Board of Directors

Policy Advocate

Jerome Dixon

As a high school junior, Jerome was arrested by the Oakland Police Department (CA) as a suspect in a murder investigation. Unconnected to the crime, Jerome was questioned without parental notification. After twenty-five hours of interrogation, he was then coerced into signing a police-scripted statement. This statement was used against Jerome in a court of law, despite the initial judge’s ruling to the contrary and subsequent denial of his having committed the crime. Jerome is now known to the State of California as a “term-lifer.”

Twenty-one years later, at his 2011 parole hearing and after numerous appeals to lawyers, journalists, and judicial stewards, the Prison Parole Board had difficulty comprehending the facts surrounding Jerome’s incarceration. They acknowledged his claim of innocence and released Jerome from their custody in October 2011. Since his release, Jerome has toured the country speaking about his ordeal, advocating for justice and social reform–all while harboring no animosity towards the system for what has happened to him.

Vice Chair

Christine Mammolito

Christine currently serves as Vice President of Operations for One Community, LLC. She began her career in New York working in the substance abuse treatment field. After a successful 14-year career in addiction services, she pivoted to the entertainment industry, working for Robert Downey Jr. as Chief of Staff. During that time, on the set of the movie Due Date, she met ARC founder Scott Budnick and connected over their common interest in the criminal justice world; their friendship grew out of this shared interest. Toward the end of her career in addiction services, Christine specialized in working with those returning to the community after lengthy prison terms. When Scott left the entertainment industry to create the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Christine served as board proxy when Robert Downey Jr. joined ARC’s Board of Directors. Her involvement with ARC during its infancy sparked an interest in returning to the non-profit world, and Christine became ARC’s Deputy Director in 2016. Christine continued to serve the organization in various roles through 2021 and was integral in developing ARC’s operations. 
 
Christine was instrumental in helping to establish and grow both programs and administrative departments that are the foundation of ARC. She helped build a scrappy, startup operation into the sophisticated organization that it is today. She remains passionate and deeply involved with ARC on a weekly basis, providing guidance and mentorship to both members and staff. 

Secretary

Toni Michelle White

Toni Michelle White, Co-Founder of LA Traveler Space LLC & House of PR Realty LLC, hasn’t always walked a straight line. By looking at her, no one would believe she was a 23-year fugitive from the efforts of law enforcement to imprison her away from her only daughter back when she was 19. Today, she is a licensed realtor, licensed state notary, & fingerprint technician. Freedom was the main ingredient. Being free to raise a female child with an absent father and deceased grandparents gave Toni the fighting spirit to rise from ashes. Her greatest accomplishment is her daughter who is a retired nuclear power electrician after service in the U.S. Navy.  
 
Toni has always been someone that’s passionately committed to serving groups that are under-represented and under-resourced. Her desire to serve others came after the period in her life when she was homeless with her daughter on the streets of Los Angeles. Toni was introduced to great non-profit organizations such as Upward Bound house which housed her family and Chrysalis in Santa Monica, where she was able to redefine herself by reentering the workforce & licensure in fields that would produce a life career. Toni learned valuable skills through her academic studies at Southwest Community College & returned to Southwest as an A.R.C Construction Cohort Member.  
 
Toni appreciates that there is more happiness in giving than in receiving and feels that way with each client she works with as a Case Manager at WLCAC-Re-Entry Department in Watts, CA. Prior to that, she worked for Los Angeles County as a Supervisor with the homeless shelter, Home at Last CDC, where she worked on homeless outreach through “Project Room Key.”  Toni’s story isn’t finished yet, she looks forward to the next chapter – being part of the ARC board where she can lead by example and be a good role model to encourage anyone running from the greatness within us all. 

Treasurer

Leon Halperin

Mr. Halperin serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Post Investment Group and its subsidiaries. Mr. Halperin is responsible for overseeing financial management, treasury activities, taxation, and strategic initiatives. Since assuming the role in 2010, Mr. Halperin has managed the financial aspects of real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and multi-family developments, totaling over $6 billion. Before joining Post Investment Group, Mr. Halperin served as the Chief Financial Officer of Lagovent Ventures for ten years. In this role, he supervised all accounting and treasury activities related to the company’s real estate holdings and various start-up initiatives. Mr. Halperin earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Sonoma State University.

