Deacon Steve Kaneb grew up in greater Boston as the oldest of six brothers, where his parents instilled deep values of faith, compassion and service to people experiencing marginalization. He started his career as a licensed mechanical engineer in Southern California and then moved to New Hampshire in 1987, when he transitioned into the real…
Sister Donna Liette is a Precious Blood Sister. She is a trained Restorative Justice Practitioner and coordinated the Women’s Programs at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Chicago. She holds an MA in Education and Supervision from New York University as well as a n MPS Degree from Loyola University Chicago. After years in Education,…
Jeanne Bishop is an attorney, author and advocate for mercy and redemption in the criminal legal system. A graduate of Northwestern University’s journalism and law schools, Jeanne was also a Visiting Student at Yale Law School. She is a felony attorney in the Office of the Cook County Public Defender in Chicago and an adjunct…
Mark Osler is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas (MN), where he was chosen as Professor of the Year in 2016, 2019 and 2022. He also holds the Ruthie Mattox Preaching Chair at First Covenant Church, Minneapolis. Osler’s writing on clemency, sentencing and narcotics policy has appeared…
Walter A. McNeil was elected Sheriff of Leon County in November 2016. In his distinguished 40+ year career as a public servant, Sheriff McNeil has led the fight against crime in Tallahassee, has been tapped to lead two state agencies under former Governor Charlie Christ, and has advised the Obama White House, and other governments…
Dr. Margaret R. Pfeil holds a joint appointment in the Theology Department and in the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame. She is a Faculty Fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, and the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion….
Kimiko Lighty is the founding Executive Director of Restorative Arlington, where she led the design and implementation of RA’s Heart of Safety Restorative Justice Conferencing Program, an RJ diversion program serving Arlington County’s legal system, schools, and the community. In 2023, Restorative Arlington was awarded the Arlington NAACP Branch Willard W. “Woody” Brittain Community Appreciation…
Bill currently serves as an RJ facilitator and mentor with the Restorative Arlington Heart of Safety Program, an initiative launched in 2020 to implement a wide variety of restorative practices in Arlington County courts, schools and the community. He has been a consultant to this initiative in a variety of roles since the beginning. In…
Mr. Ashley Morris, Th.M. is the director of Black Catholic Affairs of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Office of Intercultural Ministries. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Associate Director of the same office and as well as an Assistant Campus Minister of Lyke House: The Catholic Center at Atlanta University Center. He received a bachelor’s…
Dave McNaughton is the Conference President of the Society of St. Vincent DePaul at St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish on the Far NWS of Chicago, and Board Member of the Pope Francis Center, a special works project of the St. Vincent DePaul Society. He also served on the board of the Society’s Archdiocesan Council…
David Rohrer Budiash is the Director of Programs and Managing Editor of Review for Religious at the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. He is a systematic theologian with a PhD from the Catholic University of America.
Andy and Kate Grosmaire were introduced to restorative justice practices in 2010, when their daughter Ann was shot and killed by her boyfriend, Conor McBride. They successfully advocated for restorative justice to shape the plea agreement in Tallahassee, Florida, where the process was little known and had never been used for a capital crime. The…
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