Experts

Experts

Vera’s experts conduct research and analysis and develop policies and programs in a variety of criminal and social justice fields. Their varied knowledge, background, and experience enable Vera to address the full spectrum of national and local justice issues.

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Children, Youth, and Family

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Court Systems

Crime and Victimization

Disability

Immigration

International

Policing

Race and Ethnicity

Sentencing and Corrections

Substance Use and Mental Health

Tina Chiu
Director of Technical Assistance
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Margaret diZerega
Director, Family Justice Program
Evan Elkin
Director, Department of Planning and Government Innovation
Children, Youth, and Family
Ona Foster
Project Director, Supervised Visitation Initiative, Center on Victimization and Safety
Crime and Victimization
Jennifer Fratello
Director of Research, Center on Youth Justice
Children, Youth, and Family
Karen Goldstein
Interim Director, Vice President and General Counsel
Sandra Harrell
Project Director, Accessing Safety Initiative, Center on Victimization and Safety
Crime and Victimization, Disability
Christian Henrichson
Senior Policy Analyst, Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Charity Hope
Project Director, Center on Victimization and Safety
Crime and Victimization
Besiki Luka Kutateladze
Director of Research, Prosecution and Racial Justice
International, Race and Ethnicity
Krista Larson
Director, Adolescent Portable Therapy
Children, Youth, and Family
Peggy McGarry
Director, Center on Sentencing and Corrections
Sentencing and Corrections
Anne Marie Mulcahy
Director of the Unaccompanied Children Program, Center on Immigration and Justice
Children, Youth, and Family, Immigration
Laura Negrón
Director, The Guardianship Project
Court Systems, Disability
Jim Parsons
Director, Substance Use and Mental Health Program | Research Director, International Program
International, Substance Use and Mental Health
Fred Patrick
Director, Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Project, Center on Sentencing and Corrections
Sentencing and Corrections
Oren Root
Director, Center on Immigration and Justice
International, Immigration
Annie Salsich
Director, Center on Youth Justice
Children, Youth, and Family
Susan Shah
Program Director, Center on Immigration and Justice
Children, Youth, and Family, Crime and Victimization, Immigration, Policing
Alison Shames
Associate Director, Center on Sentencing and Corrections
Sentencing and Corrections
Elizabeth (Lisa) Simpson
Project Director, New Orleans Pretrial Services
Nancy Smith
Director, Center on Victimization and Safety
Crime and Victimization, Disability
Stacey Strongarone
Director of the Legal Orientation Program, Center on Immigration and Justice
Immigration
Whitney Tymas
Director, Prosecution and Racial Justice
Race and Ethnicity
Dan Wilhelm
Vice President and Chief Program Officer
Sentencing and Corrections
Jon Wool
Director, Vera New Orleans Office
Court Systems
Allon Yaroni
Associate Research Director, Center on Sentencing and Corrections
Children, Youth, and Family