The NJC Team
President & CEO Hon. Benes Z. Aldana (Ret.)
Chief Academic Officer Joy D. Lyngar
Chief Financial Officer & Chief of Strategic Engagement Patrick M. Grimes
Chief of Staff Chrystn Eads
Chief Financial Officer & Chief of Strategic Engagement Patrick M. Grimes
Director of Advancement Susan Robinson
Controller Ivanna Kinash
Project Accountant Caryn O’Neill
Junior Accountant Annalie Harvey
Accounts Administrator Alexandria Woods
Judicial Fellow Hon. Gayle Williams-Byers (Ret.)
Judicial Ambassadors:
- Hon. Barbara Brown
- Hon. Tommy Fowler
- Hon. Todd George
- Hon. Anita Laster-Mays
- Hon. Larry Sage (Ret.)
Instructional Designer Darryl Jackson
Senior Research Fellow Antony Leberatto, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher Christine McDermott, Ph.D.
Judicial ID Specialist& Grant Coordinator Dimitrios Kyriakou, Ph.D.
Judge-in-Residence Hon. Earl Penrod
Program Manager Charisse Abbie
Chief Academic Officer Joy D. Lyngar
Senior Program Attorney Henry Sotelo, Esq.
Supervising Judicial Education Program Manager Bryan Walker
Senior Judicial Education Program Manager Mary Burdick
NHTSA Judge-in-Residence Earl Penrod
Registrar/Judicial Studies Program Coordinator Beth Loureiro
Administrative Assistant Laura Ledwith
Administrative Assistant Neuyareli “Nellie” Navarro
Administrative Assistant Aiyana Pitts
Administrative Clerk Brooke Ellis
Administrative Assistant Lori Slisz
Program Manager Erin O’Brien
Program Manager Elizabeth Morgan-Beesley
Chief of Staff Chrystn Eads, Esq.
Director of Marketing & Communications Barbara Peck
Operations Manager Tami White
Technology and Campaigns Manager Sheena Britschgi
Strategic Communications Ed Cohen
Wolfpack Intern
Director Konstantina Vagenas
Associate Director Alf Brandt
Director, Institute for Ethics and Professionalism Keith Fisher
Distinguished Justice in Residence on the Rule of Law Hon. Bernice Donald (Ret.)