September 2023 Advancing Racial Justice and Equity in Youth Legal Systems Certificate Program Fellows

Bexar County, Texas Team

Chellie Fernandez, Manager, City of San Antonio

Viviana Guillen, Youth Development Mentor, American Indians in Texas Spanish Colonial Missions

Adrienne House; Program Director; San Antonio Fighting Back, Inc.

Terry Hubbard, Outreach Worker, San Antonio Mental Health

Karl Johnson; Deputy Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department

Oscar Leos; Assistant District Attorney, Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office

Jill Mata; Chief Juvenile Probation Officer; Bexar County, Texas

Doshie Piper, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of the Incarnate Word

Holly Pompa, Step Up Texas: Training and Technical Assistance Professional and Trauma-Informed Program Manager, Bexar County Office of Criminal Justice: Policy Planning and Programs

Jacqueline Valdes, 386th District Court Judge, State of Texas

Ramon Vasquez, Community Engagement Manager, American Indians in Texas

Jeannie Von Stultz, Deputy Chief of Mental Health Services, Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department

Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Team

Denzel Burke, Director of REAL Youth Initiative, Illinois Collaboration on Youth

Omar Jamil, Senior Policy Advisor, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

Kendle Jones, Assistant Superintendent of Operations, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

Christine Logan, Medical Assistant, Genesis Health System (Parent Representative)

Michelle Martin, Regional Administrator, State of Illinois

Eva Moore, Deputy Director, State of Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

Cecilia Ruffin, Juvenile Justice Youth & Family Specialist Supervisor, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

Lancaster County, Nebraska Team

Karen Bell-Dancy, Executive Director, YWCA Lincoln

Casey Karges, Executive Director, The Mediation Center

Remonte Green; Regional Director, Protection and Safety; Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Amy Hoffman, Juvenile Programs and Interventions Director, Nebraska Crime Commission

Elaine Menzel, Legal Counsel, Nebraska Association of County Officials

Vann Price; Associate Superintendent of Human Resources / Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Lincoln Public Schools

Christopher Reid; Chief Deputy County Attorney, Juvenile Division; Lancaster County

Shellie Sabata; Juvenile Court Judge, Separate Juvenile Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska

Jason Stille, Assistant Chief of Police, Lincoln Police Department

Laura Suhr, Assessment Specialist, Lancaster County Human Services