior Manager, Operations

Rima Chaudry joined Alliance for Safety and Justice in 2020 as a Senior Manager overseeing operations. Rima has over 20 years of experience in grassroots community organizing, and spent 15 of those years leading social justice campaigns in the nonprofit sector through program management, resource development, training, and communications....

Paul Amador

IT Director

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...

Sara Blumenfrucht

HR Manager

Sara joined the Alliance for Safety and Justice in 2019, during a time of transition and growth for the organization. She arrived with 10 years’ experience as a human resources professional helping non-profit organizations and staff reach their full potential to maximize impact. Originally from New York, Sara began...

Julie Browny

Grants and Contracts Associate

Before joining Alliance for Safety and Justice, Julie worked as a Compliance Coordinator and Alternate Responsible Officer for InterExchange, a cultural exchange non-profit organization that aims to bridge international gaps through work immersion. Julie has also worked in administrative roles in physician offices and is a recent graduate of...

Vickey Flores

Grants and Contracts Manager

Prior to joining the Alliance for Safety and Justice, Vickey worked for Bay Area Legal Aid as a Grants Officer, overseeing federal, local government, and foundation grants for Alameda County and Contra Costa County as well as re-entry grants and contracts in all counties of the Bay Area. During her year at...

Sandhya Gopalan

Accountant

Sandhya brings over 7 years of experience working in both the nonprofit and for-profit industries. After graduating from the University of Mumbai with a degree in Accounting and Finance and working for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Shipping, Sodexo at Unilever and Trafigura, she moved to the United States in 2015. As she...

Rebecca Hayes

Grants & Contracts Associate

Rebecca supports the Grants and Contracts team in developing systems and processes. Prior to joining ASJ, she worked and volunteered at several social service nonprofits, including the Women’s Building and the Bar Association of San Francisco. Her experience managing operations, writing grants and serving the public inspired a passion...

Jessica Hong

Operations Associate

Jessica is an Operations Associate at the Alliance for Safety and Justice. As a proud Seattle native, Jessica graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in both Creative Writing and American Ethnic Studies. Her career in social justice started in education; she taught high school English in Philadelphia,...

Devon McGriff

Digital and Office Assistant

Devon is the Digital and Office Associate and provides support to the Communications and IT Department of Californians for Safety and Justice. Prior to joining Californians for Safety and Justice, Devon was at Hack the Hood where he designed websites and provided technical support to local organizations. As a...

Kayla Nelson

Operations Associate

Before working with Alliance for Safety and Justice, Kayla worked as a paralegal for an Appellate Services Company in New York City preparing records, briefs, and motions for various New York State Courts. During this time she gained considerable knowledge ensuring consultant compliance in appellate rules and regulations. She...

Caroline Perez

Finance Director

Caroline oversees the budget for Alliance for Safety and Justice, bringing 10 years of finance, administration, human resources and technology experience. Previously she worked at Fenton, a public interest communications firm, managing their San Francisco and Los Angeles operations while providing additional expertise to the firm’s New York and...

Kyla Perry

HR Manager

Kyla is a human resources and business administration professional. Kyla serves as the Program Manager for State Campaigns at the Alliance for Safety and Justice where she is responsible for designing and implementing an organization-wide management infrastructure. Kyla has more than a decade of experience assisting organizations and companies...

Keevy Wilkerson

Operations Associate

Keevonya (Keevy) Wilkerson provides administrative support for staff and the Vice President of Alliance for Safety of Justice. Keevy has over 20 years experience in legal administrative support beginning her work with many high profile law firms in Dallas, Texas. Propelled by her grief over the murder of her...

Executive Management

Lenore Anderson

Jay Jordan

Andrea Broxton

Shakyra Diaz

Shaena Fazal

Mandela Jones

Aswad Thomas

Robert Rooks

Terry Rillera

Organizing & Partnerships (CSSJ & TimeDone)

Aswad Thomas

LaDonna Butler

Juan Pablo Chavez

Tricia Forbes

David Guizar

Jonathon Lewis

Kung Li

Tashante McCoy

Danny Montes

Terrance Stewart

State Campaigns

Jay Jordan

Liz Sanchez

Shakyra Diaz

Subhash Kateel

Harvey Santana

Terra Tucker

Californians for Safety and Justice

Tinisch Hollins

Anthony DiMartino

Saun Hough

Gilbert Johnson

Ed Little

Tesha Laurente

Will Mathews

Advocacy (Policy, Innovations & Research)

Shaena Fazal

John Cutler

John Maki

Jason Ziedenberg

Marisa Arrona

John Bauters

Brian Kenner

Andi Gentile

Holly Kirby

Ellen McCann Sfecla

Maria Robalino

Communications

Mandela Jones

Kerrin Garripoli

Kristina Villarini

Brittanie Dial

Kim Deterline

Julien Martinez

Will Mathews

Monzurat Oni

Nathan Pirtle

Ida Sefer

Julie Vanderlee

Robin Campbell

Eris Eady

Development

Jessica Reid

Meghan Hibner

Reena Singh

Operations

Andrea Broxton

Rima Chaudry

Paul Amador

Sara Blumenfrucht

Julie Browny

Vickey Flores

Sandhya Gopalan

Rebecca Hayes

Jessica Hong

Devon McGriff

Kayla Nelson

Caroline Perez