MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, National Collaborative on Reckoning and Justice, sponsored by the Square One Project, Justice Lab at Columbia University (2023-present).

  • Co-chair, Executive Session on the Future of Justice Policy, sponsored by the Square One Project, Justice Lab at Columbia University (2017 to 2023).

  • Member,  Advisory Council of the Criminal Justice Reform Initiative of the Aspen Institute (2018 to present).

  • Member, Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform (Lippman Commission) (2016 to present).  

  • Co-chair, Advisory Committee (2015-present), Institute for Innovation in Prosecution, and Member (2015-19), Executive Session on Reimagining the Role of the Prosecutor in the Community, at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

  • Member, US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, funded by the Gates Foundation at the Urban Institute (2016-18).

  • Chair, National Academies consensus panel on the Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration in the United States (2010-14).  Issued report entitled The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences.

  • Chair (2012-15) and member (2005-11) of the Committee on Law and Justice, National Research  Council of the National Academies. 

  • Advisory Board, Justice Reform for Healthy Communities, Vera Institute of Justice, Board member (2015-17).

  • Member of the Transition Committees for District Attorney Alvin Bragg (2022), District Attorney Mimi Rocah (2020), Mayor Bill deBlasio (2013), District Attorney Vance (2010), District Attorney Ken Thompson (2014).  

  • Member of the Transition Committee on Criminal Justice Policy for Governor-Elect Spitzer and Lt. Governor-Elect Paterson (2006).

  • Member, Board of Directors, Research Foundation, City University of New York, Board member (2011- 13).

  • Member, Executive Session on Policing and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2008-14).

  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Court Innovation, 2008.

  • Chair, Governor’s Paterson’s Task Force on Transforming Juvenile Justice (2008-09), issued report entitled: Charting a New Course: A Blueprint for Transforming Juvenile Justice in New York State.

  • Board of Trustees, Urban Institute, Vice Chair (2007-10).

  • Editorial Board, Crime and Punishment Around the World, Praeger Publishers (2007).

  • Chair, National Advisory Board, Safer Return, a community reentry demonstration project in Chicago (2005-14).

  • Member, National Commission on Forensic Science and Public Policy, chaired by  Dr. Donald Kennedy and co-chaired by former Attorney General, Janet Reno, Dr. Stephen E. Fienberg, and the Hon. William H. Webster (2005-08).

  • Member of the Advisory Committee, Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse (CASA) (2004).

  • Member, National Advisory Board, Center for Research on Criminal Justice and Mental Health, established at Rutgers University by the National Institute for Mental Health (2002-04).

  • Member, National Advisory Board, National H.I.R.E. Network, a program of the Legal Action Center dedicated to promoting employment opportunities for people with criminal records (2001-04).

  • Member, National Advisory Board, Join Together, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to reducing the abuse of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco (2001-04).

  • Member, Advisory Board of Center for Community Safety of Winston-Salem State University (2001-04).

  • Member, National Advisory Board, National Crime Prevention Council program on State Crime Prevention Initiatives (2001-04).

  • Member, American Bar Association, Task Force on Collateral Sanctions of Felony Convictions (2000- 01).

  • Member, National Advisory Committee on “Reclaiming Futures,” a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative on juvenile justice and substance abuse (2000-03).

  • Member, Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives (1999-03).

  • Member, Board of Trustees, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Turin, Italy, elected to five-year term by United Nations General Assembly (1999-04).

  • Chair, Chancellor’s Advisory Panel on School Safety and author of Panel’s report, Rethinking School Safety (1992-93)

  • Member, Criminal Justice Council, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1990-94).

  • Member, Advisory Board, Center for Research in Crime and Justice, New York University School of Law (1984-94).