The ABLE Project is the result of extensive collaboration between law enforcement professionals, criminal legal experts, and community members. This page focuses on the management and key advisors of the ABLE Project. To see a full list of the Center for Innovations in Community Safety Faculty & Staff, view the Our Team page for the Center’s website. You can read about our ABLE National Instructors via the Our Instructors page.

Georgetown University Faculty & Staff

  • Christy Lopez headshot

    Professor from Practice, Co-Faculty Director of the Center for Innovations in Community Safety, & Co-Founder of the ABLE Project

    Christy Lopez

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  • Rosa Brooks headshot

    Associate Dean, Professor, & Co-Faculty Director of the Center for Innovations in Community Safety

    Rosa Brooks

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  • Tahir Duckett Headshot

    Executive Director, Center for Innovations in Community Safety

    Tahir Duckett

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  • Lisa Kurtz headshot

    Director

    Lisa A. Kurtz

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  • Fatoumata Ceesay Headshot

    Senior Program Associate

    Fatoumata Ceesay

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  • Anya Satyawadi headshot

    Program Assistant

    Anya Satyawadi

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Key Partners

  • Jonathan Aronie headshot

    Partner at Sheppard Mullin LLP, Co-Founder of the ABLE Project, Chair of the ABLE Project Board of Advisors

    Jonathan Aronie

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  • David Douglass headshot

    Partner at Sheppard Mullin LLP, ABLE Project Board of Advisors

    David Douglass

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  • Roy Austin headshot

    Vice President of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel at Facebook, ABLE Project Board of Advisors

    Roy Austin

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  • Ervin Staub headshot

    Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Founding Director The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Founding Partner of the ABLE Project

    Ervin Staub

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  • Karen Rice headshot

    ABLE Project Curriculum Designer

    Karen Rice

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  • Joel Dvoskin headshot

    ABLE Project Training Psychologist

    Joel Dvoskin

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  • Susan Rahr headshot

    Former Director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, ABLE Project Instructor/Facilitator

    Susan Rahr

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