Please note that as of April 24, 2025, this version of the Fellows Network website has been archived. Click the button to visit the new Fellows site.
*Note: This Capstone Project is no longer ongoing. Two team members, Judge Ashby and Shawn Cohn, have retired, and the other team members have moved on to work in other youth service fields in Colorado.
Karen Ashby, Presiding Judge - Denver Juvenile Court
Sara Boylan, Director - Denver Collaborative Partnership
Shawn Cohn, Chief Probation Officer - Denver Juvenile Probation
Barbara Downing, School Psychologist - Denver Public Schools
Allen Pollack, Youth and Family Division Director - Denver Department of Human Services
Gretchen Russo, Liaison - Denver Juvenile Court/Denver Department of Human Services
Diane Skufca, Assistant Regional Director - Division of Youth Corrections, Colorado Department of Human Services
Alan Abramowitz, Regional Director - Department of Children and Families, Southern Region
Isabel Afanador, Chief Probation Officer - Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Frances Allegra, Executive Director - Our Kids of Miami-Dad Monroe, Inc.
Charles Auslander, Chief Programs and Operations Office - The Children's Trust
Lester Langer, Associate Administrative Judge - Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida Juvenile Division
Cindy Lederman, Administrative Judge - Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida Juvenile Division
Angela Mahy, Program Administrator - Center for Family and Child Enrichment
Wansley Walters, Director - Miami-Dade County Juvenile Services Department
George Boykin, County Board of Supervisor and Director - Woodbury County, Iowa & Sanford Center
Leesa McNeil, Court Administrator - 3rd Judicial District, Iowa
Mike McTaggart, Educational Director, Boys & Girls Home - Sioux City School District
Gary Niles, Chief Juvenile Court Officer - 3rd Judicial District, Iowa
Pat Penning, Service Area Administrator - Department of Human Services
Mari Samuelson, Vice President - Jackson Recovery
Dewey Sloan, Assistant County Attorney - Woodbury County, Iowa
Rebecca Lewis, Deputy District Attorney - L.A. County District Attorney's Office
Michael Nash, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court - Superior Court, Juvenile Division
Jane Newman, Head Deputy, Public Defender - L.A. County Public Defender's Office
Patricia Ploehn, Director, Department of Children and Family Services - L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services
Marvin Southard, Director - L.A. County Department of Mental Health
Robert Taylor, Chief Probation Officer - L.A. County Probation Department
Donald DeVore, Secretary - MD Department of Juvenile Services
Guy Guzzone, Md State Delegate - House of Delegates
Edward Hargadon, Administrative Judge - Baltimore City Family and Juvenile Court
Francis Mendez, Deputy Secretary - MD Department of Juvenile Services
Kathryn Oliver, Assistant Secretary - MD State Department of Education
David Thompson, Assistant Director-Child Welfare - Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Carnitra White, Deputy Executive Director for Programs - MD Department of Human Resources
Nadia Black, Assistant Solicitor - Georgetown County
Greg Cornell, Associate Deputy Director Planning and Programs - SCDJJ
Jocelyn Goodwin, Director of Chid and Protective Services - SCDSS
Rhonda Greene, Regional Administrator - SCDJJ
Sylvia Mitchum, County Director - SCDSS
Wanda Squires, County Director - SCDJJ
Odessa Williams, Regional Manager - SCDSS
Patricia Clark, Judge - King County - Family Court
Michael Gedeon, Sr. Policy Analyst, King County - Family Court
Bruce Knutson, Director - King County - Family Court
Mary Li, Division Chief, Washington State Attorney Generals Office, Social and Health Services (Seattle)
Terry Mark, Deputy Director, King County-Dept. of Community & Health Services
Mick Moore, Assistant Superintendent - Puget Sound Educational Service District
Joe Odimba, Regional Administrator - DSHS-Children's Administration