Our Team

Daniel Macallair, Executive Director

(415) 621‑5661 x. 107 dmacallair@​cjcj.​org

Daniel Macallair is CJCJ’s Executive Director and co-founder. His expertise is in the development and analysis of youth and adult correctional policy. He has implemented model community corrections programs and incarceration alternatives throughout the country and is an expert on criminal justice reform.

Daniel serves on the faculty of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University as a Practitioner-in-Residence. He teaches courses on adult and juvenile corrections policy, and is an author of numerous publications, including his new book After the Doors Were Locked: A History of Youth Corrections in California and the Origins of Twenty-First Century Reform. Daniel is also an invited speaker at conferences and seminars throughout the country. To learn more, download his CV.

Brian Goldstein, Director of Policy and Development

(415) 621‑5661 x. 102 brian@​cjcj.​org

Brian Goldstein is CJCJ’s Director of Policy and Development. Under his supervision, CJCJ’s policy and communications department advocates for policies that reduce society’s reliance on incarceration. Brian holds a Masters of Arts in Political Science from San Francisco State University.

Brian has testified in the California State Legislature and written extensively about local and state justice policy trends. He has previously co-authored California’s 58 Crime Rates and Fouts Springs: A Model Approach to Serving High-Risk Youth, among other publications.

Dinky Manty Enty — Deputy Director
dinky@​cjcj.​org

Dinky Manek Enty is CJCJ’s Deputy Director. She oversees all aspects of the agency’s programs and the organization’s operations and finances. She also supervises the agency’s juvenile justice services and works diligently towards juvenile justice reform. As a member of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel and an active participant of the Board of Supervisors’ Close Juvenile Hall Workgroup, she has taken a lead role in advocating for healing trauma-informed change in our community. As a co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Providers Association (JJPA) in San Francisco, she works with community providers and city personnel to fight to improve the experiences of youth and families impacted by the justice system. In 2011, Dinky co-authored Renewing Juvenile Justice, which formed the foundation for the statewide Positive Youth Justice Initiative, offering model designs for juvenile justice reform, wraparound services, and community-based services.

Dinky is a founding member of the Women’s Housing Coalition (WHC) in San Francisco, and supports the group’s mission for women to have safe housing opportunities as a basic human right, where they are respected and valued. Dinky is also a member of the San Francisco State MPA Advisory Board. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice and Child and Adolescent Development.

Gerald Miller, Director of Community-Based Services

(415) 621‑5661 x. 108 gerald@​cjcj.​org

Gerald Miller is CJCJ’s Director of Community-Based Services. He joined CJCJ staff after 15 years with the internationally renowned Delancey Street Foundation, where he directed the Institute for Social Renewal. Gerald has implemented model community-based services for special needs offenders, including an intensive case management reentry program for violent offenders returning to the community from the county jail (NoVA).

In addition to his international experience presenting on community corrections, Gerald has served on the advisory boards of a number of community and civic organizations, including two terms with the San Francisco Reentry Council.

Sean Cochrun — Director of Behavioral Health
sean@​cjcj.​org

Sean has been CJCJ’s Director of Behavioral Health since 2019. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in San Francisco’s community mental health system since 2009 in various roles, primarily supporting youth and families impacted by the juvenile justice system. He has a BA in Sociology and a MSW from San Francisco State University. Outside of his professional life, Sean spends his time with his dog, driving up and down the coast looking at the ocean, gardening, taking photos with old film cameras, playing records, and riding his motorcycle wherever he can.

Charity Harris — Program Director, Cameo House
harris@​cjcj.​org

My name is Charity Harris and I am the Program Director for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Cameo House Program. My career in this sector spans over 13 years. My journey began in 2011 as an Administrative Assistant in the Human Resources department at Jelani House Residential Treatment Program. Following the outsourcing of that department, I transitioned to the childcare department of Jelani House, a field I have always been passionate about. Before my tenure at Jelani House, I ran my own childcare center for over a decade. This experience has been eye-opening, giving me a renewed sense of purpose and strengthening my advocacy for marginalized individuals. Unfortunately, due to downsizing, I left Jelani House in 2016 but was fortunate to join Cameo House as Residential Support Staff the same year. Over time, I advanced to Senior Residential Counselor, then Program Manager, and now, Program Director. I have completed the CCSF Addiction and Recovery Program and am in the process of earning a degree in Psychology.

Mike A. Males, Ph.D. — Senior Research Fellow

mmales@​earthlink.​netwww​.Youth​Facts​.org

Mike A. Males, Ph.D is a Senior Research Fellow at CJCJ. He has contributed research and co-authored numerous CJCJ publications, including on issues of drug policy, Three Strikes law, criminal justice realignment, and juvenile justice reform.

Dr. Males has a Ph.D. in Social Ecology from U.C. Irvine and over 12 years of experience working in youth programs. He is also content director of Youth Facts.

Randall G. Shelden, Ph,D. — Senior Research Fellow

rshelden@​cjcj.​org www​.shelden​says​.com

Randall G. Shelden, Ph.D is a Senior Research Fellow at CJCJ. He has contributed research and co-authored numerous CJCJ publications, including program evaluations and the influence of the criminal justice lobby in America. He has also authored or co-authored over 20 books including: Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society (second edition, co-authored with William B. Brown, Randal Fritzler and Karen Miller); Girls, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (4^th edition), with Meda Chesney-Lind (which received the Hindelang Award for outstanding contribution to Criminology in 1992); Youth Gangs in American Society 4^th edition.), with Sharon Tracy and William B. Brown; Controlling the Dangerous Classes: The History of Criminal Justice, co-authored with Pavel Vasiliev (3^rd edition); Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society, co-authored with Emily Troshynski (3^rd edition); Juvenile Justice in America: Problems and Prospects (co-edited with Daniel Macallair) and Our Punitive Society.

Dr. Shelden is the co-editor of the online Justice Policy Journal and a Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he has received several teaching awards. 

Ms. Johnson is a native of San Francisco, with 34 years of experience working in the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department. She teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the Criminal Justice Department at City College. Ms. Johnson has a BA in History and African-American studies from San Jose State University.

Mr. Bracker has extensive experience as the executive director of several community based agencies including Mission Neighborhood Health Center, US Dept. of Interior Conservation Corp, The SF Bay Area Hearing Society and Arriba Juntos. He is retired from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he was the Community Health Programs Manager.

Lana M. Kreidie is a youth and criminal justice defender, trainer, and leader who serves as the Assistant Director of the Independent Defense Counsel Office in Santa Clara County. Lana has spent her defender career representing system-involved youth and adults, as well as working in indigent defense management. Over the years, Lana has trained defenders locally, statewide and nationally on a variety of topics, has participated in a variety of legal reform efforts, and is active with the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, San Mateo CASA, and CPDA.

Ms. Fountila is a native of San Francisco, and has over 18 years of experience in employment services. She currently works for the San Francisco City and County Human Resources Department. Ms. Fountila was an All-American basketball player at Clark College in Atlanta, GA. She has a B.S. in Business Management.

Ms. Lee has been a Deputy Public Defender in San Francisco since 1978. She is 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, and the co-chair of the juvenile justice committee of the Asian Youth Advocacy Network.

Mr. Yeh is CEO and co-founder of Siteler, Inc. and a 5‑time serial entrepreneur and investor. He has served in various executive capacities for many early stage companies in both the US and Asia. Mr. Yeh is also the General Partner of Asanga Capital, a EB‑5 Immigration Venture/​Private Equity Fund.

Elizabeth Brown, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University and Department Chair. She holds a doctorate in Geography with a certificate in Law and Society Studies and a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies. Her research examines the intersections between urban neighborhoods and crime control policies and explores how depictions of crime and disorder influence juvenile justice policy, the experiences of urban youth, and the history and persistence of poverty and white supremacy in the US. She has published articles on a diverse range of topics from trying youth as adults and public policy approaches to the gang and school violence to urban redevelopment and contemporary urban policing strategies.

Brian’s first legal job was working with incarcerated persons in Idaho through the ACLU. He has since provided representation in capital cases in Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, and California. He has visited more than 20 of California’s 34 adult prisons while providing independent defense services through panels operated in San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Monterey, Sacramento, and the First District Court of Appeal, Second District court of Appeal, Sixth District Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, and the USDC for the Eastern District. He recently won his first case resulting in published opinion by the California Supreme Court in December 2023. Approximately 10 – 15% of his professional services are spent on pro bono matters, and 100% of his cases involve indigent persons. He provides representation in juvenile delinquency cases in serious matters involving transfer hearings, Heard petitions, and RJA habeas corpus petitions.

