Regina is the VP of Community Impact at Axon and leads our EEAC panel. Previously, Regina was a Sr. Program Manager at the Policing Project at NYU School of Law, where she helped to implement the Neighborhood Policing Initiative in the City of Chicago. Prior to joining the Policing Project, Regina served as a Supervising Investigator with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in Chicago. There, she supervised a Major Case Squad which investigated officer involved shootings. She began her legal career as a Clinical Fellow at Suffolk University Law School, where she developed housing discrimination investigations. That work led to the publication of a study on housing discrimination experienced by trans and gender non-conforming residents in the Boston area. The study was published in Yale Law School's Journal of Law and Feminism. Thereafter, Regina practiced criminal defense in the Boston District Courts, where she worked as a Bar Advocate for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice. Regina is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity through a partnership between Columbia University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African-American Studies from Temple University and earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Suffolk University Law School.

Dr. Patton is the 31st Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His research uses qualitative and computational data collection methods to examine the relationship between youth and gang violence and social media; how and why violence, grief, and identity are expressed on social media; and the real-world impact these expressions have on well-being for low-income youth of color. He studies the ways in which gang-involved youth conceptualize threats on social media, and the extent to which social media shapes and facilitates youth and gang violence. Dr. Patton is the founding director of SAFELab, a member of the Data Science Institute, and a faculty affiliate of the Social Intervention Group (SIG). He holds a courtesy appointment in the department of Sociology. He is the recipient of the 2018 Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) and was named a 2017-2018 fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

After a 35-year nursing career, Bertha Purnell became a community advocate after her youngest son Maurice was killed by gun violence in June of 2017. Purnell works with community members, law enforcement and elected officials to help build a safe and healthy community. She founded Mothers on a Mission 28 and co-facilitates a bi-weekly support group called Hope and Healing to support families who have been affected by violence. She serves as the chapter coordinator for Crime Survivors for Safety & Justice. She is also a strong Restorative Justice proponent, a partner of Nature 120, the Chairman of the Gun Violence Task Force, a partner to the Funeral Home Task Force under Commissioner Richard Boykin, and a Community Ambassador in the 15th and 25th Districts in Chicago as part of the Neighborhood Policing Initiative (NPI).

In 2012, while incarcerated at Otisville Correctional Facility, Devon Simmons enrolled in John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Prison-to-College Pipeline program. After his release, Simmons obtained degrees from Hostos Community College and John Jay, and has continued to be a reform advocate through his work as an International Ambassador for the Incarceration Nations Network, helping establish Prison-to-College Pipeline programs internationally. He is also a graduate of Columbia University's Justice-in-Education Scholars program and was a 2017 David Rockefeller Fund Fellow. More recently, Simmons is a 2019 Soros Justice Fellow, Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, and Project Director at Columbia Law School for the Paralegal Pathways Initiative.

Dr. Wilneida Negrón started her career as a therapist for court-placed youth and immigrant communities in NYC. She recently worked at the Ford Foundation, where she led strategy development across several theme areas, including Race, Technology and Society, and Future of Work(ers). She is currently part of the Ford Foundation’s and Mozilla’s public efforts to explore the impact and sustainability of public interest technology projects in the US, Europe, and the Global South. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has a PhD in Comparative Politics, an MPA, and an MPhil in International and Global Affairs. She is a lifelong fellow for Data & Society Research Institute and an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity.

Tonya R. Strozier has served as a school administrator for over 17 years in both the public and charter sectors. As an educational consultant and school principal, Strozier drove improvements in low-performing schools, and is the founding president of the Tucson Alliance of Black School Educators. Strozier’s commitment to her community is evident in her work with the Tucson Police Department’s Sentinel Event Review Board (SERB), and her collaboration on an outward-facing data dashboard for the local community. She’s also a member of the Mayor’s Racial Equity and Justice Advisory Council. Strozier earned a Bachelors from the University of Arizona in Family Studies, a Masters in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University, and is completing a Ph.D. in Psychology, Learning, and Technology at Grand Canyon University.

