2018 Conference Steering Committee

Chair: Carolyn Esparza, Conference Initiator & Chair
Founder/Director Community Solutions Host & Producer of the Annual Conference
Co-author, The Unvarnished Truth About the Prison Family Journey

Barbara Allan
Founder/Director Prison Families Anonymous
New York

Kimberly Dearman
Prison Family Advocate
Texas

Matt Duhamel
Producer/Director Metamora Films
Washington

Kirstin Eidenbach
Co-Director ATLaS Justice Center
Arizona

Jacquelyn Frank, PhD
Eastern Illinois University
Illinois

Connie Grier, Director
The RESPECT Alliance
Pennsylvania

Avon Hart-Johnson, PhD, President
DC Project Connect
Washington DC

Mari Kita
Prison Family Advocate
Hawaii

Pete Letkemann
Vice President – Citizens for Prison Reform
Michigan

Heather Moore, MA, ACC
Certified Life Coach, Prison Reform Advocate
Michigan

MiChelle Moore
Prison Family Advocate
Arkansas

Bahiyyah Muhammad, PhD
Educator, Howard University
Washington, DC

James Prager
Re-entry Council – Toledo
Ohio

Francis Ssuubi, Founder/Director
Wells of Hope
Uganda

Ann Edenfield Sweet, Founder/Director
Wings For Life International
New Mexico

Kayla Victor
Event Coordinator
Washington