Instructors
Sarah Barbour, M.S.
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Sarah Barbour supports the design and implementation of school-wide behavioral support systems and restorative discipline processes for a large, metropolitan school...
Bill Boyle, M.A.T.
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Bill Boyle is an experienced, certified restorative practitioner and facilitator of equity and inclusion learning experiences. He has worked diligently to form schools that...
Nikki Chamblee, Ph.D.
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Nikki Chamblee, Ph.D., has been an educator for two decades. Currently, she is the Coordinator for Restorative Practices for Fort Worth Independent School District...
Joseph Devlin, M.R.P.Y.C.
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Joseph Devlin is an IIRP instructor, adjunct professor at Bucks County Community College, and founder of Family Sobriety Now. He has more than 20 years of experience in the...
Sheryl Douglas, B.A.
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Sheryl Douglas started her life-long career in education as an English Language Arts teacher and later transitioned into educational consulting. For over two decades she...
Graciella Drew, M.A.Ed.
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Graciella Drew is a restorative practices trainer, providing training and/or consulting in multiple urban and suburban school districts throughout the United States. She...
Monica Evans
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Monica Evans is a Prevention, Intervention and Diversion Specialist with Detroit Public Schools and Detroit Public Safety Foundation, supported by the Skillman Foundation...
Shari Garn, M.S.
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Shari Garn spent 25 years as a teacher before leaving the profession to become a restorative conference facilitator for Restorative Resources in Santa Rosa, California...
Julia Getty, M.S.
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Julia Getty is a full-time instructor with the IIRP. Her first career was in retail management, where she noted with great interest that some managers seemed naturally more...
Victoria Goodson, M.A.
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Victoria Goodson is the Coordinator for Student Conduct and Restorative Justice at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. She began her association with the...
Peter Heineman, M.S.
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Peter Heineman has been an urban elementary, middle and high school educator for over 30 years. He currently works at Green Street Academy in West Baltimore...
Karen Junker, M.Div.
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Karen Junker is a mathematics teacher with 10 years of experience in middle school and 10 years in high school, including one year of substituting. She is a published...
Paul Karaman, M.A.
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Paul Karaman is a former executive director of Community Service Foundation (CSF), one of the IIRP’s model programs. CSF helped implement restorative practices in...
Lynne Lang, M.S.
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Lynne Lang has worked for over 30 years in public health, managing community coalitions, and developing school health and safety curriculum. In 2009, she developed...
Julie Malloy, M.P.A., M.R.P.Y.C.
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Julie Malloy has nearly 20 years of experience in management consulting and direct service. She has trained adults in restorative practices and strategy development in New...
Suzanne Petersen, M.A.
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Suzanne has worked as a mental health counselor for over 30 years in a variety of settings, including schools, community mental health and inpatient behavioral health...
Eric Rainey, M.A
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Eric Rainey has over 25 years of experience in a variety of roles in the fields of education and childcare services, including graduation coach, classroom teacher...
Neil Ray, M.S.
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Neil Ray has served in communities and schools of the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area for over 15 years in various capacities, including school social worker...
Lee Rush, M.Ed.
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Lee Rush has worked extensively in schools and communities. He is Executive Director of justCommunity, Inc. based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and is on the board of...
Dawn Schantz, M.S.
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Dawn Schantz has more than 30 years of experience in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system, from Juvenile Probation Officer to counselor with the IIRP model program...
Kate Shapero, M.S.
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Kate Shapero is a science teacher at The Miquon School, a private elementary school in Philadelphia. As a lifelong learner, Kate has been honing her restorative practices...
Gina Sweet-Comrie, M.Ed.
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Gina Sweet-Comrie has dedicated more than 16 years to working with special education students residing in Philadelphia and surrounding...
Trisha N. Tinsley, B.A.
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Trisha Tinsley has 20 years of experience in social services and community organizing. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Seattle University and...
Rodney Toulson, J.D.
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Rodney Toulson has extensive experience working and training in inner city schools. He is a former Director of Restorative Practices in Baltimore City Public Schools and...
Melissa Ugarte, M.S.
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Melissa Ugarte has been an educator for over a decade, having held positions in counseling, behavior management and leadership. Ms. Ugarte founded The Educated Edge, LLC, a...
Deanna L. Webb, M.S.
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Deanna Webb has dedicated over 15 years to working as a special education teacher across grade levels in public and alternative schools and 10 years to training adult...
Marissa Wertheimer, J.D.
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Marissa Wertheimer served as Coordinator of Restorative Justice programming for Marin County Probation for 15 years, including outreach in the community and in schools. For...
Jen Williams, M.S.
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Jen Williams is a Middle School Counselor in Pennsylvania and is a 2016 alumni of the IIRP Master of Science program. Her passion for restorative practices started...
Kris Wraight, M.S.
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Kris Wraight taught SEL and Teen Dating Violence Prevention to students in southeastern Connecticut for over a decade. Since attending her first IIRP World Conference in...