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Every other year we convene the National Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice to advance justice and healing nationwide.

Conference Speakers

Meet some of our conference speakers below, and keep checking back as additional speakers are announced.

  • Doug Ammar

    Executive Director, Georgia Justice Project

  • Jeanne Bishop

    Attorney, Author, and Advocate

  • Elizabeth Bounds

    Associate Professor of Christian Ethics; Director of the Justice, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Concentration, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

  • Joia Erin Thornton

    National Director & Senior Policy Strategist Faith Leaders of Color Coalition

  • Mike Butler

    Public Safety Chief in Longmont, Colorado(Ret.) Co-Founder of School of Statesmanship, Stewardship, and Service

  • Alice Cameron

    Interim Executive Director/Director of Operations; Aquinas Center, Emory University

  • Bill Casey

    RJ Facilitator and Mentor, Restorative Arlington Heart of Safety Program

  • Travis Claybrooks

    Founder and CEO of Raphah Institute

  • Judge Thomas More Donnelly

    President, Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network; Loyola University School of Law

  • Fr. Larry Dowling, M.Div, D.Min.

    Restorative Justice Practitioner

  • Fr. Dustin Feddon

    Joseph House, Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee

  • Honorable Janine Geske

    Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice; Founder of Marquette University Andrew Center for Restorative Justice

  • Sr. Janet Ryan, OSF

    Peace Circle Prison Ministry, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation

  • Deacon Andy and Kate Grosmaire

    Permanent Deacon of the Catholic Church and Author

  • Fr. Daniel Griffith

    Founding Director, Initiative on Restorative Justice and Healing

  • Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.

    Archdiocese of Atlanta

  • Jayna Hoffacker, M.A.

    Director of Restorative Justice Ministry, Archdiocese of Atlanta

  • Rev. Dexter Kearny

    Parish Mobilizer for One Parish One Prisoner

  • Amy Levad

    Amy Levad, Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas, MN

  • Sr. Donna Liette, CPPS

    Restorative Justice Practitioner, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation

  • Kimiko Lighty

    Director of Special Projects and Founding Executive Director of Restorative Arlington

  • Patricia Wright

    Marquette University, Student

  • Kimberly Mazyck

    Associate Director, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

  • Julie and Michael McBride

    Restorative Justice Advocates

  • Sheila M. McMahon, Ph.D., M.Div., MSW, LCSW

    Visiting Scholar at the Center for Restorative Justice, University of San Diego

  • Sheriff Walt McNeil

    Sheriff of Leon County, FL

  • Dave McNaughton

    Society of St. Vincent DePaul

  • Justice Harold Melton

    Troutman Pepper Law Firm; Retired Georgia Supreme Court Justice

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    Caitlin Morneau, M.A.

    Director of Restorative Justice at Catholic Mobilizing Network

  • Mr. Ashley Morris, Th.M

    Director of Black Catholic Affairs, Office of Intercultural Ministries, Archdiocese of Atlanta

  • Lisa Moultrie

    Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Diversion and Community Alternatives Program Unit with DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston’s Office

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    Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, M.T.S.

    Executive Director of Catholic Mobilizing Network

  • Spencer A. Murray, DMin

    Restorative Justice Facilitator for the Georgia Justice Project

  • Mark Osler

    Robert & Marion Short Prof. of Law, Univ. of St. Thomas

  • Dr. Margaret R. Pfeil

    Professor in the Theology Department and the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame

  • Imelda Richárd

    Prison Ministry Coordinator, Archdiocese of Atlanta

  • Tiffany Roberts

    Director of the Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights

  • Andra’ Robinson

    Human Rights Fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights at Florida State University

  • Elizabeth Bruenig

    Staff Writer, The Atlantic

  • Felix Rosado

    Co-Founder of Let’s Circle Up

  • Teichman

    Sr. Rita Ann Teichman, CSJ

    Chair of the Catholic Mobilizing Network Board of Directors

  • Brenda Glass, MSSA, LISW-S

    Therapist, Founder and Executive director of the Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center

  • Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III

    Archdiocese of Atlanta

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    Lucie Martinot-Lagarde M.A.

    Senior Restorative Justice Program Manager, Catholic Mobilizing Network