Gerald Harris, Chair
Gerald Harris retired from the New York State Court System where he served as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court and a Judge of the Criminal Court. He is currently sitting as a Judicial Hearing Officer in the Criminal Court and also acts as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. Judge Harris spent 25 years as a partner of a major New York law firm and 25 years in public service.  The posts held by him included Assistant District Attorney, New York County; General Counsel, NYC Department of Buildings; County Attorney of Westchester County; Executive Director of the Mayor's Commission to Combat Police Corruption and Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel of the NYC Administration for Childrens' Services. Judge Harris also served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Westchester Community College and was a founding participant of the ground-breaking Vera Foundation Manhattan Bail Project.

Michael J. Regan, Vice-Chair
Michael J. Regan is a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase. He heads the Global Security & Investigations Department. Regan is responsible for Security, Due Diligence, Pre-Employment Screening and Fraud Investigations at JPMorgan Chase Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Regan served as First Deputy Commissioner for the New York City Fire Department, and as Director of Communication to former Council Speaker Peter Vallone. He previously worked ten years at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as a senior member of the World Trade Department which managed the World Trade Center.

Catherine M. Abate, Esq.
Catherine M. Abate is President and CEO of Community Healthcare Network (CHN), which provides community-based primary care, mental health, and social services to diverse populations in underserved communities.  Ms. Abate served as a New York State Senator from 1994-1998.  A former chair of the New York State Crime Victims Board and Executive Deputy Commissioner of the State Division of Human Rights, Ms. Abate served as New York City Probation Commissioner, and was the City’s Corrections Commissioner from 1992-94.  Ms. Abate is a graduate of Vassar College and Boston University Law School. 

Pamela S. Brier
Pamela Brier is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Maimonides Medical Center, a 705-bed major teaching hospital. Ms. Brier’s career includes several senior positions in the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, including that of Chief Executive Officer of Jacobi Medical Center and of Bellevue Hospital Center, two of the largest public hospitals in New York City. While at HHC, she worked extensively on correctional health issues. In 2003, she was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to serve on New York City’s Board of Health. She serves on the City’s Workforce Investment Board and is currently a Board member of the UNITE HERE/Union Health Center.

Robert L. Cohen, M.D.
Bobby Cohen is a physician in practice in Manhattan.  Dr. Cohen worked on Rikers Island as the Director of the Montefiore Rikers Island Health Services, served as the Vice President for Medical Operations of the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, and as the Director of the AIDS Center at St. Vincent’s Hospital.  He has served as a Federal Court appointed monitor overseeing medical care for prisoners in Florida, Ohio, New York State, Michigan, and Connecticut.  He represents the American Public Health Association on the National Commission for Correctional Health Care.  Dr. Cohen received his undergraduate degree from Princeton, his MD from Rush Medical College in Chicago, and trained in Internal Medicine at Cook County Hospital.

Rosemarie Maldonado, Esq.
Rosemarie Maldonado was appointed Counsel to the President at John Jay College of Criminal Justice by President Jeremy Travis in December 2004. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Maldonado had served as the Chief Administrative Law Judge at the New York City Human Rights Commission and as an Administrative Law Judge for the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH). Ms. Maldonado also has served as Chief of Staff for the NYC Human Resources Administration, as a lawyer at the Corporation Counsel’s Office, and as Deputy Executive Director of the Mayor’s Commission on Hispanic Concerns. She was a deputy to President Travis when he was Special Advisor to Mayor Edward I. Koch. Ms. Maldonado received her B.A. from Yale College and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Alexander Rovt
Alexander Rovt is the President of IBE Trade Corporation, an American company engaged in the production, sales and marketing of agricultural fertilizers throughout the world. A native of Ukraine, Mr. Rovt held positions relating to food and agriculture in the Republic of Hungary before coming to the United States in 1985. He is a Trustee of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center and a Member of the Small Business Advisory Board of the New York State Senate. He earned the equivalent of a Masters in Business Administration from the Lviv Business School in Ukraine.

Hildy J. Simmons
Hildy J. Simmons is an independent consultant advising select clients on their philanthropic activities. She retired in October 2003 as a Managing Director and head of the Global Foundations Group at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. From 1990 through 2001, Ms. Simmons was responsible for J.P. Morgan’s corporate philanthropy program. A former NYC Urban Fellow, she previously held positions in the NY State Department of Correctional Services, and the NYC Department of Juvenile Justice. Ms. Simmons has a MPA from the Kennedy School of Government and a BA from Lake Erie College.

Milton A. Williams, Jr., Esq.
Milt Williams is a partner at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., where he specializes in employment, entertainment and sports law.  From 1997 to 2008, he was Deputy General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer at Time Inc.  Before coming to Time, he was in private practice, and served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and was an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office.  Mr. Williams is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Michigan Law School.