Building better justice by disrupting and improving policies and practices throughout the criminal-legal system. Designed dozens of multi sector justice reform projects and raised over $100mm in impact grants in the last five years. Soros Justice Fellowship finalist. Widely recognized for designing and launching highly regarded change-focused initiatives: Youth Justice Initiative to improve policies and practices to reduce youth incarceration; holistic Misdemeanor Early Representation program to advance equity and reduce failures to appear; Stand Together Contra Costa, a deportation defense initiative; Reentry Success Center, public/private collective impact initiative based on restorative justice; a LEAD diversion initiative. Has created transformative approaches to in-custody support, including parent/child contact visitation programs; for nearly a decade, designed and led a civic engagement and community organizing initiative, Reentry Solutions Group.Expertise in justice-focused facilitation, multi-sector program design, impact grant-writing, research and analysis, and strategic planning. Generated more than $90MM in public and private funding since 2016.A Chartered Financial Analyst, in an earlier career Rebecca worked as a Wall Street money manager in New York City. With a Highest Honors Bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, she was awarded both a Mellon Fellowship and a Javits Fellowship for her doctoral studies at Stanford. A Certified Fund Raising Executive, she also holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management.
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