Founder, Anti-Recidivism Coalition

Scott Budnick

Scott Budnick is an American film producer, Founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), and is currently CEO of One Community, LLC – a film, television, and new media co-financing company that uses the power of storytelling to encourage and inspire positive global change.

Recently, Budnick returned to the film business as executive producer of One Community’s first film, JUST MERCY, released in theaters on January 10, 2020.

As the former Executive Vice President of Todd Phillips’ Green Hat Films, Budnick produced OLD SCHOOL, DUE DATE, and the highest-grossing R-rated comedy trilogy in film history, THE HANGOVER, which grossed over $1.4 billion.

Since 2004, Budnick has been a fierce advocate for social justice and a fairer judicial system. In 2003, he began volunteering with InsideOUT Writers (IOW), a program that brings creative writing into juvenile halls. In 2013, Budnick founded ARC, whose mission is to reduce incarceration, improve the outcomes of formerly incarcerated individuals, and build healthier communities. ARC provides formerly incarcerated men and women with direct services such as housing, counseling, job training and opportunities, mentoring, and education. The organization also empowers and mobilizes its members to play a role in justice reform efforts through direct policy advocacy.

For his work with youth in the criminal justice system, Governor Jerry Brown named Scott the 2012 California Governor’s Volunteer of the Year. He sits on the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) and was selected to serve as a Board Member for President Barack Obama’s foundation, the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. 

Senior Talent Partner, Agent WME

Brad Slater

BRAD SLATER, an agent at WME in Beverly Hills, started his career after graduating from the University of Arizona in 1996. His first job upon graduating was in foreign distribution selling American made films to countries throughout the world. In 1998, he made the transition to the representation business and went to work at Michael Ovitz’ Artist Management Group (AMG) as an assistant to talent manager Rick Yorn.

After learning the business and working his way up, Mr. Slater was promoted and became a talent manager in August 2001. After managing various careers, he made the transition to agent in 2003 at the William Morris Agency. After working as an agent for 7 years, the William Morris Agency merged with the renowned Endeavor Agency forming WME in 2009.

He is currently a Senior Talent Partner and has been an agent for over 20 years. Mr. Slater represents the likes of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kim Kardashian, Amy Poehler, Forest Whitaker, Addison Rae, Tinx, Gina Rodriguez, Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria, Shay Mitchell, Michael Strahan, Lebron James, Odell Beckham Jr, and Ronda Rousey.

Brad lives in Brentwood, California with his wife, Kara, and their twin 13-year-old boys, Brady and Jackson.

Chairman, Wells Group of New York

George Wells

George Wells is the Chairman of Wells Group of New York, a 15-person management consulting firm that specializes in working with high growth businesses in the consumer internet, healthcare, technology, and contemporary arts spaces, and the CFO of Quip, an oral care startup. Mr. Wells also serves as interim CFO of Maisonette, a children’s luxury goods marketplace and business manager to contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas. His previous executive roles include serving as interim CFO of Draper James, a lifestyle clothing brand founded by Reese Witherspoon, and interim COO/CFO of Lehmann Maupin, one of the top ten art galleries in the world. 
  
Mr. Wells serves on the Out in Tech board, an organization committed to promoting diversity in the tech and startup community and has pledged a $1 million dollar art donation to his alma mater, Morehouse College.  

Jimmy Horowitz

Jimmy Horowitz is Vice Chairman of Business Affairs & Operations for NBCUniversal. In this newly-created role, he oversees global deal making across the portfolio of the media industry’s premier film and television studios, television networks and streaming service, Peacock. Horowitz advises and collaborates with Business Affairs teams across the Company, providing expertise, counsel, and insight into all major deals, and setting policy across the portfolio addressing the new distribution landscape. 

Horowitz has been with the Company for over 30 years, rising through the ranks to the highest levels of studio leadership. He was named Vice Chairman and President of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) in January 2019, after serving in several senior roles, including President of Universal Pictures, Co-President of Production and Executive Vice President of Universal Pictures.  

