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Meet Alethea

Dr. Alethea Taylor, Executive Director

Dr. Alethea Taylor, RhD, CRC was most recently a distinguished lecturer with Hunter College School of Education in the department of Educational Foundations and Counseling. Dr. Taylor also served as the Executive Director with Greenhope Services for Women, helping women with substance use and mental health disorders who were formally incarcerated. She has 27 years of professional experience including management coaching, staff development, university teaching, serving women and youth, and providing advocacy within the criminal justice community. In 2013, Dr. Taylor was selected as a Fellow of the New York University’s Research for Leadership in Action’s inaugural IGNITE Fellowship for Women of Color in the Social Sector. Dr. Taylor has served as an adjunct professor at New York University, NYACK College, and The College of New Rochelle teaching courses such as research methods, statistics, career counseling, and medical aspects of disabilities. As an educator, Dr. Taylor has conducted many presentations and seminars addressing topics such as strategic planning, substance use disorders, mental health, women and incarceration, reentry services and criminal, racial and social justice reform.

Dr. Taylor is a committee member of The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform which is responsible for helping with New York City’s decision to close Rikers Island jail. She is currently serving a member of the Correctional Association of New York’s advisory council. Dr. Taylor partners with New York Women’s Foundation on their Justice Initiative.

Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Rehabilitation from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, her Master’s Degree from New York University, and she is a certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor.

ataylor@hourchildren.org

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