Daniel Macallair, Executive Director

(415) 621‑5661 x. 107 dmacallair@​cjcj.​org

Daniel Macallair is CJCJ’s Executive Director and co-founder. His expertise is in the development and analysis of youth and adult correctional policy. He has implemented model community corrections programs and incarceration alternatives throughout the country and is an expert on criminal justice reform.

Daniel serves on the faculty of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University as a Practitioner-in-Residence. He teaches courses on adult and juvenile corrections policy, and is an author of numerous publications, including his new book After the Doors Were Locked: A History of Youth Corrections in California and the Origins of Twenty-First Century Reform. Daniel is also an invited speaker at conferences and seminars throughout the country. To learn more, download his CV.

Dinky Manty Enty — Deputy Director
dinky@​cjcj.​org

Dinky Manek Enty is CJCJ’s Deputy Director. She oversees all aspects of the agency’s programs and the organization’s operations and finances. She also supervises the agency’s juvenile justice services and works diligently towards juvenile justice reform. As a member of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel and an active participant of the Board of Supervisors’ Close Juvenile Hall Workgroup, she has taken a lead role in advocating for healing trauma-informed change in our community. As a co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Providers Association (JJPA) in San Francisco, she works with community providers and city personnel to fight to improve the experiences of youth and families impacted by the justice system. In 2011, Dinky co-authored Renewing Juvenile Justice, which formed the foundation for the statewide Positive Youth Justice Initiative, offering model designs for juvenile justice reform, wraparound services, and community-based services.

Dinky is a founding member of the Women’s Housing Coalition (WHC) in San Francisco, and supports the group’s mission for women to have safe housing opportunities as a basic human right, where they are respected and valued. Dinky is also a member of the San Francisco State MPA Advisory Board. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice and Child and Adolescent Development.

Jeanelle Ajel — Fiscal & Data Specialist, Operations

My name is Jeanelle Ajel and I am the On-Call Fiscal and Data Specialist at CJCJ. I’ve worked for CJCJ since November 2015, but have officially moved to become an on-call consultant in February 2023. I’ve enjoyed working with CJCJ as I believe in the mission and have such amazing coworkers. Thanks for all the years CJCJ!

Sean Cochrun — Director of Behavioral Health
sean@​cjcj.​org

Sean has been CJCJ’s Director of Behavioral Health since 2019. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in San Francisco’s community mental health system since 2009 in various roles, primarily supporting youth and families impacted by the juvenile justice system. He has a BA in Sociology and a MSW from San Francisco State University. Outside of his professional life, Sean spends his time with his dog, driving up and down the coast looking at the ocean, gardening, taking photos with old film cameras, playing records, and riding his motorcycle wherever he can.

David Luna — Bilingual Clinical Case Manager, COY Program
dluna@​cjcj.​org

David Luna is a Bilingual Clinical Case Manager with the COY program at CJCJ. 

Erica Spartos, MA, LMFT. — Clinical Supervisor, COY

Fil Matavao — Clinical Case Manager
fil@​cjcj.​org

Fil Matavao is a Clinical Case Manager with the COY program.

Gabriela Lopez-Gaston — Behavioral Health Clinician, COY program
gabriela@​cjcj.​org

Gabriela Lopez-Gaston is a Behavioral Health Clinician with our COY program at CJCJ. 

Noura Tumilat-Behavioral Health Clinician
noura@​cjcj.​org

Noura is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Behavioral Health Clinician with the Community Options for Youth program at CJCJ. She earned her BA from Mount Holyoke College and her MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Noura takes a holistic approach to healing and personal growth by blending Modern Western Psychology with Eastern Philosophies. She is passionate about helping youth navigate their experiences and build self-agency, essential for their development into responsible, empowered adults. Her work fosters resilience and supports the goals of criminal justice reform and rehabilitation.

Outside of work, Noura enjoys dancing, exploring nature, and trying new restaurants around the city.

