Attendee

  • Justine Philyaw

    Justine Philyaw is the Vice Principal of Mercy Career & Technical High School. A Philadelphia native, Justine began her teaching career at Mercy Tech (then called Mercy Vocational) after graduating from La Salle University. After two decades of teaching and leading in Philadelphia charter schools, Justine returned to the Circle of Mercy in October 2021…

  • Al Turner

    Deacon Turner was ordained a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Washington in 2000. He received a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Washington Theological Union in Washington DC in 2006. He also holds a Master of Theological Studies degree from that same institution which he completed in 2007. He served as Director of…

  • Dennis Dorner

    Deacon Dennis Dorner serves as the Chancellor for the Archdiocese of Atlanta for over 20 years. In addition, Deacon Dorner is the Director of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate since 2006 and the Director of the Office of Life Dignity and Justice. Dennis and his wife Susan have been married for 53 years, he…

  • Dexter Kearny

    Rev. Dexter Kearny is a Presbyterian pastor and Parish Mobilizer with One Parish One Prisoner, where he supports congregations in Washington, Illinois, and Texas as they prepare to welcome individuals returning home from incarceration. His work focuses on equipping faith communities to engage in the deeply interconnected efforts of relationship building, restorative justice, and reentry…

  • Beau Guedry SJ

    Beau Guedry, S.J. is a Fellow at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans, where he assists with JSRI’s prison education programming along with teaching and advocacy on Loyola’s campus and beyond on the core issues of justice, race, poverty, and the criminal legal system. Beau is a Jesuit scholastic, a member…

  • Daniel Malec

    Daniel Malec is Executive Director at Georgia Conflict Center (GCC) in Athens, Georgia. Daniel has a Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. Since beginning to work with GCC in 2017, Daniel has supported the Clarke County School District, Gwinnett County School District, individual schools…

  • Martin Lexmond

    Dr. Marty Lexmond currently serves as the Director of Mission Integration at St. Joseph Academy in Milwaukee, an early childhood through 8th grade independent Catholic school. Prior to this role he was a public school superintendent in three school districts in Wisconsin. Marty holds a doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service…

  • Betsy Linehan

    Added: I am a retired university professor at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and also a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. In Atlanta, I am a member of the Board of Trustees of Mercy Care Services, a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy.

  • Maggie Rousseau

    Maggie Rousseau is the Director of the Disabilities Ministry for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Additionally, Maggie oversees the Office of Deaf Services, and provides mental health resources and trainings for parishes, staff and families. Maggie has served at the national level as Chairperson for the National Partnership for Disabilities/Council for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NCPD/CIDD)….