The NJC Team

Executive Office

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

Finance Department

Chief Financial Officer & Chief of Strategic Engagement Patrick M. Grimes

Controller Ivanna Kinash

Project Accountant Caryn O’Neill

Accounts Administrator Alexandria Woods

Federal Grants & Research

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.

Senior Researcher Lisa Fuller, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Researcher Christine McDermott, Ph.D.

Judicial ID Specialist& Grant Coordinator Dimitrios Kyriakou, Ph.D.

Judge-in-Residence Hon. Earl Penrod

Grant Administration Coordinator Elliot Newman

Research Assistant Anna Fine

Advancement Department

Director of Advancement Susan Robinson

Academic Department

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 Neuyareli “Nellie” Navarro

Administrative Clerk Brooke Ellis

Administrative Assistant Lori Slisz

Special Projects, Custom Courses and International Programs
(Academic)

Senior Program Attorney Erin O’Brien

Online Learning & Faculty Development
(Academic)

Program Manager Elizabeth Morgan-Beesley

Operations

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

Justice Solutions and Innovation

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.)

Athletic Department

Interim Athletic Director
 Ed Cohen

COACHES

Cross Country and Track & Field
Hon. Lauren “Lady Law” Langdon

Football
Hon. David J. Dreyer

Soccer (Futbol)
Hon. Robert J. Torres

Wrestling
Hon. John Sandy