Clark Sheldon, Parallel Justice Specialist at The Burlington Police Department, is a pretty down-to-earth guy.  Since graduating from The University of Vermont in 2002 with a BA in Women's and Gender Studies he has worked within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer community as an anti-violence advocate and peer outreach worker.  Outside of work he enjoys flower gardening, baking, Blues and Bluegrass music, playing in the mud and the occasional game of Wii bowling.  Clark is honored to be part of Parallel Justice and going places where no victim services program has gone before.  

Rain Banbury, Parallel Justice Specialist at The Burlington Community Justice Center, is thrilled to be the latest addition to the Parallel Justice team. A firm believer in the idea of empowering individuals to solve their own problems, Rain especially enjoys helping victims advocate for themselves. Prior to joining the Burlington CJC, Rain worked withe the Greater Barre Community Justice Center coordinating their reparative board program. Rain trained as a professional mediator and facilitator through Woodbury College's Conflict Management program.

Karen Vastine, Coordinator, Burlington Community Justice Center Karen Vastine has been the coordinator of the Community Justice Center since May, 2007. Before her work at the CJC, she spent 8 years as a disability rights advocate providing individual advocacy as well as systemic advocacy through training and policy work within the Criminal Justice System and at the Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. She also directed the Communication Support Project out of the Office of the Defender General. All of her work with people with disabilities made her realize that crime can be incredibly stigmatizing and isolating. She joined the Community Justice Center to address that trend in hopes of creating greater safety and community connectedness in Burlington.

Sharon Davis, Sharon Davis, has worked at the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services for nine years as the Special Projects Coordinator and serves as the Project Director for Parallel Justice. She graduated from the University of Denver with a Master of Social Work degree in 2000. Her focus is in community organizing and program development. Her work in victim services began in 1991 as a hotline volunteer for Women Helping Battered Women and she was the first Hotline/Outreach Director at Womens’ Rape Crisis Center. She currently co-facilitates a support group for survivors of sexual violence and she is in a supportive role with the Coalition of Supervised Visitation Programs and the Sudden Death Trauma Program. Sharon is a co-founder of Ready Adventures, a wilderness experience that facilitates self-reflection, and compassion.

Lt. Jennifer Morrison, of the Burlington Police Department currently serves as a patrol Lieutenant with the Burlington (VT) Police Department where she oversees the delivery of police services to the “Hill Section” and supervises two sergeants and ten police officers who are assigned to this patrol district daily. In addition, she supervises the domestic violence victim-advocates, Parallel Justice and the Volunteers in Policing team.  Prior to being promoted to lieutenant in January 2004, Morrison was the Director of the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations which is a countywide task force that investigates sex crimes and serious child abuse cases.  A graduate of The George Washington University with a B.A. in Journalism & Criminal Justice, Lieutenant Morrison received an M.A. in Leadership Studies from Norwich University in 2002.   Lt. Morrison is a graduate of the FBI National Academy where she was recognized as a section leader.