CWN has a dedicated, passionate team of experienced community leaders.
Interim Executive Director
Jesse Manley
Jesse is a community organizer, political operative, and victim’s rights advocate with a long history of recruiting, training, and mobilizing volunteers.
Jesse combines experience from the corporate world, the non-profit sector, and electoral campaigns to empower volunteers with the skills and confidence they need to make a positive change in their own world. If you care about improving our justice system, please contact Jesse to see how you can make a difference.
Director of Operations
Yael Acker-Krzywicki
Yael is driven by an interest in community wellness and the intersection of mental health services and the criminal legal system. She has nearly ten years of nonprofit experience working to transform justice and advance racial equity in New Orleans and nationally. Yael is a graduate of Binghamton University, and earned her J.D. and Certificate in Social Justice from Loyola University New Orleans.
Our Board of Directors

Barrett Conrad

Deidre Hayes

Jennifer McMillan

Dr. Ashraf Esmail

Ken Franz

Ashley Garcia

Maryam Henderson-Uloho

Corey Kiper

Marcus Kondkar

Wayne Lee

Eva Lessinger

Alfredo Martinez

Anthony Radosti

Katina Whorton
Our Advisory Board
Gail Chalew
Paul Flower
Lisa Jordan
Patti Lapeyre
Jim Letten
Hope Goldman Meyer
Troy Remy
Nathalie Simon
Hon. Miriam Waltzer
Beth Wheeler
Arthur Wisdom
Matt Wisdom
Ellen Yellin
