Contributors
Vera thanks all the participants of Justice in Focus: Crime Bill @ 20.
There at the Beginning
Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States
Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College, City University of New York
Laurie Robinson, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, George Mason University
Adam Gelb, Director, Public Safety Performance Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Ron Weich, Dean, University of Baltimore School of Law
Bobby Scott, U.S. Representative, Virginia's 3rd District
Kristen Mahoney, Deputy Director for Policy, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Perspectives on Punishment
Pat Nolan, Director, Center for Criminal Justice Reform, the American Conservative Union Foundation
John Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President, The Fortune Society
Glenn Loury, Professor, Brown University
Fred Patrick, Director, Pathways Project, Vera Institute of Justice
Mike Lee, U.S. Senator, Utah
Piper Kerman, Author, Orange is the New Black
Cops and Communities
Mitch Landrieu, Mayor, New Orleans
Bill Bratton, Commissioner, New York Police Department
Susan Shah, Project Director, Vera Institute of Justice
Richard Stanek, Sheriff, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Confronting Violence Against Women
Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senator and Chairwoman, Senate Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee
Kim Gandy, President and CEO, National Network to End Domestic Violence
The Bigger Picture
Gara LaMarche, President, Democracy Alliance
Alan Jenkins, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PolicyLink
Marc Levin, Founder, Right on Crime
Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, President, National Latino Evangelical Coalition
David Cloud, Senior Program Associate, Substance Use and Mental Health Program, Vera Institute of Justice
Craig DeRoche, President, Justice Fellowship
Jeanette Betancourt, Ed.D, Vice President, Outreach and Educational Practices, Sesame Workshop