Meet the Staff

Susan Broderick

Project Director

Susan Broderick is the Project Director for CJJR's MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change Initiative.  Susan's work focuses on supporting the active participation of prosecutors in the Models for Change reform efforts.  This support includes providing training and technical assistance to prosecutors within the four core states, as well as disseminating information and providing outreach to prosecutors nationally on the Models for Change reform efforts.

Susan received her B.A. degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany and graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 1989. She worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from 1989 until 2003.  During that time, she was assigned to the Trial Division, where she handled Domestic Violence and Homicide cases and was also a member of the Sex Crimes Unit.  In 2000, she was appointed Deputy Bureau Chief of the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau.  As Deputy Chief, she supervised a unit of senior level attorneys on all aspects of Child Abuse prosecutions.

Susan also lectured extensively throughout the community and trained members of the New York City Police Department on Child Abuse and Child Fatalities.  She was a member of the Mayor's Child Abuse Task Force, the New York City Network on Abuse and Neglect, the New State Sexual Assault Legislative Subcommittee and the Mayor's Abandoned Infant Protection Act Subcommittee.

In 2003, Susan joined the staff at the National District Attorney's Association's National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse.  She served as a Senior Attorney until September of 2006, when she was appointed Director of the Juvenile Justice Program.  In June of 2006, she was named Interim Director of APRI, NDAA's Research and Development Division. 

Tete Guemadji

Project Coordinator

Mr. Tete Guemadji joined the staff of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform as the Project Coordinator in November 2008.   Tete previously worked for the District of Columbia Government's Child and Family Services Agency in the Office of Clinical Practice.  In this capacity, Tete created and maintained a variety of Child Welfare databases for the department.  Additionally, he played a critical role in creating and streamlining processes to ensure services and supports were provided in an efficient manner, while supporting management in executing personnel matters.

During his undergraduate studies at the University of the District of Columbia, Tete served as a lab assistant in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and later as a research assistant in the Office of Sponsored Resarch and Programs.

Tete graduated from the University of the District of Columbia in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science.  He currently resides in Washington, D.C. and is a native of Togo, West Africa.

Kristina Rosinsky

Administrative Assistant

Ms. Kristina Rosinsky joined the staff of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform as the Administrative Assistant in February 2009.  She works in a supportive capacity for the MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change Initiative and all the additional staff at the Center.

Kristina worked previously with the Undugu Society of Kenya as an Advocacy Project Peace Fellow.  She worked with marginalized children and youth in Nairobi as a Project Trainer, teaching them how to use photography and the Internet to bring attention to issues affecting their lives.  Prior to that, Kristina served as the Assistant Information Manager at The Advocacy Project.  In that capacity, she primarily researched ways community based organizations could best use ICT tools to advocate for a variety of social justice issues around the world.

Kristina graduated from the University of Maryland-College Park in 2007 with a B.A. in Government and Politics and minors in French and History.

Macon Stewart

Program Manager

Macon Stewart is the Program Manager for the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at the Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. Prior to joining CJJR, Ms. Stewart moved up the ranks within the District of Columbia Government’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) during her 5.5 year tenure. Her work included providing direct case management services to the children and families of the nation's capital as a Social Worker, conducting internal small-scale studies and Quality Service Reviews as a Case Practice Specialist, and functioning as a Project Manager while spear heading the agency's education reform efforts as the Assistant to the Deputy Director for the Office of Clinical Practice.

Ms. Stewart is a licensed graduate social worker that has been and continues to be sought after to work on many agency and city initiatives. Ms. Stewart was appointed to work with the DC Superior Court: Family Court Judges on various subcommittees including working with LGBTQ youth and education. Working to improve the quality of life on a micro and macro-level for children and families has always been and will continue to be the passion exemplified in her work.

Ms. Stewart is a native of Greensboro, NC. She received her B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte in December 1999 and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh in April 2002.

Research Assistants

Erika Pinheiro, JD/MPP Candidate, Georgetown Law/Public Policy Institute 2010.
Erika is in her second year of the dual law/policy degree program with an interest in public sector reform in the developing world. She has a background in migration and development and most recently interned at the International Organization for Migration in Geneva, Switzerland. She is currently working on an advocacy project involving juvenile immigrant gangs.

Alayna Michelle Hanson Stone, JD/MPP Candidate, Georgetown Law Center/Public Policy Institute 2010.

Alayna is in her third year of the dual law/policy degree program with an interest in juvenile justice and reform.  She worked in youth and leadership development organizations before attending graduate school.  In addition to her duties at CJJR, Alayna also works as a Research Assistant for a law school professor and as an intern at another juvenile justice reform non-profit organization.