The NJC Team

Executive Office

President & CEO  Hon. Benes Z. Aldana (Ret.)

Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Joy D. Lyngar

Vice President for Finance and Research Patrick M. Grimes

Vice President of Administration and Operations Chrystn Eads

Finance Department

Vice President for Finance and Research 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

Instructional Designer Brydnee Whitley Wells

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

Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Joy D. Lyngar

Director, Institute for Ethics and Professionalism Keith Fisher

Senior Program Attorney Henry Sotelo, Esq.

Senior Academic Advisor Melissa Gueller

Senior Judicial Education Program Manager Mary Burdick

NHTSA Judge-in-Residence Earl Penrod

Registrar/Judicial Studies Program Coordinator Beth Loureiro

Administrative Assistant Shaun Galen

Administrative Assistant Tahnee Ramirez

Administrative Assistant Neuyareli “Nellie” Navarro

Administrative Assistant Lori Slisz

Special Projects, Custom Courses and International Programs
(Academic)

Senior Program Attorney Erin O’Brien

Online Learning & Faculty Development
(Academic)

Senior Online Learning Program Manager Elizabeth Morgan-Beesley, MIIS

Digital & Program Manager Sheena Britschgi, MA ULD, Notary Public

Operations

Vice President, Administration and Operations Chrystn Eads, Esq.

Director of Human Resources Craig Fraser, SPHR

Director of Marketing & Communications Barbara Peck

Operations Manager Tami White

Strategic Communications Ed Cohen

Justice Solutions and Innovation

Director Konstantina Vagenas

Associate Director Alf Brandt

Senior Associate Tonnya Kohn

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