Vera Institute of Justice

Michael Carey is the director of College Initiative (CI), a New York-based organization that helps formerly incarcerated and court-involved men and women enroll and succeed in college. He holds a BA with a dual major in philosophy and fine arts from the University of Sydney in Australia and an MA in philosophy from the New School for Social Research. He is on the board of The InterDependence Project and founded The InterDependence Prison Project in 2008. Michael is also a Pathways Project advisory board member.