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Most Reverend Daniel Flores was ordained for the Diocese of Corpus Christi in January 1988. He served as Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit before being installed as the Sixth Bishop of Brownsville in 2010.

Crystal is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Presentation High School in San Jose, CA. Crystal previously served as a missioner with Cabrini Mission Corps (a lay program of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – “Cabrini Sisters”) in New York, the Philippines, Swaziland, and Radnor, PA at Cabrini University, and it was the Sisters who first introduced her to jail ministry.

Richard C. Dieter received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was named a Public Interest Law Scholar. Dick served as the Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. from 1992 until 2015.

Justice Janine P. Geske currently serves as the Director of the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice and as a Distinguished Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School. She is on sabbatical as a member of the Marquette University Board of Trustees. In the fall of 2011, she served as a Visiting Professor of law…

Deacon Paul Kipfstuhl is the Director of the Social Action Office for Catholic Charities in the Southwestern part of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio. He was ordained a Deacon in 2001, and is currently assigned to St. Francis Xavier Parish in Medina, Ohio. Deacon Paul is involved with advocacy for the abolition of the death…

Bill O’Keefe is the Executive Vice President For Mission, Mobilization And Advocacy at Catholic Relief Services (CRS). He oversees efforts to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reduces poverty and promotes justice in developing countries where CRS works. He and his staff advocate to Congress and the administration on a range of issues, including migration, refugees,…

Stephen Schneck serves as Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. A political philosopher by training, Schneck retired from The Catholic University of America in 2018, after more than thirty years as a professor, department chair, and dean. At the university he was also the founder and long-time director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies….

Father Stephen Thorne is a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, he was ordained in 1998 and has served as a pastor, educator and administrator. From 2004-2011, he was the Executive Director of the Office for Black Catholics for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He is a consultant to the National Black Catholic…

Gerald F. Uelmen is Professor of Law Emeritus at Santa Clara University School of Law, where he served as Dean of the Law School from 1986 to 1996. Gerry taught courses in Legal Ethics, Criminal Procedure and Evidence, and served as President of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1982, and as President of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1989.

John Carr is the founder and co-director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. He served for over 20 years as director of the Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, directing the Conference’s public policy and advocacy efforts on major…

Sheryl Wilson is the Director of the Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR), one of the oldest regional peace institutes in the United States. The Institute offers an array of resources in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, specifically in restorative justice education and training, as well as an extensive networking system for consulting and intervention.

Karen Clifton is the founding Executive Director of Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN). She began her work against the death penalty in 1996 in Houston, Texas, when her social justice and advocacy projects intersected with those of Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ.