Agenda and Witness Statements

Day One - Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Opening Remarks (9:30 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.)

Hon. Carlton W. Reeves
Chair             
U.S. Sentencing Commission 

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON DRUG OFFENSES

Panel I. Practitioners' Perspective (9:35 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.)

Kimberly Sanchez
Assistant United States Attorney
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California

John Gibson
Chief of the Criminal Division
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas    
    
Francisco Morales
Senior Litigator
Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas

Panel II. Advisory Groups’ Perspective (10:35 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)

Susan Lin 
Member
Practitioners Advisory Group    
    
Melinda Nusbaum 
Vice Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group
    
Jami Johnson
Member
Tribal Issues Advisory Group 
    
Christopher Quasebarth
Chair
Victims Advisory Group

Panel III. Victims’ Perspective (11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.)

Ann Portillo 

Panel IV. Sentenced Individuals’ Perspective (11:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.)

D’Marria Monday

Amy Ralston Povah 

Lunch Break (12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)

Panel V. Community Perspective (1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)

Eric E. Sterling
Counselor
Law Enforcement Action Partnership
    
Catherine Sevcenko
Senior Counsel
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly
Incarcerated Women and Girls

Elissa Johnson
Vice President, Criminal Justice Campaigns
FWD.us 

Panel VI. Community Perspective (2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

Dr. Shaneva D. McReynolds  
President
FAMM

Rachel Wright 
National Policy Director 
Right on Crime 
    
Norman Reimer
Consultant
Tzedek Association

Panel VII. Academic Perspective (2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.)

Jonathan P. Caulkins 
Stever University Professor of
Operations Research and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University

Jelani Jefferson Exum 
Dean 
St. John's University School of Law

Break (3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.)

PROPOSED AMENDMENT ON SUPERVISED RELEASE

Panel VIII. Practitioners’ Perspectives (3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Nicholas Linder
Chief of the Criminal Division
U.S Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana    
    
Kelly M. Barrett
First Assistant Federal Public Defender
Office of the Federal Defender for the District of Connecticut

PROPOSED AMENDMENT ON SUPERVISED RELEASE AND DRUG OFFENSES

Panel IX. CLC Perspective (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Hon. Edmond E-Min Chang 
Chair, Criminal Law Committee
U.S. District Judge
Northern District of Illinois

Adjourn

Day Two - Thursday, March 13, 2025

Opening Remarks (9:30 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.)

Hon. Carlton W. Reeves
Chair             
U.S. Sentencing Commission 

Panel I. Advisory Groups’ Perspective (9:35 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.)

David Patton 
Member
Practitioners Advisory Group    
    
Joshua Luria
Chair
Probation Officers Advisory Group

Hon. Ralph Erickson 
Chair
Tribal Issues Advisory Group 
        
Christopher Quasebarth
Chair
Victims Advisory Group

Panel II. Supervisees’ Perspective (10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.)

Rita Gray

Eric Hicks

Daniel Varley

Panel III. Professionals’ Perspective (10:45 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.)

Alison Guernsey 
Professor and Clinical Director
University of Iowa College of Law
        
Kito Bess 
Director of Justice Services
St. Louis County Jail
Retired Chief U.S. Probation Officer

Michael Santucci 
Federal Sentencing Consultant
Retired Supervisory U.S. Probation Officer

Panel IV. Community Perspective (11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.)

Brett Tolman 
Executive Director 
Right on Crime 
    
Erin Haney 
Chief Policy Officer 
Reform Alliance

Eric E. Sterling
Counselor
Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Adjourn 

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