While serving as Vice Chairman and President of UFEG, Horowitz negotiated an unprecedented five-year exclusive partnership with visionary filmmaker Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions, secured a five-year exclusive deal with The LEGO Group to develop, produce and distribute theatrical releases based on its intellectual property and original ideas, negotiated a new five-year overall film and TV deal for Working Title with Universal Pictures and NBCUniversal International Studios and brought LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company over to the film studio in a four-year deal.  

He began his tenure at the company in 1992 in the feature legal department and subsequently held the roles of Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, managing all of Universal’s term deals, along with oversight of the business and legal affairs departments. Earlier in his career, he served as counsel for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. He also practiced labor law at Manatt, Phelps, Phillips, LLP and later at Greenberg Glusker until 1990.  

Horowitz is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. 

He earned his Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School and graduated cum laude from Tulane University with a Bachelor’s Degree in political science. 

President/Creative Director of Shaka Senghor, Inc,

Shaka Senghor

Shaka Senghor is the President/Creative Director of Shaka Senghor, Inc, having previously held the position of Vice President of Corporate Communications at Navan (TripActions), an online travel management, corporate card and expense management company valued at $9 Billion.

During his tenure at Navan, Shaka played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s strategic evolution. His leadership encompassed the successful execution of a comprehensive company re-brand, the development of cutting-edge sales and success training programs, and the formulation of a robust DEI strategy.

Shaka is a distinguished author, wth his memoir, “Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison,” achieving recognition on the New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists. His sophomore mainstream release, “Letters to the Sons of Society,” was released in 2022 to critical acclaim and was a two-time Porchlight best seller.

Shaka is a former MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, and a former Fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network. His 2014 TED Talk was featured in their “Year in Ideas” roundup and has over 1.5 million views.

Shaka is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Black Male Engagement (BMe) Leadership Award, the Manchester University Innovator of the Year Award, the FORD Man of Courage Award, Ebony Magazine Power 100 Honoree, and the NAACP Great Expectations Award. He was recently recognized by OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) as a “Soul Igniter” in the inaugural class of the SuperSoul 100, a dynamic group of trailblazers whose vision and life’s work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world around them and encouraging others to do the same.

He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world with top businesses, universities, and in popular media. Today, Shaka’s priority is shifting societal narratives by creating content with deep social impact and high entertainment value.

Philanthropist

Jaime Schwartzberg

Born and raised in New York, Jaime is a Boston University graduate with a
degree in communications. After college, Jaime began a career in public
relations, specializing in arts and entertainment, where she honed her skills in
communication, outreach, and community engagement.

For 18 years, Jaime lived in Bethesda, MD, where she became an active
volunteer for political campaigns and developing a passion for giving back to
her community. Over the past 20 years, she has served on the boards of
impactful nonprofit organizations, including Make-A-Wish Foundation and
Most Valuable Kids, an organization that provides tickets to sporting and
entertainment events for underprivileged youth.

Currently, Jaime serves on the board of Hope in a Suitcase, an organization
dedicated to supporting children in foster care. She has also been a member
of the Los Angeles committees for Joyful Hearts and Communities in Schools,
where her contributions were recognized with an honor for her dedication and
service.

Now living in Pacific Palisades with her husband and three daughters, Jaime
continues her commitment to social impact by focusing on advocacy and
reform. She is excited to bring her experience, passion, and dedication to the
work of ARC and looks forward to contributing to the organization’s mission.

Lovisa Stannow

Lovisa Stannow is a senior non-profit executive with more than 30 years of experience leading international and U.S. human rights organizations. Lovisa specializes in serving as Interim CEO at organizations in transition and is a faculty member at the Interim Executives Academy. Previously, she was the Executive Director of Just Detention International and the Pacific Institute for Women’s Health and held leadership roles at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières and Amnesty International. Lovisa is multilingual and has spent significant parts of her career based in war zones and areas of humanitarian disaster worldwide.

Greg Chiate

Greg Chiate brings over 30 years of investing experience to GC Capital. Since co-founding the firm in 2010, he has been instrumental in both active and passive investments. Notably, Greg served as the CEO of a medical distributor for six years and currently holds the position of Chairman of the Board for a water solutions company serving the energy sector.

