David Ocegueda Bracker, MSW, Board Chair

David Ocegueda Bracker has been involved with running several community based organizations (CBO's) within San Francisco through Compass Point’s loaned Executive Program, of which he is still affiliated.  Some of these CBO’s include Mission Neighborhood Health Center, Arriba Juntos, Hearing Society for the Bay Area, and Booker T. Washington Community Service.  Mr. Bracker also serves as a board member of Mission Hiring Hall, Arriba Juntos, and the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.  He has a Master’s degree from San Francisco State University and retired from the University of California San Francisco.

Reginald Smith, J.D. 

Reginald Smith served as the former Managing Director in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.  Mr. Smith currently works at the San Francisco Ten Year Plan Implementation Council in San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office.

Wilma Espinoza

Wilma Espinoza is a longtime development and management consultant in the non-profit field.  Ms. Espinoza specializes in developing cultural competency in community-based organizations.  She is the President and founder of The Kahlo Group, a non-profit development and management company.

Penn Hughes, Ph.D.

Penn Hughes is a staff psychologist providing psychological services to recent parolees from state prison in the Parole Outpatient Clinic at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.  He received his BA in history, his MA in sociology, and his Ph.D. from the San Francisco School of Professional Psychology.  Mr. Hughes has also taught in various universities on numerous topics for over 30 years.

Patricia Lee, J.D. 

Patricia Lee has been a Deputy Public Defender in San Francisco since 1978, and has been practicing in the Juvenile Courts since 1981.  She is currently the managing attorney for the Juvenile Division of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.

Ms. Lee also serves as the Co-Director of the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, the co-chair of the juvenile justice committee of the Asian Youth Advocacy Network, and a core member of the John D. and Catharine T. MacArthur Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.  She is also a member of the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee of the Administrative Office of the Courts, Center for Families, Children and the Courts.

Ms. Lee is a co-author of the CEB California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice, Fifth Edition Juvenile Law and Procedure chapter (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 editions).  She has also co-authored the CEB California Criminal Law Forms Manual, Juvenile Delinquency section, 2001 edition.  She has been awarded numerous accolades to include the prestigious honor of being named the recipient of the California Wellness Foundation’s 2007 California Peace Prize, a $25,000 grant to honor her commitment to prevent violence and promote peace, and the City Youth Now 2009 Community Achievement Award for making a significant impact on the lives of youth in San Francisco juvenile court system.

Frederick R. Chavaria, Ph.D. 

Frederick R. Chavaria is the Department Chair of the Administration of Justice and Fire Science at the City College of San Francisco.  He also teaches under the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Department.  Mr. Chavaria is a former longtime parole agent and parole specialist.  He has worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and was one of the first to write an article on cognitive behavioral modification.  To learn more, read the full report on “Probation and Cognitive Skills ”.

Christina L. Stahlkopf, Ph.D.

Christina L. Stahlkopf received her PhD in Sociology from Oxford University where she worked with the Centre for Criminology.  In England, she examined the re-design of the juvenile justice system and the implementation of restorative justice policies, eventually making recommendations for change on the basis of her research.  Moving back to the United States in 2006, Ms. Stahlkopf joined the faculty at San Francisco State University’s Department of Criminal Justice Studies where she continues to write and publish in the field of juvenile justice.  She currently teaches as an Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Studies Program at San Francisco State University.