Our Team

Our team is built on individuals with various backgrounds in the criminal justice field.

Anke Mann

Associate Director

Anke Mann is an Associate Director at CEPP, where she is responsible for directing CEPP’s accounting functions, including overseeing CEPP’s budget and financial forecasting, tracking project budgets, ensuring audit and procurement compliance, and managing all day-to-day accounting tasks.

Ms. Mann holds a bachelor of science degree in international business and finance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an intermediate certificate in international business studies from the College of Business and Applied Sciences in Dresden, Germany. Ms. Mann is bilingual in German and English. She has been with CEPP since 2000.

Our Team

Alison Shames

Director

Anke Mann

Associate Director

Cherrie Smith-Raines

Operations Manager

Cynthia Mausser

Senior Manager

Denise Symdon

Senior Manager

Dr. Kelvin L. Banks

Associate Director

Edith Han

Digital Manager

Elizabeth Hidalgo

Program Assistant

Erica King

Senior Manager

Holly Ziemer

Director of Communications

Jenna Mackey

Program Manager

Jessica Ireland

Senior Manager

Keilah Joyner

Program Associate

Kristen Persaud

Operations Assistant

Lakisha Fisher

Program Manager

Leilah Gilligan

Director

Marilyn Van Dieten

Senior Advisor

Matt Alsdorf

Associate Director

Melanie Breault Kursun

Communications Manager

Orleny Rojas

Senior Manager, Racial Equity

Richard Stroker

Director

Samuel Steed

Operations Assistant

Spike Bradford

Communications Manager

Tanya Anderson

Associate Director

Tara Boh Blair

Senior Manager

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