Inventor of the Recharge Beyond the Bars Re-entry game, Leslie is a therapist in New York City, and she was a Consultant for the foster care system for twenty years. Leslie is the President of Beyond the Bars LLC, CEO and Founder of Trance4mation Games, and the President and Founder of the non-profit, Trance4mation Nation, Inc. Leslie invented Recharge, as well as Warrior Spirit Mission Homefront, a Veteran reintegration game in use nationwide across all branches of the military, the Keep It Real Diverse (Diversity & Inclusion) game, in use nationwide on approximately 1,000 college campuses and hundreds of Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide, and in partnership with Blue Courage, recently launched the In the Line of Duty Police Dialogue game. http://www.rechargethegame.com/

Known across the country as, "the realist speaker of the 21st century," her audiences shout out loud, "Speak, Fox Rich" when the word she shares challenges or connects with their experiences. Fox Rich is a formerly incarcerated woman, prisoner's wife, mother of six sons, and matriarch of the Rich family as they have endured 21 years of incarceration. Since then she has worked as an activist to reform the criminal justice system and help those affected by it. https://www.foxrich.com/index.html

Steven Prescod (Performer/Co-Writer/Producer) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, by single mother, Katherine Marrast. He found himself in trouble with the law, but was fortunate to participate in an alternative to incarceration program that placed him with The CityKids Foundation, which introduced him to the world of acting. Steven and his mentor, Moises Roberto Belizario, developed A Brooklyn Boy, a one-man show that tells Steven Prescod's coming-of-age story and is currently running off-broadway at East Village Playhouse. We are also joined by CityKids Foundation creator Laurie Meadoff. http://www.citykids.com/

Sheila Rule and Anthony Dixon are two of the brains behind WhenPeopleWork.com, an online employment system designed to make it easier for people with criminal convictions to find stable jobs.

The Vertex Outpatient Program is an OASAS licensed drug-free facility that provides individual and group counseling, relapse prevention, and gender specific group sessions.Paul Henderson is the Executive Director and former Assistant Commisssioner of the NYC Probation department. 

Tarik Greene is the Deputy Director of M.A.D.E Transitional Services, a reentry agency based in Rockland County that generates opportunities for individuals to transform their lives. 

New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation which provides substance abuse treatment and other services to persons in need. Sandeep Varma joined New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc. in 1998 as Regional Director, and became Executive Vice President in 2007. Lisa Alexander is the Director of the Serendipity II program for women. 

Samuel Hamilton and James Royale have been part of the re-entry movement for several years following their involvement with the criminal justice system.

For more than twenty five years, Ready, Willing & Able has successfully addressed the dual issues of recidivism and poverty and delivered tens of thousands of men back to their families and communities as productive, stable members of society. Anthony Isaacs, formerly incarcerated, is now the Director. 

Charles Moore is an alumnus of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program and currently serves as their Operations Manager. RTA seeks to use the transformative power of the arts to develop social and cognitive skills that prisoners need for successful reintegration into the community.