ACCOUNTABILITY & REFORM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Elizabeth Felber has spent her entire legal career as a public defender, working in both the state and federal offices, doing both trial and appellate work. Her trial work has included litigating homicides, including one involving a false confession obtained from a 16 year old on his 16th birthday.  Until recently, she was a supervising trial attorney who trained new public defenders. During Elizabeth’s career she has represented people she found to be wrongfully convicted and has worked to successfully exonerate them. Elizabeth is now heading up the Legal Aid Society’s recently created Wrongful Conviction Unit where she is working solely on cases of people who have been wrongfully convicted.

Originally from Madison, WI, Tilly began her training at the Kehl’s School of Dance under the direction of Jenny Hiltbrand. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.F.A. in dance from Wright State University. This past winter she had the pleasure of performing in Fox’s “RENT LIVE” and most recently wrapped up filming for In The Heights. Professional Dance companies include; Sonya Tayeh Inc., Chuthis., Camille A. Brown and Dancers, BODYTRAFFIC, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Dayton
Contemporary Dance Company. Theater credits include; Working: A Musical, The
Lucky Ones, and Company XIV’s Nutcracker Rouge directed and created by Austin
McCormick. She is thrilled to be making her MCC theater debut.

Ciara can be seen on screen in Facebook Watch’s series STRANGERS, Netflix’s MASTER OF NONE, CBS’s BIG BANG THEORY, and on the CW’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, ARROW, and FLASH.  Ciara originated the role of ‘The Witch’ in BIG FISH and appeared as “The Leading Player” in PIPPIN on Broadway. She also originated the role of “Esmeralda” in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at the Papermill Playhouse. She was also seen as “Peggy/Maria” in the final lab of HAMILTON. Ciara splits her time between New York and Los Angeles but was one of the original members of the NYC leg of Time’s Up. She regularly uses her platform to speak on women’s issues and recently performed a spoken word at City Hall in defense of funding for the arts. Ciara is also a teacher of voice and acting for young people around the country as well as a director/producer. She co-directed (with Michael Dallatorre) a Short Documentary for The Children’s Defense Fund of California; Ian Leui: Beating The Odds. Also the writer, EP, and co-director of the short film Reddy Records.

Johnathan Terry serves as Special Assistant to the Executive Director & Policy Advisor at the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution. His responsibilities include policy research and writing, program management, and developing training programs for prosecutors. Prior to working at the IIP, Johnathan worked as the Program Coordinator at the Manhattan DA Academy, where he helped build the Inside Criminal Justice seminar, for which he still serves as a teaching assistant and program manager. He is originally from Chicago and has a degree in History from Yale University.