Felix Rosado is cofounder of Let’s Circle Up, a restorative justice (RJ) project he helped build while fighting a death by incarceration sentence at Graterford State Prison. In 2022, Felix narrowly escaped that fate via governor clemency after 27 years. While inside, he also held leadership roles with the Alternatives to Violence Project and Inside-Out Prison Exchange…
Peter M. Leibold recently retired as the Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer for Ascension, a national Catholic health system. Prior to joining Ascension, Leibold served for fifteen years as the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the largest association in the United States dedicated to…
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy serves as the Executive Director for Catholic Mobilizing Network.
Maryam Mohseni is a freshman at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, passionate about faith-based advocacy and social justice. As a Muslim engaged in interfaith work, she is dedicated to promoting human dignity and advancing policies that reflect shared values of justice, compassion, and peace across faith traditions.
Carolyn D. Townes, OFS is an experienced facilitator, circle keeper, and storyteller and a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS). Carolyn has served in leadership roles on the local, regional, national and international levels of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), including as Animator for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) for the…
Holly O’Hara is a young adult minister and a restorative justice practitioner living in Chicago, IL. She currently works at DePaul University as the Faith and Justice Coordinator, and is an active community member at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR), a restorative justice ministry on the South Side of Chicago accompanying families impacted by…
Sheila M. McMahon, Ph.D., M.Div., MSW, LCSW is currently the Visiting Scholar and Director for the Restorative Justice and Catholic Social Thought program at the Center for Restorative Justice, University of San Diego. She co-chairs the Restorative Justice Network of Catholic Campuses (RJNCC), which cultivates restorative principles and assists in implementation of restorative practices on…
Don McCrabb, D. Min., a pastoral theologian, is passionate about formation for a Synodal Church in Mission and co-founder of Micah Formation Services (2024). Don was Executive Director at the United States Catholic Mission Association (2024) and the Catholic Campus Ministry Association (1998). He taught Pastoral Theology at the Dominican House of Studies and pastoral…
Kayla Jackson-Wolff serves as University Minister and Coordinator of the Beloved Community Fellowship at Dominican University. She previously served as the Director of Social Justice Ministries at Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago from 2018-2023. Kayla holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Dominican University. As a trained…
María Cristina Hernández is an immigrant from Quito, Ecuador, with 25 years of experience in parish and diocesan ministries in the United States. She serves as a consultant for the Latina/o Network of Theological and Ministerial Leadership at Santa Clara University in California and teaches a course on Pastoral Ministries in the Diocese of Oakland….
Sr. Rose Ann Hefner, CSJ, is a member of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph, a licensed Professional Counselor, an Emeritus Licensed Social Worker, and a certified Spiritual Director. She completed the Restorative Justice Circle Process training with Kay Pranis, and Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resiliency (STAR I) program at Eastern Mennonite University. …
Deacon Robert Ehnow, Ph.D, is the Director for the Office for Life, Peace and Justice at the Catholic Diocese of San Diego. He holds a PhD in Leadership Studies and Non-profit Management from the University of San Diego (2018). Bobby’s dissertation research centered on restorative justice theory and practice, prisoner re-entry and reintegration, and formerly incarcerated…