Hannah Acido is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial administration, human resources policies and general operation of the Centre including managing and developing relationships. She also organises the internal and corporate events, and prior to working at the Centre, Hannah worked in property administration, event planning and as a private PA.
hacido@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9431 |
As Director, Phil Bowen sets and leads the work and overall strategy of the organisation. Prior to being Director, Phil spent the majority of his career in the British civil service. He worked for the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, before working at HM Treasury and Cabinet Office as a delivery adviser to the Prime Minister on criminal justice reform. During his time in the civil service, he spent 14 months on secondment to the Center for Court Innovation in New York, working at Bronx Community Solutions.
pbowen@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9433 | Twitter:@PhillipBowen45
Claire Ely is in charge of our innovative practice work. This includes working with practitioners to understand problems they face, supporting them to develop, test and embed new or improved ways of working, and identifying and sharing lessons from the implementation of new projects. Claire has extensive frontline experience of the criminal justice system from her time as a probation officer, most recently as Serious Group Offending (Gangs) lead in Southwark.
cely@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9437
Duncan oversees the Centre's policy and external affairs work. Duncan has previously worked in health and early education policy, and has an MA in Philosophy from Brandeis University and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
dlugton@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9437
As the Deputy Director, Vicki Morris oversees the project management of the Centre's practice and research work. This currently involves areas of focus such as: youth diversion, problem solving courts, adult diversion, community advice services and Family Drug and Alcohol Courts. Vicki has considerable knowledge and experience of operations and practice in the criminal justice sector through her previous role as a senior education leader in a young offender institution and her study towards a degree in Youth Justice.
vmorris@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9435
Carmen Robin-D’Cruz works to research, develop and test new approaches to justice system practice, particularly in the youth justice system. She is responsible for identifying evidence of effective practice and producing practical evidence-led recommendations for service delivery that can be implemented and evaluated. Carmen has previously worked as Research Advisor at the University of Edinburgh and Research Assistant at Reading University’s School of Law. She studied Law at University College London and has a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.
cdcruz@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9436
Lucy manages the Centre’s digital channels, and supports our engagement with political, press and media stakeholders. She has previous experience working in European public policy. She ran events on EU integration, and spent six months in Brussels combining her passion for cycling and policy at the European Cyclist Federation. Before joining the Centre, she worked in communications at a children’s services NGO. She has a Master’s degree in Human Rights from UCL, and a Bachelor’s degree in History and Politics from the University of Manchester.
slade@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9431
As Family Justice Practice Officer, Albinia Stanley works to strengthen, champion and expand the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts. This includes supporting practitioners in existing FDACs and working with stakeholders to enable more families to access the problem-solving approach. Albinia has frontline experience in family justice, having previously worked as an advocate for children and young parents within the care system and child protection settings. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.
Rachel is in our Innovative Practice team. She works with practitioners in supporting them to develop, test and create new or improved ways of working, as well as identifying and sharing lessons from the implementation of new projects. Rachel is originally from Melbourne, where she was a criminal defence barrister at the Victoria Bar and the director of a not-for-profit disability support organisation.
rwaters@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9437
Stephen Whitehead oversees the Centre’s research work, heading up our work to develop the evidence base around innovative practice in the justice system. His work focusses particularly on sentencing decisions, the use of community sentences and problem-solving courts. In his previous role, he established the New Economics Foundation’s criminal justice reform programme which explored the role that diversion and specialist courts could play in the UK. He holds an MRes from Birkbeck College in public policy.
swhitehead@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9437 | Twitter:@Stephenoncrime