Advisory Council
Scaling Safety’s National Advisory Council is made up of some of the nation’s foremost experts on innovative public safety solutions, cycles of violence, chronic victimization, incarceration, reentry, capacity building, and more. Meet our Advisory Council:
Alicia Boccellari, Ph.D.
Founder
National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers
Michelle Perin
Clinical Supervisor/Crisis Worker/EMT
Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets (CAHOOTS)
Sam Schaeffer
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Center for Employment Opportunities
James Timpson
Managing Director of Community Violence Initiatives
Roca Impact Institute
Nichelle Sadler
Executive Director, UTEC, Inc.
Training Center for Excellence
Demetrius Similien
National Coordinator
Community Capacity Development
K. Bain
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Community Capacity Development
Aswad Thomas
National Director
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
Susan Burton
Founder
A New Way of Life
Eric Cumberbatch
Senior Vice President of Justice Partnerships
Center for Policing Equity
Sasha Cotton
Executive Director
National Network for Safe Communities
David Kennedy
Faculty Chair
National Network for Safe Communities
Dr. Wendy Mahoney
Consultant
Pamela Marshall
Co-Director
A New Way of Life
Leslie Rivera
Senior Director of Training
UTEC, Inc., Training Center for Excellence
Dr. Aquil Basheer
Founder and Executive Director
BUILD Program and the Professional Community Intervention Training Institute (PCITI)
Salomon Zavala, Esq
Managing Attorney