2018 Conference Steering Committee

Chair: Carolyn Esparza, LPC
Founder/Director Community Solutions Host & Producer of the Annual Conference
Co-author, The Unvarnished Truth About the Prison Family Journey
Headquarters Temporarily Based in Vancouver, Washington

Barbara Allan
Founder/Director Prison Families Anonymous
New York

Kimberly Dearman
Prison Family Advocate
Texas

Matt Duhamel
Producer/Director Metamora Films
Oregon

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
Graduate Student – University of Kansas
Kansas

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