ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Honorable Lance Africk is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

T. Michael Andrews, Esq. is the Project Director of the D.C. Crime Victims’ Resource Center in Washington, DC and also serves as the Chair of the Victims Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

John J. Baker, Esq. is a Career Law Clerk in the Chambers of Judge Ricardo Hinojosa in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Honorable Rachel E. Barkow is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission and is also a Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and the Faculty Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York School of Law.

John Bendzunas is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of Vermont. He is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Fred Berlin, M.D., Ph.D. is the founder of The John Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic and serves as the director of the Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit in Baltimore, Maryland.

Richard Bohlken is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of New Mexico. He is also the Chair of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Charles R. Breyer is a Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California and is a Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. He is also an Adjunct Professor at The University of California, Hastings College of Law.

L. Russell “Rusty” Burress is the Principal Training Advisor for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

M. Yasmin Cader, Esq. is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California.

William B. Carr, Jr. is an Adjunct Law Professor at Widener Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is also a former Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. Honorable Kathleen Cardone is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.

Davina Chen, Esq. is CJA Counsel for the Law Office of Davina T. Chen in Glendale, California.

John Crews, Esq. is an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico.

David Debold, Esq. is Of Counsel for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP in Washington, DC.

Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. is the Deputy Director for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

James E. Felman, Esq. is a partner with the Law Firm of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A. in Tampa, Florida.

Honorable Paul L. Friedman is a Senior United States District Judge for the District of the District of Columbia.

Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Alexandra Gelber, Esq. is the Assistant Deputy Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC.

Honorable Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr. is a United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.

Honorable John Gleeson is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

Catharine Goodwin, Esq. is a Restitution Consultant in Sun City West, Arizona.

Kathleen J. Grilli, Esq. is the General Counsel for the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and is a former Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. Rick Holloway is a Sentencing Guideline Specialist for the District of South Dakota. He is also the Vice Chair of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Kim Hunt, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Associate for the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson is a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia and is a former Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Kathleen M. Kenney, Esq. is the General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC.

Arvind Lal, Esq. is the Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section at the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC.

Peter Madsen is an Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Benji McMurray, Esq. is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Utah.

Marjorie Meyers, Esq. is the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas.

Juliana Moore is a Probation Officer Specialist for the Northern District of Texas.

Honorable K. Michael Moore is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Mark Neff is the Deputy Chief Probation Officer II for the Northern District of Illinois.

Brent E. Newton, Esq. is the Deputy Staff Director at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Mitch Neurock, Esq. is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.

Mark Osler, Esq. is a Law Professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Rachel L. Pierce is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission. Mary Price, Esq. is the General Counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) in Washington, DC.

Honorable William H. Pryor, Jr. is a Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Birmingham, Alabama and is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Christie Quick, Esq. is a Supervisory Staff Attorney for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Vikrant P. Reddy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Koch Institute in Arlington, Virginia.

Louis W. Reedt, Sc.D. is the Deputy Director of the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Commission.

John Rhodes, Esq. is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Montana.

Honorable Margaret C. Rodgers is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Krista L. Rubin is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Stephen R. Sady, Esq. is a First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon.

Honorable Patti B. Saris is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and is the Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Glenn R. Schmitt, Esq. is the Director of the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Courtney Semisch, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Associate in the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Commission.

H. Michael Sokolow, Esq. is the First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas.

Michelle Spidell is a Probation Administrator for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

James R. Strawley, Esq. is a Deputy General Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the United States Sentencing Commission. Raquel Wilson, Esq. is the Acting Director of the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Frank Whitney is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Honorable Jonathan J. Wroblewski is a Commissioner (Ex Officio) of the United States Sentencing Commission and is Director of the Office of Policy & Legislation in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice.

Bob Zauzmer, Esq. is the Appellate Chief for the United States Department of Justice in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.