Máire Larkin — Operations Director, Cameo House
mairel@​cjcj.​org

Máire Larkin is the Operations Director of CJCJ’s Cameo House program. Her journey began in the 1980’s in the Creative Arts program Limerick Prison, Ireland to 2001 becoming the SF Superior Courts CJCJ Children’s Waiting Room director, to her present position at Cameo House.. A quote from her long time favorite book Jane Eyre ​“I am no bird: and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will”

Charity Harris — Program Director, Cameo House
harris@​cjcj.​org

My name is Charity Harris and I am the Program Director for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Cameo House Program. My career in this sector spans over 13 years. My journey began in 2011 as an Administrative Assistant in the Human Resources department at Jelani House Residential Treatment Program. Following the outsourcing of that department, I transitioned to the childcare department of Jelani House, a field I have always been passionate about. Before my tenure at Jelani House, I ran my own childcare center for over a decade. This experience has been eye-opening, giving me a renewed sense of purpose and strengthening my advocacy for marginalized individuals. Unfortunately, due to downsizing, I left Jelani House in 2016 but was fortunate to join Cameo House as Residential Support Staff the same year. Over time, I advanced to Senior Residential Counselor, then Program Manager, and now, Program Director. I have completed the CCSF Addiction and Recovery Program and am in the process of earning a degree in Psychology.

D’Mitri Starks — Residential Support Staff
dmitri@​cjcj.​org

D’Mitri Starks is our Senior Residential Support Staff at CJCJ’s Cameo House. 

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. ” — Marianne Williamson

Aurora Garza Jimenez — Program Manager, Cameo House
ajimenez@​cjcj.​org

Cameo House’s Program Manager Aurora Garza Jimenez is also our original Bilingual Case Manager for Cameo House! Being a transplant from Monterey County to San Francisco State to graduate with a double major in Psychology and Spanish, she wants to advocate for all POC who come or have gone through hardships in life as she has. She has lived experience and wants to help individuals rise to their best to prove to themselves that they too can rise from the ashes. Aside from being a forever student in holistic health, Aurora enjoys spending time with family and traveling to new places.

Anayma De Frias — Bilingual Case Manager, Cameo House
anayma@​cjcj.​org

Anayma De Frias serves as a Bilingual Case Manager for Cameo House at CJCJ. Raised by a Dominican family whose roots dig deep into civic service and community engagement, she has followed the same path championing social equity and justice. She is a certified Community Health Worker, holds a bachelor’s in psychology from Florida International University, and is currently pursuing her Master of Public Health at FIU’s Robert Stempel School of Public Health and Social Work. In her spare time, she enjoys watching sci-fi and supernatural shows, taking scenic walks through picturesque San Francisco, and nerding out about nutrition over a good cup of coffee.”

Dinky Manty Enty — Deputy Director
dinky@​cjcj.​org

Dinky Manek Enty is CJCJ’s Deputy Director. She oversees all aspects of the agency’s programs and the organization’s operations and finances. She also supervises the agency’s juvenile justice services and works diligently towards juvenile justice reform. As a member of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel and an active participant of the Board of Supervisors’ Close Juvenile Hall Workgroup, she has taken a lead role in advocating for healing trauma-informed change in our community. As a co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Providers Association (JJPA) in San Francisco, she works with community providers and city personnel to fight to improve the experiences of youth and families impacted by the justice system. In 2011, Dinky co-authored Renewing Juvenile Justice, which formed the foundation for the statewide Positive Youth Justice Initiative, offering model designs for juvenile justice reform, wraparound services, and community-based services.

Dinky is a founding member of the Women’s Housing Coalition (WHC) in San Francisco, and supports the group’s mission for women to have safe housing opportunities as a basic human right, where they are respected and valued. Dinky is also a member of the San Francisco State MPA Advisory Board. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice and Child and Adolescent Development.

Booker Gray — Assistant Director, Juvenile Justice Services
bgray@​cjcj.​org

Booker Gray, is an Assistant Director at CJCJ. Booker is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Psychology. Booker is dedicated to serving both youth and young adults who are having challenges navigating through the world around them. ​“You can only become accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them well so that people can’t take their eyes off you.” ‑Maya Angelou

Julia Hughes - Sentencing Planner, Juvenile Justice Services
julia@​cjcj.​org

Julia Hughes is a sentencing planner at CJCJ. She was born and raised in Oakland, California and received her undergraduate degree in political science from UC Berkeley. She is passionate about criminal justice work and helping advocate on behalf of young people who are system impacted. She loves hanging out with her dogs, Warriors basketball, and exploring the Bay Area in search of new restaurants.

