Meet The Team

Dina Thompson

Executive Director

Dina Thompson is the Executive Director and a founding member of Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition and serves as an adjunct professor of Restorative Practice at University at Buffalo Department of Social Work. Read More

Debbie Mulhern

School Specialist

dmulhern@ecrjc.org

Debbie joined our team after 20 years as an educator, including 16 years as the English teacher and assistant principal at the St. Augustine Campus of the NatitivyMiguel Middle School of Buffalo located in the Eastside of Buffalo...

Restorative Practices Implementation Trainer & Consultant

csantasero@ecrjc.org

Andy Prinzing

Director of Training

aprinzing@ecrjc.org

Andy is a co-founder of ECRJC and has been a Restorative Practitioner for ten years. He brings 20 years of experience as a High School ELA teacher and a school administrator. Read More

Courtney Santasero is a daughter, sister, friend, partner, and co-steward of Suspect. Born and raised on land stolen from the Haudenosaunee people Read More

Charis Humphrey

Youth Coordinator

chumphrey@ecrjc.org

Charis is grateful to be able to bring her creativity and communication skills to ECRJC as a youth coordinator. She holds a BA in Mass Media Journalism from the University of the District of Columbia... Read More

Courtney Santasero

Abuk
Majok

Administrative Coordinator

amajok@ecrjc.org

Abuk is a recent graduate from the University at Buffalo and has been working with ECRJC since 2018! Abuk served on the ECRJC board of Directors from 2020 to 2023, before joining the staff.