Angela Coles, Administrative Assistant
Acoles@justicepolicy.org
Debra Glapion, Office Administrator, ext. 302
dglapion@justicepolicy.org (read bio)
Laura Jones, Director of Public Affairs and Special Projectsm ext. 307
ljones@justicepolicy.org (read bio)
Nastassia Walsh, MS, Program Assistant, ext. 303
nwalsh@justicepolicy.org (read bio)
Jason Ziedenberg, Executive Director, ext. 312
jziedenberg@justicepolicy.org (read bio)
Staff can be reached directly by email or by calling
202-558-7974 and entering the extensions provided.
Biographies
Debra Glapion has worked in the administrative field for 10-years for a wide spectrum of organizations, including unions, law firms and non-profits. She has run the organizations office, fiscal and administrative systems for the past four years. Glapion has a certificate of business from Hills College in Oakland, California.
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Laura Jones is a communicator, activist, and strategist. She has worked as a communicator for social justice issues for seven years, and has spent the past five years working to change policies and attitudes about prison, sentencing, crime and safety in the United States.
Jones has generated coverage in major print and electronic outlets through the country, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. She also served as the campaign communications director for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, where she promoted legislative sentencing reforms through media advocacy. She has worked on major national media campaigns, including election campaigns, an historic protest against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and rapid response to national news items like a watershed Supreme Court Decision. She has also spearheaded legislative-based communications campaigns in Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Alabama, North Carolina, and New Jersey.
A graduate with Highest Honors from Oberlin College, she is the former communications director for the 2030 Center, a national think tank dedicated to promoting economic rights for young workers.
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Nastassia Walsh is a researcher and administrator, and she serves as JPI's Program Assistant. She joined JPI shortly after earning her Master's degree in Forensic Psychology from Marymount University, where she studied psychological principles in the law and injustices in the criminal justice system. She started her education by earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Justice Studies from Arizona State University. She is also an active volunteer at Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources (OAR) of Fairfax County, Virginia, an organization that aids recently released offenders in their re-entry process to help break the cycle of crime.
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Jason Ziedenberg is a criminal justice researcher, writer, analyst, and advocate for ending society’s reliance on incarceration. He is the co-founder the Justice Policy Institute, one of the nation’s leading prison reform think tanks, and has served as the organization’s Director of Policy and Research and as Associate Director. His research and policy work on juvenile and criminal justice policy is frequently used by nonprofits, foundations, think tanks, law enforcement, community organizations, government, and the media. He is the recipient of two Media Advocacy Awards from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for exceptional research and communications work in support of prison reform.
Ziedenberg has served on the California Governor’s Juvenile Justice Reform Working Group and the Mayor of Washington DC's transition team on corrections. He has represented JPI’s research and analysis before the U.S. Congress, state legislators, city and county councils, and various national and state commissions considering juvenile and criminal justice reform. Ziedenberg has a Master in Science from the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York City, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto.
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