LEAD MONITOR

Natashia is a Member at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. She focuses her practice on white collar defense and government investigations, assisting corporate clients and educational institutions with identifying and managing internal and external challenges. Natashia has extensive experience investigating alleged misconduct, including cases involving racial and gender discrimination, sexual misconduct, safety and security, and other constitutional matters.

In connection with the nationwide focus on social justice following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Natashia led many investigations of alleged discriminatory conduct by schools, local police departments, corporations, and other organizations. In Newark, New Jersey, Natashia serves as a subject matter consultant in internal investigations for the monitoring team instituting court-ordered reforms within the city’s police force.

Prior to joining Mintz, Natashia was a partner at a US-based law firm and an Associate Professor of New England Law. Natashia’s public service career includes serving in the public integrity section of the Department of Justice and in the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Before attending law school and while earning her JD, Natashia worked as a police officer for the Cambridge Police Department in Massachusetts, where she rose through the ranks to become the department's first female lieutenant.

DEPUTY MONITOR

Courtney is a Senior Associate at Hogan Lovells US LLP and skilled litigator whose practice is focused on white collar criminal defense, government enforcement actions, and internal investigations. She works with clients through all phases of litigation, and serves as an investigator in both internal and independent investigations. Courtney also has an active pro bono practice, most often representing her clients in criminal proceedings or in their efforts to obtain post-conviction remedies.

Courtney currently serves on the Monitoring Team for the City of Cleveland. She excels in the administration of complex project plans involving subject matter experts, government agencies, and community groups, and specializes in conducting and managing interviews and investigations surrounding sensitive issues that intersect with class, race, immigration status, sex, and gender identity. She has also served in matters involving alleged violations of Title IX, discrimination, and sexual misconduct policies.

Courtney received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Leigh R. Anderson, Ph.D., MPA-IG, CIGA, CIGE, is originally from Saint Louis, Missouri. She graduated summa cum laude from Howard University with two Bachelors of Arts Degrees in Administration of Justice and Spanish. She went on to graduate from John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Masters of Public Administration-Inspector General Program, and then obtained a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management from The John Glenn College at The Ohio State University. By way of certifications, Dr. Leigh R. Anderson is a Certified Inspector General Auditor (CIGA) and a Certified Inspector General Inspector/Evaluator (CIGE).

Dr. Anderson is currently the Executive Director of the Police Accountability Team for the City of Cleveland, Ohio. She came to Cleveland as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University and a Contractual Chief of Staff for the City of Oakland Office of the Inspector General under the City’s Police Commission. Previously, Dr. Anderson served as a Chief Performance Analyst in the Public Safety Section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General where she led and conducted audits and evaluations of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA), and the Police Board (PB) to increase public safety, protect civil liberties, and increase the public’s confidence in the City of Chicago public safety structure.

Dr. Anderson is an instructor for the Association of Inspectors General - Inspector General Institute® Certified Inspector/Evaluator Course, certified by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Dr. Anderson has also been a guest lecturer for the Annual African American Heritage Lecture Series hosted by The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her research specialization areas include community engagement and policing; intergovernmental relations; federalism and public safety; police accountability and oversight; monitoring and evaluation; and leadership and procedural justice. She is co-author Policing in Natural Disasters (Temple University Press; Fall 2019) as well as co-author of the publication "Coping through a Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 8: Iss.1, Article 19. Her research has also been published as a chapter within the Department of Homeland Security sponsored book, Developing NextGeneration Countermeasures for Homeland Security Threat Prevention (2016).

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Kimberly Jade Norwood is the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law. She was born and raised in New York City and completed her undergraduate work at Fordham University, where she joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She received her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. After law school, she clerked for Federal District Court Judge Clifford Scott Green of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and practiced with Bryan Cave, LLP in St. Louis, Missouri before joining the Washington University School of Law faculty in 1990. She received tenure in 1996, a Washington University Distinguished Faculty Award in 2015, and the Henry H. Oberschelp Chair in 2016. She is the Editor of two books: Color Matters: Skin Tone Bias & the Myth of a Post-Racial America, was published in 2014; and Ferguson’s Fault Lines: The Race Quake that Rocked a Nation was published in 2016. Among many other legally affiliated appointments, Kim is currently a Commissioner on the Missouri Supreme Court Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness; and she is the Chair of the Implicit Bias subcommittee of the American Bar Association (ABA) State and Local Government Section.

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Maggie Goodrich retired in March 2017 as Chief Information Officer for Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles – a role with responsibility for the Los Angeles Fire Department as well as the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) – following a distinguished career as an attorney and technology expert. As CIO for the LAPD for seven years, Maggie was responsible for all LAPD technology, procurement, contracts, and grant funding. She oversaw all aspects of technology, including strategic planning, budgeting, procurement and implementation. Prior to becoming CIO, she was a Commanding Officer responsible for the development and implementation of all LAPD Training Evaluation and Management Systems (TEAMS II), which included, among others, the early intervention, complaint management and use of force systems. In this role, she worked closely with the DOJ and court-appointed monitor to ensure the city’s compliance with a federal consent decree.