Madelin Orr — Case Developer, Juvenile Justice Services
madelin@​cjcj.​org

Madelin Orr is a Case Developer with with CJCJ. She works in Juvenile Justice Services program to provide defense-based-advocacy for young people in San Francisco and across California. She loves burritos, the Pacific Ocean, and making kiddos smile.

Carlos Simpson Sr — Case Manager and Sentencing Planner
carlos@​cjcj.​org

Carlos Simpson is a Case Manager with our Juvenile Justice Services at CJCJ who believes it is important to live in one’s purpose and accept everything that comes along with that, including the blessings. Proud to be working in the areas he grew up in, Carlos is grateful for the opportunity to give back, to listen to the youth he works with, and to be the voice that he needed in his own life. From youth to adulthood, Carlos’s own experiences with incarceration anchor him in the importance of connection to not only people, but to the soil and land itself one is working on.

Tatum O’Sullivan — Case Developer
tatumo@​cjcj.​org

Tatum O’Sullivan was born and raised in the East Bay Area. Her interest in working with system-impacted young people was piqued as an Undergraduate Criminal Justice student at Seattle University. Tatum has been with CJCJ for 4 years, and on the Juvenile Justice Services team as a Case Developer for 2 years. In her free time, she enjoys sharing meals with loved ones, attending live music shows, and walking in nature.

Gerald Miller, Director of Community-Based Services

(415) 621‑5661 x. 108 gerald@​cjcj.​org

Gerald Miller is CJCJ’s Director of Community-Based Services. He joined CJCJ staff after 15 years with the internationally renowned Delancey Street Foundation, where he directed the Institute for Social Renewal. Gerald has implemented model community-based services for special needs offenders, including an intensive case management reentry program for violent offenders returning to the community from the county jail (NoVA).

In addition to his international experience presenting on community corrections, Gerald has served on the advisory boards of a number of community and civic organizations, including two terms with the San Francisco Reentry Council.

Jose Gomez — Case Manager, Adult Reentry Services
jgomez@​cjcj.​org

Jose Gomez works as a Case Manager with our Adult Reentry Services at CJCJ. 

Brian Goldstein, Director of Policy and Development

(415) 621‑5661 x. 102 brian@​cjcj.​org

Brian Goldstein is CJCJ’s Director of Policy and Development. Under his supervision, CJCJ’s policy and communications department advocates for policies that reduce society’s reliance on incarceration. Brian holds a Masters of Arts in Political Science from San Francisco State University.

Brian has testified in the California State Legislature and written extensively about local and state justice policy trends. He has previously co-authored California’s 58 Crime Rates and Fouts Springs: A Model Approach to Serving High-Risk Youth, among other publications.

Grecia Reséndez, Policy Analyst
grecia@​cjcj.​org

Grecia Reséndez is a policy analyst with CJCJ. She is a system-impacted, mother, advocate and scholar. In her free time she loves to cook, garden and binge-watch tv series.

Tina Curiel — Communications & Policy Analyst
tinac@​cjcj.​org

Tina Curiel is a Communications & Policy Analyst with CJCJ. She is also a Xicana-Boricua formerly incarcerated and system-impacted poet and activist and artivist. Raised in the Central Valley, Tina is a proud UC Davis alum who loves cats, sci-fi, thrifting, and cooking. Community liberation, reflexivity, and compassion are her guiding principles. 

Maureen Washburn — Senior Policy Analyst
maureen@​cjcj.​org

Maureen Washburn (she/​her) is a Senior Policy Manager at CJCJ. Since joining in 2016, Maureen has worked to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems by authoring reports, conducting research, and advocating for transformative policy change. She holds an MS in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. Before graduate school, Maureen spent four years as a classroom teacher, which deepened her commitment to safeguarding youth’s rights and amplifying their voices.

Nancy Juarez — Policy and Communications Analyst
nancy@​cjcj.​org

Nancy Juarez is a Policy and Communications Analyst with CJCJ.