Broderick L. Turner, Jr., Ph.D is an assistant professor of Marketing at the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. He leads multiple research projects that consider how technology impacts vulnerable consumers. In particular his work focuses on video surveillance technology, such as body-worn cameras and CCTV, and how the video available from these sources alters people's judgments, especially of police-involved episodes. His research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and featured on the Verge Technology Podcast, NPR (KJZZ), The Appeal, The Pacific Standard Mag, and the Nature Human Behavior. Turner also founded The Flea-Market Lab that aims to never generalize findings to vulnerable populations without working directly with them.

After a college football injury, Jeff Taylor started a decade-long fight against addiction to pain medication, eventually leaving him homeless and facing a 4-6 year drug sentence. Instead of prison time, he was diverted to and graduated from a drug treatment program. He went on to earn a teaching certificate before becoming a lobbyist for prison reform, community and law enforcement relations, homelessness, drug addiction, and inmate diversion and treatment programs. After 12 years of recovery, Taylor was hit by a car while biking, which led to a relapse. While in a prison cell, Taylor wrote SB 1093, which passed and has since released early nearly 20,000 inmates into transitional services like drug treatment and job placement programs, and reduced recidivism rates by 63%. Now free and sober, Taylor continues to write legislation.

Michelle Vilchez joined Innovate Public Schools, a national education equity organization, as coCEO, in 2021. We believe that the education system was not designed to serve all children, and that the biggest barrier to all children having access to an excellent school is a lack of political will to improve the system. We believe the voices and experiences of parents, families, and students should be elevated and centered in decisions about education. We are dedicated to building the capacity of parents and families to organize, advocate, and demand high quality schools for their children. Our Vision is a high quality school experience that cherishes and affirms every student, particularly Black and Brown students, and prepares them for a lifetime of opportunity and choice.Prior to that, Michelle served as the Executive Director of the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, a communication and conflict resolution agency focused on bringing diverse communities together to work on society’s most complex issues. Throughout her 21 years at PCRC her passion for community engagement has guided her work and helped PCRC become recognized as an organization that empowers people and builds relationships. She brings to this role extensive community engagement experience, from her work helping First 5 complete its strategic plan guided by community priorities, to co-authoring PCRC’s Community Engagement Resource Guide and helping to launch a violence prevention network and the Fatherhood Collaborative in San Mateo County. Michelle prides herself on her non-traditional non-profit leadership model, employing a leadership team to strategize and direct the course of the agency. Under her tenure as ED, she has doubled the budget, staffing with a national reach. Her focus on bringing together community members, law enforcement, faith based groups and local government to build a stronger community. In 2016, Michelle was named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly, and In 2019 was selected by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network with the Center for Creative Leadership as a fellow. This an innovative fellowship for local leaders to connect, grow and lead transformational change on behalf of children, families and communities. Michelle was born and raised in Southern California and has a BA in Psychology and Cross Cultural Education. She currently serves as a fellow with the Pahara Institute.

Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rev. Kelvin Sauls has served as an ordained clergy in the United Methodist Church for 26 years. He has provided pastoral leadership in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, and executive leadership at the national and global levels. He is the former Executive Director for New Ministries in the California-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church, where he facilitated strategies for community development and upliftment. As the former Senior Pastor of the largest predominantly African-American United Methodist congregation in the western United States, Sauls connected a pan-African liberation theology with progressive, compassionate pastoral leadership. A published writer and poet, he is a columnist with the Los Angeles Sentinel and hosts a weekly podcast, “Faith Without Borders.” A faith-rooted community organizer and an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, he currently serves as the Network Strategist with Community Health Councils in Los Angeles.