Previously, Maggie served in the Office of the Mayor as a Policy Director for Homeland Security and Public Safety and held legal and technology positions in the public and private sector. She is an attorney with expertise in public safety grant funding (private, State and Federal), local government procurement, and IT contract negotiations.

Maggie currently serves as the CEO of TacLogix, Inc. and is a consultant to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. She is on the Baltimore, Cleveland, Ferguson and Newark police department federal monitorships and regularly conducts technology assessments of law enforcement agencies across the country.

Maggie received her Bachelor’s Degree from Chapman University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.

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Darryl W. Owens retired on March 17, 2023 after 34 years with the Boston Police Department. He spent the majority of his police career at the BPD Academy. There, he specialized in Defensive Tactics, Use of Force and De-escalation. While at the Academy he trained over 2,000 police officers and a total of 30 recruit classes. Owens is also the founder and director of the Boston Police Teen Academy, a summer job and outreach program that connects police officers with at-risk youth.

His use of force expertise has been honed through hundreds of hours of training, personal research and consultation. He has trained with the FBI, the Police Executive Research Forum and The Force Science Institute. One of his passions is teaching the concepts of Constitutional police practices to varied civilian audiences.

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Retired Boston Police Department Superintendent Lisa Holmes is the Principal and Founder of Elite Consulting. She has decades of experience in law enforcement and specializes in the development, implementation, and auditing of police department training curricula at the recruit, patrol, and supervisory levels. Most recently, she served as Superintendent of the Boston Police Department’s Bureau of Professional Development, where she oversaw the Boston Police Academy, Cadet, and Firearms Training units. She has experience conducting not only routine training for incoming officers, but also developing and launching anti-bias training modules in particular. Superintendent Holmes also served as Deputy Superintendent in the Bureau of Professional Standards where she oversaw the Internal Investigations, Anti-Corruption, Recruit Investigation, and Audit & Review units. In addition, she is a part-time lecturer at the University of Massachusetts. Superintendent Holmes brings her highly specialized skillset in law enforcement training to the Ferguson Monitoring Team.

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Roger Nunez is a police consultant and advisor for several law enforcement and public safety consulting firms. He has a prestigious 32-year law enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and provides a valuable perspective for technology integration, and operational assessment practice using his deep knowledge and experience implementing enterprise-wide technology solutions for public safety agencies.

Roger has extensive experience and expertise in a wide variety of public safety and homeland security technology applications and equipment including the development and deployment of the LAPD’s Body Worn Camera Program. He has extensive knowledge in the use of Police Early Intervention Systems, Automated License Plate Recognition and Digital In-Car Video Systems, and artificial intelligence for crime fighting.

Roger has distinguished himself by deploying, integrating, and teaching technology applications and equipment to the LAPD’s 13,000 sworn and civilian employees. He has worked in various geographic divisions as a patrol officer and supervisor and gained invaluable knowledge working coveted assignments such as Professional Standards Bureau, Force Investigation Group, Traffic Group, Detective Bureau, and Information Technology Bureau.

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Dan Gomez is Chief Technology Officer and a co-founder of Taclogix, Inc. He leads the company’s product evaluation, technology integration, and operational assessment practice using his deep knowledge and experience implementing enterprise-wide technology solutions for public safety agencies.

Dan is a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) where he rose through the ranks to serve as the Department’s Chief Technology Officer, led its Tactical Technology Section, and established the LAPD’s first Innovation and Strategic Planning Division. Dan has extensive expertise in a wide variety of public safety and homeland security technology applications and equipment. He was responsible for deploying and integrating technology applications and equipment for the LAPD’s 13,000 sworn and civilian employees deployed in 21 geographic areas and within numerous specialized and administrative divisions. He was also responsible for the successful deployment of over 7,000 body worn cameras and smartphone deployment after conducting extensive research and field testing. Dan and his team trained over 10,000 officers on the use of the cameras, managed the collection of millions of recordings, and coordinated the integration and distribution of digital evidence with local agencies.

Dan is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in a wide variety of public safety technologies. He is on the Newark Police Department’s federal monitorship and also provides expert witness/litigative consultant services to the U.S. Department of Justice for work on the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Consent Decree. Early in Dan’s distinguished career, he was a certified firearms instructor, worked as a patrol officer and supervisor, volunteered for undercover assignments, and worked with detectives investigating child abuse and exploitation cases.

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Julio A. Thompson is an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Vermont Attorney General, where he serves as Co-Director of the Office's Civil Rights Unit, which enforces the state’s hate crimes and anti-discrimination laws. Julio is also an instructor at the Vermont Police Academy. 

Julio has over 30 years of experience in policing oversight nationwide, focusing on areas such as use of force, internal affairs investigations, and training. His work on law enforcement-related Consent Decrees includes Baltimore; Newark; Seattle; Springfield, MA; and Washington, D.C.