2023 featured Speakers

Dr. Byron McClure, D.Ed., is a nationally certified school psychologist and founder of Lessons For SEL. He uses research and human-centered design thinking to build empathy, ideate, co-create solutions, and design equitable resources that put the needs of people front and center. Dr. McClure is the co-author of Hacking Deficit Thinking: 8 reframes that will change the way you think about strength-based practices and equity in schools.

Father Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. 

In 1988, started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises.

Father Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. 

Chyrl Jones is a Deputy Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).  OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to delinquency and victimization among youth. 

Ms. Jones has dedicated her career to working on issues—such as child development, maternal and child health, tribal youth, gang prevention, and environmental justice—that affect the wellbeing of youth, families and their communities.

Lou Ann Holland, J.D., is a Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Delinquency Prevention and Child Protection (DPCP) Division. Ms. Holland manages the funding provided to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children  (NCMEC), Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces, and Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA) programs.  She participates in the Federal Agency Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children.

Keith R. Hasan-Towery is a Program Manager in the Youth Justice & System Innovation Division. He received his Master of Public Policy from American University with an emphasis in Criminal/Juvenile Justice in 2012 and has worked for OJJDP since 2015. Keith has worked in Juvenile Justice field for more than 15 years serving in various roles in juvenile detention, probation, at the courts, advisory groups, research and evaluations, and policy on the local, state and federal levels. 

Sina Ikikcu Win (Takes the Robe Woman), Ethleen Iron Cloud-Two Dogs is an enrolled citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and also has Crow ancestry. She is a resident of Porcupine, SD on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Ethleen provides training and technical assistance locally and nationally through the Tribal Youth Resource Center, Tribal Law and Policy Institute. She holds a Master of Science degree in Counseling and Human Resources Development and is an education doctoral student.

Life is unpredictable, and obstacles that you might not have foreseen can come out of nowhere and stunt your momentum or change the reality of your original dreams. That is why the concept of finding ‘alternative peaks’ can offer a fresh perspective on the paths you take along your journey.   

Most of us envision a single path for ourselves, but what we don’t anticipate is getting stuck and feeling like we can’t muster the effort to escape. This is when it’s time to search for alternative peaks.

Jamie MoCrazy's mother, Grace Mauzy PhD, affectionately known as “Mama MoCrazy, applied her many years studying developmental psychology to help Jamie progress further than anyone on her medical team thought possible.

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