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
Danny supports and advises new and existing Family Drug and Alcohol Court programmes. His background is in social work with children and families, the commissioning of preventative family support initiatives and community development programmes. He was previously the Senior Commissioning Manager for Children’s Social Care at Milton Keynes Council.
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
As Innovative Practice Officer, Bami works collaboratively with practitioners to support and enhance innovations currently taking place within the Criminal Justice System, particularly within youth and adult diversion. This includes supporting practitioners in the development and implementation of new schemes, facilitating multi-agency workshops and providing a range of practical tools to assist practitioners. Bami has frontline experience working as a police officer for the Metropolitan Police and as a caseworker for a gangs and violence prevention charity.
bjolaoso@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9431
Duncan heads up the Centre's policy, public affairs and comms work. Duncan has previously worked in health and early education policy.
dlugton@justiceinnovation.org | 020 3735 9437
Michelle manages Community Advice, a service based within Highbury Corner Magistrates Court which provides a range of advice, information and support to court users. Michelle holds a BSc in Social Work and has experience in the social work field.
mmcguire@justiceinnovation.org | 07941510242
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
Aisha is responsible for research input on a number of the Centre’s projects. She previously worked on a large scale longitudinal research study and has experience working with young people in mental health and social care services. Aisha holds an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences, a PGCert in Enhanced Evidence Based Practice and a BSc in Psychology.
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