Louis Frye was born and raised in New York City Housing Projects in the Bronx and Queens. After earning a B.S in Finance from Sacred Heart University, Frye played professional basketball in Europe for 7 years before suffering a career-ending injury. He then started several grassroots initiatives to serve the communities where he once lived. In 2012, Frye co-founded Movement Thru Hoops, a youth mentorship and basketball training program. He also works in leadership at Team First (TF), a NYC non-profit which houses <Axon’s Youth Public Safety Initiative> along with TF founder, Tyrone Grant. In his words: “One of my biggest advantages, is that I was raised in poverty. It’s allowed me tremendous perspective and humility. My goal is to impart that into the children I mentor.” Frye is currently a Wealth Relationship Strategist for PNC Bank.

Desmond Brown is the Independent Chair for the Avon and Somerset Lammy review which produced a report into disproportionality in the Avon and Somerset Criminal Justice System in March 2022. Brown is the Founder and a Director at Growing Futures UK, a community interest company that works with children, young people and their families affected by exclusions, child criminal exploitation and serious youth violence. Desmond is Chair of HMP Bristol Employment Advisory Board and Vice Chair of the Independent Scrutiny Panel of Police Powers and Use-of-Force as well as a member of the Bristol City Council's Children and Young People's Board and Exclusion Task Force. Desmond is a fierce advocate for racial and community justice both locally and nationally.

Vassilios Papalois is Professor of Transplantation Surgery and Consultant Transplant and General Surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK. He leads transplant programmes of excellence focusing on high risk and extended criteria kidney and pancreas transplantation. He has been active in surgical research for more than 30 years. He is the President of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), representing 41 countries and 1.6 million medical specialists, the Past-President of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT), Past-Member of the Executive Board of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Member of Council of the European Society of Surgery (ESS), Editor in Chief of the World Journal of Transplantation (WJT), NIHR NW London Subspecialty Lead for Transplantation, Advisor to the General Medical Council (GMC), Advisor National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Head of Student Conduct for Imperial College, Patron of the West London Kidney Patients Association (WLKPA) and member of the editorial board of 11 international peer review journals. Professor Papalois is also Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Vice-Chair of the Research Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Defence. Professor Papalois has been awarded a Silver National Award for Clinical Excellence by the UK Department of the Health, a Senior Clinical Investigator Award by the European Society of Organ Transplantation and a Teaching Excellence Award by Imperial College. He has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki and he is an Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of Surgeons and the Spanish Transplantation Society, the only UK surgeon to have both accolades. Professor Papalois is the Deputy President of the Onassis Cardiothoracic Centre and co-chairs the Committee for the National Transplant Plan and Centre in Greece led by the Onassis Foundation.

As Emeritus Professor of Policing and Criminology, Allyson's research has impelled and encouraged institution-wide ethical leadership and culture change in several organisations, in particular the Police Service of England and Wales, Police Scotland and the military. Supporting the establishment of ethics committees and other fora, her work has informed policy change and the dissemination of ethical values at both strategic and operational level. Her work with these organisations – those that are conferred with powers that include the use of force and other morally intrusive tactics - has collectively raised ethical awareness and understanding, leading to changed attitudes and better decision making. Allyson draws upon her experience from working at the Home Office as well as her extensive knowledge of both policy and operational context. In 2020, as a member of the COVID-19 National Foresight Group, Professor Macvean's work supported the development of the recommendations to the UK Government to inform their response to the pandemic. Allyson works with the Royal Navy having undertaken the Review into the Ethical Health and Culture Across the Five Arms of the Royal Navy (2018/2019) and assisted the development of the ethics agenda in the Royal Marines. Allyson is a member of the NATO Research Task Group 304 on Ethical Leadership. She is also part of the Metropolitan Police Service Professional Group to oversee the implementation of recommendations from the Daniel Morgan Inquiry. Allyson has published numerous books and articles on ethics and intelligence.

Giles Herdale is the co-chair of the UK Independent Digital Ethics Panel for Policing (IDEPP), which works to explain the importance of ethics in digital policing and ensuring UK police forces factor ethics into their digital policing programs from the outset. He is an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and served as the Program Director for Digital Intelligence and Investigation at the National Police Chiefs' Council and was the National Digital Intelligence and Investigation Strategy Lead for Essex Police.

