Team
Leadership
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Lisa Foster
Co-Executive Director
Lisa Foster is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Fines and Fees Justice Center, a retired judge and the former Director of the Office for Access to Justice at the United States Department of Justice.
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Joanna Weiss
Co-Executive Director
Joanna is the co-founder and co-executive director of the Fines and Fees Justice Center. Prior to her work at FFJC, Joanna was the Director of Criminal Justice at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
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Priya Sarathy Jones
Deputy Executive Director
Priya Sarathy Jones is the Deputy Executive Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center. She is principally responsible for supporting the Co-Executive Directors and leading national advocacy and campaigns.
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Staff
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Monica Ault
New Mexico State Director
Monica Ault is the Fines and Fees Justice Center’s New Mexico State Director. She works throughout New Mexico to advance state and local campaigns for fines and fees reform, in close …
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Estefania Brambila
Senior Project Manager
Estefania is the Senior Project Manager at the Fines and Fees Justice Center.
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Sarah Couture
Regional Director and Florida State Director
Sarah Couture is the Fines and Fees Justice Center’s Regional Director and Florida State Director.
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Tim Curry
Policy & Research Director
Tim Curry is the Policy & Research Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center. Through tools, educational materials, litigation support, and strategic technical assistance, he works to empower advocates, policymakers, and anyone seeking to make change in how fines and fees are imposed.
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Amy Dixon
Chief Operations and Finance Officer
Amy Dixon is the Chief Operations and Finance Officer at the Fines and Fees Justice Center. She is principally responsible for leading FFJC’s financial management and implementing the organization’s strategic vision by translating it into a sound operational plan.
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Amber Farrell
New Mexico State Deputy Director
Amber Farrell is the New Mexico State Deputy Director for the Fines and Fees Justice Center working to advance state and local campaigns for fines and fees reform.
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Dylan Hayre
National Advocacy and Campaigns Director
Dylan Hayre is the National Advocacy and Campaigns Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center.
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Antonya Jeffrey
New York State Director
Antonya Jeffrey is the New York State Director for the Fines and Fees Justice Center. She works statewide to advance local and state campaigns for fines and fees reform.
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Shanelle Johnson
Senior Policy Counsel
Shanelle Johnson is the Senior Policy Counsel at the Fines and Fees Justice Center, responsible for tracking, evaluating and developing policy and best practices for FFJC.
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Mary Mergler
National Advocacy & Campaigns Deputy Director
Mary Mergler is the National Advocacy & Campaigns Deputy Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center.
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Felicia Montalvo
Communications Deputy Director
Felicia is the Communications Deputy Director for the Fines and Fees Justice Center where she is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s digital presence and media assets across state, …
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Leisa Moseley-Sayles
Director of State and Local Advocacy
Leisa Moseley is FFJC’s Director of State and Local Advocacy.
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Jessey Neves
Communications Director
Jessey Neves is the Communications Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center. She leads the direction and oversight of a comprehensive communications strategy to advance FFJC’s campaigns for fines and fees reform.
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Tanisha Pierrette
Research Analyst
Tanisha Pierrette is a Research Analyst at the Fines and Fees Justice Center, where she translates research, pilot projects and media coverage of fines and fees reform into user-friendly guidance.
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Anna Odegaard
Senior Advocacy and Campaigns Strategist (Midwest)
Anna Odegaard is the Senior Advocacy and Campaigns Strategist for the Midwest, leading FFJC’s work in Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio and supporting reform throughout the region.
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Lillian Patil
Senior Analyst, State & Local Budgets
Lillian Patil is a Senior Analyst, State & Local Budgets at the Fines and Fees Justice Center. She brings a budget and public finance lens to FFJC’s efforts at the national, state, and local levels.
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Kelsey Pirnak
New York Deputy Director
Kelsey Pirnak is the New York State Deputy Director for the Fines and Fees Justice Center. Kelsey works closely with a wide range of organizations to collaboratively garner support for local and state campaigns.
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Nick Shepack
Nevada State Director
Nick Shepack is the Fines and Fees Justice Center’s Nevada State Director.
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Board of Directors
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Atteeyah Hollie
Board President and Director
Atteeyah Hollie is the Deputy Director for Southern Center for Human Rights. She formerly served as a Senior Attorney and more recently Managing Attorney in SCHR’s Impact Litigation Unit (ILU). …
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Jose Cisneros
Board Treasurer and Director
José Cisneros is the elected Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, serving as the City’s banker and Chief Investment Officer, managing all San Francisco tax and revenue …
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Jenny Kim
Board Secretary and Director
Jenny Kim is a Partner at The Gober Group. With expert knowledge in lobbying laws, government ethics and conflict of interest laws, campaign finance laws, and tax-exempt laws at the …
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Stephanie Campos-Bui
Board Director
Stephanie Campos-Bui is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and co-director of the Policy Advocacy Clinic at Berkeley Law where she supervises interdisciplinary teams of law and public policy students …
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Jodi Hocking
Board Director
Jodi Hocking is the Founder/Organizer of Return Strong. She has spent almost a decade of her career organizing new unions across the country- most notably supporting low income workers in …
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Advisory Committee
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Lenore Anderson
Advisory Committee
Lenore Anderson 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 …
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Peter Edelman
Advisory Committee
Peter Edelman is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and poverty law and is faculty director of …
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Jason Ehrich
Advisory Committee
Jason Ehrich is the former Senior Vice President of Audience Development and Partnerships for FOX News.
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Alexes Harris
Advisory Committee
Alexes Harris, Ph.D., is the Presidential Term Professor and Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. Dr. Harris’ work has spanned the criminal justice system, including juvenile justice, case …
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Juliene James
Advisory Committee
Juliene James is Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures. Julie develops and executes investment strategies to reform community supervision, prisons, reintegration, and fines and fees and advance values …
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Miriam Krinsky
Advisory Committee
Miriam Krinsky has a unique combination of skills and expertise that enable her to lead Fair and Just Prosecution and serve as a resource for newly elected prosecutors. She previously …
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William R. Maurer
Advisory Committee
William Maurer is the Managing Attorney of the Washington office of the Institute for Justice. He was the lead counsel in a class action challenge the use of tickets to …
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Karol Mason
Advisory Committee
Over the course of her long career, John Jay College President Karol V. Mason has been a legal pioneer and an exceptional voice for equality, fairness, and criminal justice reform. …
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Marq Mitchell
Advisory Committee
Marq Mitchell is the founder and executive director of Chainless Change.
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Cortney Sanders
Advisory Committee
Cortney Sanders is Policy Analyst for the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions initiative, and previously served as Senior Manager of State and Policy Analysis at the Center on Budget and …
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Jeffrey Selbin
Advisory Committee
Jeffrey Selbin is a clinical professor of law and directs the Policy Advocacy Clinic. From 2014 to 2017, Selbin served as co-faculty director of the Henderson Center for Social Justice, and from …
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