Who We Are – Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice

The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice advocates for reforms to the criminal justice system. We believe the criminal justice system should focus on rehabilitation and not only punishment. Laws should protect society, not penalize poverty, mental illness or underlying substance abuse.

Judges must have the ability to fashion sentences that do justice while preserving human dignity and the potential for reentry, and include alternatives to incarceration.

FRANCIS J. GREENBURGER

President & Founder

Francis Greenburger is the founder and president of the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice, chief executive officer and guiding force behind Time Equities Inc., Chairman of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc., and founder and principal benefactor of Omi International Arts Center.

CHERYL ROBERTS

Executive Director

Cheryl Roberts is the Executive Director of the Greenburger Center. Previously, she had the honor of serving four Mayors as Corporation Counsel or Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of Hudson, New York, provided pro bono bond agent services to a nonprofit bail fund, served eight years as a town judge in Columbia County, New York, and spent more than a decade practicing land use and environmental law. Earlier in her career, she served as counsel to subcommittees in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.

DAMON ROWE

Managing Director of Operations

Damon Rowe is the Managing Director of Operations of the Greenburger Center. His work includes managing program development, compliance and administrative matters. Previously, he was a senior manager and counsel for nonprofit organizations, where he worked on criminal justice and community development projects, and an attorney at a law firm, advising nonprofit organizations and businesses on a range of transactions and governance issues.

JILL TURNER

Executive Assistant

Jill Turner is Executive Assistant to the Greenburger Center’s Executive Director, Cheryl Roberts and also serves as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff of Time Equities, Inc. A 2020 graduate from Sarah Lawrence College, Jill previously worked as an office assistant at the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations and as a contact tracer during the Covid-19 pandemic.