Board of Directors
Peter Leone, Ph.D., Board Chair
Professor, University of Maryland
Director, The National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice
Dr. Peter Leone, a Professor of Special Education, specializes in behavior disorders at the University of Maryland-College Park. His experience includes direct service to troubled youth as well as field-based research which examines the multidimensional problems associated with behavior disorders. Dr. Leone points to the role of environmental and cultural factors in the inception of behavior disorders and believes educators need to take a multidisciplinary approach when implementing programs for troubled or troubling youth. Dr. Leone's research interests focus on program environments for troubled youth, educational entitlements of incarcerated youth, and policy studies. He is currently furthering these interests through several grant-supported research projects. Dr. Leone has had numerous articles published in professional journals and has made many presentations at national, state, and local conferences on topics related to the effective treatment and instruction of behaviorally disordered youth. He received his Master’s in Education from the University of Iowa, and his Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Washington.
Katharine Huffman
Principal, The Raben Group
Katharine Huffman is a Principal at The Raben Group, LLC, an advocacy firm that develops creative strategies, manages issue campaigns, and communicates effectively with policymakers. Ms. Huffman has worked with a variety of nonprofit advocacy organizations to identify policy goals, develop short- and long-term strategic plans, and build the organizational programming and resources necessary to achieve success. Prior to joining The Raben Group, Ms. Huffman served as the Director of State Affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance. She also founded and directed the organization's first state-level office, found in New Mexico. Ms. Huffman began her legal career as a civil-rights litigator and Soros Justice Fellow at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joseph B. Tulman
Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia
Professor Joseph Tulman directs the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia. He has worked as part of the Juvenile Law Clinic at Antioch University, where he later joined the faculty of the law school. He went on to join the faculty of the University of District of Columbia in its public law school. He is formerly the deputy director of the Equal Justice Foundation (precursor of NAPIL/Equal Justice Works), an organization dedicated to promoting equal access to justice and to creating opportunities for law students and lawyers to served underrepresented people. Professor Tulman has served as council in numerous cases on behalf of youth and families involved in the juvenile justice system and/or in contact with the child and family welfare systems. He has authored a number of articles regarding the unnecessary detention of children and has pioneered the use of special education advocacy for children in the neglect and delinquency systems. Under mayoral appointment, Professor Tulman served, from September 2001 until March 2003, as chair of the District of Columbia Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, of which he remains a member. He also serves on the board of School Talk, Inc., and he is a member of the advisory boards for the Southern Poverty Law Center's School-to-Prison Pipeline Reform Project, the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, and the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center. Prof. Tulman is a graduate of the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill law school and Antioch University, where he received a Master’s degree in teaching.
Laurel Stine
Director of Federal Relations, Bazelon Center
Since 1999, Laurel Stine has advanced and helped shape the Bazelon Center’s policy agenda as the director of federal relations. She manages a portfolio of federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting children and adults with mental disorders in the areas of health care, education, and juvenile and criminal justice, providing policy analysis, technical assistance and primary representation before the U.S. Congress and the federal government. Previously, Ms. Stine was director of government relations for Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and assistant director of government relations for the Epilepsy Foundation, and worked on grassroots advocacy at the National Association of Health Underwriters. Currently, Ms. Stine co-chairs the Health Policy Committee of the Mental Health Liaison Group and the School Success for All Coalition, serves on the board of the Justice Policy Institute and is an advisory committee member for the National Reentry Resource Center. She is also a member of the Behavioral Health Professional Technical Advisory Committee of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. She received a Bachelor's degree in psychology from UCLA, a Master's in psychology from SUNY-Binghamton and a Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law at the American University in Washington, D.C.
Subrina L. Wood
Tax Manager, Tate & Tryon Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Subrina L. Wood is a Tax Manager in the Firm’s Exempt Organization Tax department with more than 24 years of exempt-organization tax experience. Previously, Ms. Wood worked in the tax departments of the Boston offices of KPMG, Mellon Bank, and Thompson Reuters. While at KPMG, Ms. Wood concentrated on high net worth individuals and planned giving strategies. At Mellon Bank, she managed the Boston office’s Planned Giving Administration group which handled the bank’s charitable remainder trusts, pooled income funds, and gift annuities. Ms. Wood also managed Mellon Bank’s Tax Exempt Section which handled various accounting, tax status, and tax reporting issues for public charity and private foundation clients. Lastly, Ms. Wood spent some time at Thompson Reuters where she oversaw the accounting and filing of more than 3,500 trusts, public charities, and private foundation returns.