UNITY: Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth Through   Violence Prevention

Steering Committee Members

The Steering Committee is made up of a diverse group of local and national leaders including representatives from community-based and national nonprofit organizations, government, foundations, and academia.  The Steering Committee is key in helping set UNITY’s direction and priorities.

Alan Baker

American Public Health Association

Allen Nance

Acting Director

Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice

Andrea Youngdahl

Director

Department of Human Services, Oakland, CA

Anne Duncan

Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center

Barbara Shaw

Director

Illinois Violence Prevention Authority

Barri Rosenbluth

Director of School-Based Services

Safe Place

Billie Weiss

Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center

Cheryl Maxson

Associate Professor

UC Irvine Department of Criminology, Law & Society

Cliff Johnson

Executive Director, Youth, Children & Families Institute

National League of Cities

Commander Robert Hargesheimer

Chicago Police Department

Corinne Graffunder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Violence Division

Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Harvard School of Public Health

Don Blevins

Chief Probation Officer

Alameda County

Elisa Wong

Community Health Specialist

Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program Office

Father Gregory Boyle

Executive Director

Homeboy Industries

Fred Griego

Office for Community Learning and Public Services

Gary Slutkin

Director and Research Professor

CeaseFire Chicago

Gregory Y. Mark

Director

National ACE Coordinating Center

Greta Tubbesing

Program Assistant

Prevention Institute

Honorable Dwight Evans

CA State Representative

Howard Pinderhughes

Associate Professor and Vice Chair

UC California, San Francisco

Ileana Arias

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Violence Division

Ivan Juzang

Executive Director

MEE Productions

Jack Calhoun

Consultant

National League of Cities

Jane Isaacs Lowe

Senior Program Officer

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Jeremy Travis

President

John J. College of Criminal Justice

Jessie Lee

Executive Director

NOBLE

Joseph Carter

Chair Elect

National Police Chief's Association

Karen Pittman

Executive Director

Forum for Youth Investment

Larry Cohen

Executive Director

Prevention Institute

Linda Bowen

Executive Director

Community Institute for Peace

Lori Dorfman

Director

Berkeley Media Studies Group

Mildred Martinez

Grants Specialist

Office of the Mayor, Los Angeles

Natoya Walker

Special Assistant to the Mayor, Public Affairs

Mayoral Cabinet of Cleveland

Neil Rainford

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Violence Division

Nicole Jones

Program Director

The California Wellness Foundation

Pamela Riley

National Organization, Students Against Violence Everywhere

Patrick Libbey

Executive Director

NACCHO

Paul Juarez

Professor and Vice Chair

Meharry Medical College

Paul Vandeventer

President

Community Partners

Peter Simon

American Academy of Pediatrics

Rachel Davis

Managing Director

Prevention Institute

Renee Wilson-Simmons

Senior Associate Adolescent Health & Development

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Reverend Romie Lilly

Director of Faith-Based Ministries

Central Baptist, Los Angeles

Susan Sorenson

Professor

University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy and Practice

Tony Gomez

Manager

Seattle Public Health Department, Injury and Violence Prevention Division

Larry Wallack

Dean, College of Public and Urban Affairs

Portland State University

Rodney Hammond

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Violence Division

Sarah Foster

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Violence Division

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