Prior to establishing GC Capital, Greg was a partner at Behrman Capital, a private equity fund with $2 billion of committed capital. During his ten-year tenure at Behrman Capital, he successfully completed numerous transactions with enterprise values ranging from $5 million to $550 million across various industries, including Information Technology, Specialty Manufacturing, and Defense. His primary responsibilities included sourcing investment opportunities, executing acquisitions, and developing strategic plans for portfolio companies.

Greg graduated with Honors from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in Economics.

Clarence Maclin

Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin is an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter, executive producer, award-winning actor, youth counselor, and arts advocate. He rose to international recognition for his breakout performance in Sing Sing (2023), portraying a fictionalized version of himself opposite Colman Domingo. In addition to his acclaimed acting debut, Maclin earned a “Story by” credit, served as an executive producer, and received an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Maclin’s artistic journey began during his incarceration at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where joining Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) became a turning point. He made his stage debut in Twelve Angry Men and used theater as a vehicle for healing, connection, and storytelling. While incarcerated, he also earned an Associate’s degree in Behavioral Psychology from Mercy College.

Inspired by his lived experience, Sing Sing captures the emotional depth of the RTA program and the bond between Maclin and fellow member John “Divine G” Whitfield. The film premiered at TIFF 2023, won the Festival Favorite Award at SXSW 2024, and achieved a 97% Certified Fresh rating following its A24 release. Critics widely praised Maclin’s performance, with RogerEbert.com noting his “deeply felt, magnetic” screen presence.

His portrayal of “Divine Eye” earned major industry recognition, including:

· Gotham Award – Winner, Outstanding Supporting Performance

· AAFCA & Chicago Film Critics – Winner, Best Supporting Actor / Most Promising Performer

· BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit Awards, Satellite Awards – Multiple nominations for Best Supporting Actor

Expanding his creative footprint, Maclin founded True Story, a production company focused on authentic, human-centered narratives. He recently completed filming the upcoming Netflix thriller series Rabbit Rabbit, starring alongside Adam Driver and Regina Hall.

Since returning home in 2012, Maclin has dedicated himself to youth mentorship and community empowerment, serving as a counselor, creative arts specialist, and gang-intervention mentor. He continues to work closely with RTA and remains guided by a core belief: investing in others reveals the beauty within them — and strengthens the world around us.

McLean Crichton

McLean Crichton is Chief Compliance Officer and Counsel at Thiel Capital LLC, an investment firm and family office, where he advises on the firm’s venture capital and alternative investments portfolio. He began his legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York before joining the corporate group at Cooley.

Outside of his professional life, McLean supports causes in the arts, cancer research, and criminal justice reform. He serves on the Advisory Council of Youth Represent, a New York City legal services nonprofit focused on reentry for justice-impacted youth. He is also the Patient Advocate Member representative on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Testicular Cancer Guidelines Panel, bringing a patient’s perspective to treatment guidelines used by hospitals nationwide.

Charm La’Donna

Emmy-winning choreographer and creative director Charm La’Donna has built a
celebrated career at the intersection of music, movement, and culture. From
choreographing multiple Super Bowl Halftime Shows and the Oscars to collaborating
with some of the world’s most influential artists, she has established herself as one of
the entertainment industry’s most sought-after creative forces.
Her credits include work with Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Bad Bunny, Dua Lipa,
Shakira, Selena Gomez, Pharrell, Meghan Trainor, The Weeknd, and many others.
Her choreography has been featured at the Grammys and across major world tours,
including Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia and Radical Optimism tours, The Weeknd’s
After Hours Til Dawn tour, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.
and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers tours, and the Kendrick Lamar and SZA Grand
National Tour. She has also headed choreography for three Super Bowl Halftime
Shows.
A Los Angeles native, Charm began her professional career touring with Madonna at
just 17 before studying World Arts and Culture at UCLA. Her journey from a young
dancer with a dream to an Emmy-winning creative leader has shaped her belief in the
power of opportunity, mentorship, and having people who recognize and invest in your
potential.
Beyond her work in entertainment, Charm is deeply committed to giving back and
creating opportunities for others. Through mentorship, education, and community
engagement, she is passionate about helping young people recognize their potential,
build confidence in their abilities, and envision possibilities for their futures.