With over a decade's experience in youth, community and social work, including a degree in Sociology and Masters in Social Work, Maya currently works for the Golden Key Partnership Research Programme managing the award winning Call In Programme in partnership with Avon & Somerset Police Constabulary. The Call In offers a trauma informed and person centred diversionary scheme to Black, and minoritised young people involved in serious youth violence, criminal exploitation and drug related offending. In addition to her work with young people and within local communities, Maya is also a commissioner for the Mayoral Commission on Race Equality; leading the criminal justice task group to influence systemic change in relation to structural inequality and race equity. Maya's expertise in this area has led to her Chairing the Youth Justice Task Group for 'The Identifying disproportionality with Avon and Somerset Criminal Justice System Report' and is convening the Scrutiny panel to monitor the implementation of recommendations. Maya is also Vice Chair of Avon & Somerset Constabulary's Women's Independent Advisory Group, a member of the Inclusive Policing Group and continues to offer scrutiny to the force in addition to a number of other board/advisory group positions. Maya continues to consult in relation to system change and race equity; advocating for the inclusion of young people with lived experience in strategic planning and the need to co-produce services/interventions with local communities.

Dr Graham's work has been at the nexus of professional practice, academic research and scholar activism. At the beginning of her teaching practice, she spent three years working with adult male prisoners in two UK prisons. This formed the background to her Doctorate in Education 'Does School Prepare Men for Prison? The life histories of eleven former prisoners' awarded from University of Birmingham. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has developed, taught and externally examined degree programmes in Education, Sociology, Working with Children, Young People & Families and Criminology across several universities. She also founded and led the development of 'Going Straight 2 University', a project that brought university students and prisoner students together to earn credits towards a degree in HMP Birmingham. The long-term aim being to create a direct route to university for prisoners on their release. She has made a significant contribution to the UK debate on the school-to-prison pipeline and is regularly invited to contribute to policy, academic and public discussion on education and the criminal justice system, and the significance of race, class and gender. Dr Graham currently teaches criminology at University of Law, Bloomsbury and City, University of London. She also provides independent education and research consultancy to organisations in her areas of specialism. In 2022 she evaluated a prison-based family reading programme, co-wrote a Rapid Evidence Assessment for a Probation Service and delivered a programme of education on systemic racism to all staff in a large charity. Future projects include an evaluation of a programme aimed at reducing racial disparity in criminal justice and commissioned research into the adultification of Black girls in UK secondary schools.

A lifelong Bristolian of French-Caribbean & Irish descent, Delano Gournet-Moore was raised in the communities of Montpelier and St. Paul's, two of the traditionally Black areas of Bristol. He completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol, with both his dissertations focussing primarily on experiences of anti-Black racism as experienced by Black staff and students in the universities, and as experienced by young Black people living in Bristol. Delano has an extensive background in community-based work in the voluntary sector and working to engage with young people of African descent in the city. His lived experience as a lifelong Black Bristolian, status as a grassroots, feet on the ground member of the community, alongside his academic background researching issues of race as experienced by Black people living in the UK provides him with a unique and essential skillset and insight. Delano currently serves as a Digital Youth Engagement Officer for a Bristol-based network of African & Caribbean community organisations called African Voices Forum (AVF); his role is centered around the empowerment of young people of African descent in Bristol. Delano is regularly involved in partnerships with African/Caribbean grassroots community organisations nationally, working together to enhance African heritage communities digital inclusion capabilities, developing and training young people to empower them and provide them with means to create and sustain their own platforms to ensure their voices, concerns and needs are heard. In addition, Delano is currently writing, researching and presenting on a 'Stop & Search: Know Your Rights' film commissioned by Avon & Somerset Police. In 2016, he wrote, researched and presented on 'There is Black in the Union Jack', a documentary commissioned by Black South-West Network exploring the experiences of Black people living in Bristol in the aftermath of the Brexit Referendum. Delano also presents diversity and inclusion workshops across the regions.