FFJC Relaunches Advisory Board with New Members

Contact: 

Michael Paul Jackson, mjackson@finesandfeesjusticecenter.org

NEW YORK – Today, Fines and Fees Justice Center (FFJC) announced the launch of its reconstituted Advisory Board. FFJC’s partnership with these experts, advocates and social justice stakeholders will help advance our mission and strengthen our connections within the broader work of criminal justice reform.

“It is an honor and a privilege to welcome these extraordinary leaders to FFJC’s new Advisory Board,” Joanna Weiss, FFJC’s co-founder and co-executive director said. “We never work alone. The policies and campaigns we develop and advance at FFJC are used as models to support the fines and fees reform movement across the country. The diverse backgrounds, proficiencies, instincts and knowledge of the Advisory Board will be invaluable to us as we work together to find new ways of reforming fines and fees at the state, local and national level.”

Board members are appointed to a two-year commitment and include leaders from law enforcement, policy and research, advocacy, narrative strategy, higher education, and more. They are: 

• Yusuf Dahl – Founder and Executive Director of The Century Promise
• Jason Ehrich – Former Fox News Executive Vice President
• Julie Fisher-Rowe – Narrative Strategist 
• Reneé Hall – Former Dallas Police Chief
• Eve Hanan – Professor of Law at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
• Dr. Peter A. Jones – Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Alabama
• Ray Khalfani – Independent Consultant and Fines and Fees Advocate
• Dr. Brittany T. Martin – Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Rhode Island
• Vincent Schiraldi – Former corrections leader (NYC, D.C., MD) and co-founder of Columbia Justice Lab
• Justin Terrell – Executive Director of the Minnesota Justice Research Center
• Juhu Thukral – Founder and Principal of Apsara Projects

“Fines and fees are part of a larger criminal justice system. System change means we need expertise, perspective and insights from more stakeholders to ensure the reforms we are pursuing have impact, meaning, and are ultimately always in service of our collective goal of a more fair and just system.”said Priya Sarathy Jones, FFJC’s co-executive director. “With our new Advisory Board, I am confident that we’re in the best place now to not only eliminate fees in the justice system, and end abusive debt collection practices, but also ensure that we understand how fines and fees and the other parts of the criminal justice system are working together to advance meaningful systemic changes that serve our communities.”

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