Alex Landau

Executive Director

Alexander, among other things is a father, a Denver community member, a human rights advocate, and a survivor of police violence. Alexander is one of the co-founders of Denver Justice Project and has been a tireless advocate against violent law enforcement practices locally and nationwide since 2013, fearlessly telling his own story of being beaten by Denver Police. He has worked to create alternatives to policing with community based approaches to emergency response like Denvers STAR program.  

Cat Moring

Policy Director

Cat Moring serves as the Policy Director for the Denver Justice Project. Prior to her role with the Organization, Cat worked in municipal law, conducted research at the University of Vermont, and actively participated in political campaigns spanning from local to Presidential levels. Although Cat hails from Dallas, Texas, she relocated to Vermont for her college education, where she focused her studies on Urban Geography and Political Science. Her passion for fair and equitable urban development, housing solutions, and criminal justice reform led her to Denver, where she is dedicated to addressing these critical issues within and around the city.

Casey Childers

Director of Operations

Casey Childers has been with the Denver Justice Project since 2021, initially serving on the Board of Directors for two years before transitioning to a part-time role as Director of Communications. She now brings her expertise to DJP as the full-time Director of Operations. With a decade of experience living and working in Costa Rica, Casey earned her Master’s degree in Communications, Peace, and Conflict from the United Nations University for Peace in San Jose. A University of Colorado Denver alum, she focused her studies on using communications as a tool for social change. Casey is deeply committed to national and international human rights and environmental rights movements.

Cory Barrett

Board President

Wivine Ngongo

Board Treasurer

Wivine’ professional background is in medical and public health research, health programs management, community engagement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. However, her passions and experiences center around addressing racial health disparities for Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC) populations. These include her work and collaborations with the Colorado Sickle Cell Treatment and Research Center, the Center for African American Health, the Colorado Public Health Association, the Denver Justice Project, and other local community-empowerment groups located in the Denver and Chicago areas. She has authored and co-authored publications centering health equity in medical education and has current interest in pursuing a PhD tract in psychology to offer non-readily available forms of therapy among populations experiencing systemically removed access to behavioral health resources. Her proudest achievement is leveraging her gained knowledge and privileges around sickle cell treatment and research to help get her sister cured from the invasive disease in 2020.

Hope Yohn

Board Secretary

Hope is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Affairs at CU Denver, Hope’s research focuses on criminal justice policy. Her research and teaching highlight ways in which criminal justice policy upholds the status quo and frames certain communities as deserving and discourages participation from others (and ways to challenge those narratives). Combining her professional background in Learning and Development, volunteer experience in prisons and as a victim advocate, and an M.S. in Criminology, Hope is passionate about advocating for sustainable and community-centered solutions in the criminal justice system.

Anna Leske

Board of Directors

Anna is a passionate advocate for social and environmental justice, with over a decade of experience in building community and amplifying marginalized voices. As a neighbor, parent, and nonprofit professional, she is dedicated to advancing justice and equity through building relationships and challenging systems. Both in her professional work and personal life, Anna is committed to causes that address injustice through a structural and community-centered lens. She currently works for a nonprofit that advances climate solutions through zero waste and circularity, and she enjoys reading, gardening, baking and preserving food to share with her family, friends and neighbors.

Stephan Long

Board of Directors

I’m born and raised in Denver, Colorado growing up in ParkHill. I earned a bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance at Fort Hays State University. My profession is in financial services as a life insurance agent. I am very active in the community and also working for the city. My life was impacted tremendously by the legal system which drives me to fight for justice against different inequities and unjust treatment faced by our community!

Kemiya Nutter

Board of Directors

Kemiya Nutter (she/her) is a passionate advocate for transformative justice and a dedicated fighter against state-sanctioned violence, unjust policing practices, and the prison-industrial complex. As a law student pursuing a career in civil rights law, Kemiya is committed to centering the voices and leadership of lived-experienced experts in her pursuit of justice. She bridges theory and praxis, facilitating transformative dialogue to dismantle conventional notions of crime and punishment, envisioning alternatives to the carceral state. 

Kemiya is a Student Attorney in the DU Civil Rights Clinic. Additionally, she serves as the Deputy Director of the Decriminalizing Neighborhoods Network, a national coalition that seeks to challenge prevailing narratives around gang affiliation and shift the focus to the root causes of poverty, racism, and state-sanctioned violence. She has hands-on experience in bail support, court watch programs, and grassroots organizing, as well as expertise in grant procurement and curriculum development for justice-involved populations.