People

Kenneth Inniss

Kenneth is a United States Army Veteran and champion of institutional, structural and personal transformation. Kenneth earned a degree from Bard College in Liberal Arts and Humanities and has over 30 years of experience working with people who have been impacted by the Criminal Justice system.

Maya Colello-Wilson

Maya Colello-Wilson joined the Institute as an academic counselor in October 2022. She graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a Bachelor's Degree in December 2023, achieving a GPA of 3.8 and earning honors in Criminal Justice.

Angelina Garcia

Angelina joined the Institute as a Program Associate in February 2018. She is a board member of the Independent Review Board (IRB) for The Office of the Ombudsman within the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). Angelina is currently pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice at Hostos Community College.

Langston Blackwell III

Langston joined the Institute in October 2022 as a Fellowships Coordinator with the Institute's Career Pathways team, working predominantly with the TOW Policy Advocacy Initiative and Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative fellowships programs.

Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley joined the Institute as the Director of Finance and Operations in January 2023. Prior to this role, she was the Senior Director of Operations at East Harlem Scholars Academies, where she managed business operations for a network of five charter schools serving over 2,000 students from grades K-12.

Katheryne Ralph

Katheryne joined the Institute in April 2019 as the Director of Human Resources. Kathy brings more than ten years of Human Resource experience in various work environments, including start-ups, for-profits, non-profits, and government

Denisse Martinez

Denisse joined the Institute as Program Manager for Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) in November 2020, and she was promoted to Director of P2CP in January 2022. Before this, she was an Administrator for CCNY’s STEM Institute. There, she worked on designing, implementing, and overseeing several college-ready programs for historically-excluded students in Northern Manhattan.