— About
A community of practitioners, survivors, and witnesses.
Decades of combined experience in restorative justice, trauma-informed clinical practice, mediation, and lived experience inside and outside the carceral system.
01 — Our Story
From institute to collaborative.
A new name reflects how the work has grown — and where it’s headed.
For years, our organization was known as the Transformative Justice Institute. As the work has grown and deepened — across in-custody programs, community circles, bilingual mediation, and reentry support — we’ve stepped into a new public-facing name: Harm to Healing Collaborative.
The collaborative remains a California 501(c)(3) under the legal entity of the Transformative Justice Institute. The change is not a pivot; it is a deepening.
Our work centers on the belief that harm is best addressed not through punishment and isolation, but through processes that foster understanding, repair, and transformation for everyone involved.
02 — Leadership & Practitioners
Who guides this work.
Executive Lead
Rochelle
Licensed psychotherapist, restorative justice practitioner, and visionary leader with nearly three decades at the intersection of the criminal justice system, healing, and human transformation. She has designed restorative justice curricula for incarcerated, reentry, and diversion populations.
“Helping people face harm honestly and with dignity while finding a path forward for all.”
Lead Trainer · Spanish Program
Brijit
Bilingual Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) and Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT). Of Native (Pomo, Wailaki) and Indigenous Mexican (Huasteca) lineage, Brijit leads the Spanish Transformative Mediation Program and facilitates truth-telling and restoration circles.
“It’s not about the doing, but about the BEING.”
Co-Lead · Mediation Program
Judy
Co-leads training and program development for the Transformative Mediation Program inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Master’s in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine; MBA from Simmons (first in class); doctoral candidate at Penn State Smeal. Founder of C Suite Resolutions.
Trainer · Mediator · Facilitator
Jereal
Born and raised in the Bay Area. After 27 years of incarceration, Jereal committed to deep personal transformation — earning his GED, completing the Mount Tamalpais College program at San Quentin, and practicing emotional intelligence as a daily discipline. He now draws on lived experience and formal training to support healing and accountability.
Facilitator · Salon Host
Jess
Part of the facilitation team for the Transformative Mediation Program at San Quentin, and host of Harm to Healing House Salons. Jess organizes with murder-victim family members on sentencing reform, advises California’s corrections system on trauma-informed victim communications, and has given a TEDx talk.
Strategy & Partnerships
Joshua Strange
Supports the collaborative’s strategy, program development, training design, partnerships, and organizational capacity building across community and justice-system settings. Also assists with training and program facilitation directly.
Mediator · Board Member
Frannie Pope Hohman
Certified mediator and facilitator with extensive experience leading dialogue groups inside the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. She supports in-custody dialogue and restorative programming, helps strengthen facilitation quality, and serves on the Board of Directors.
03 — Board of Directors
Governance grounded in lived experience.
Board · Operations
David Basile
Brings lived experience, strong operational leadership, and more than 20 years of involvement with restorative justice as student, co-facilitator, and trainer. Formerly incarcerated, David is committed to accountability and community repair as a form of living amends. Retired Facilities Director at HomeRise.
Board · Youth & RJ Strategy
Robert
More than two decades in restorative justice, youth intervention, and community-based healing practices. Has led numerous train-the-trainer programs and currently volunteers at SQRC, leading restorative justice process groups with incarcerated participants.
Board · Leadership
Lorenzo
Has worked with individuals and organizations across the U.S., collaborating with executives, board members, and teams. As an inspirational leader, Lorenzo emphasizes the importance of overcoming limiting beliefs and supports clients in identifying barriers and exploring new perspectives.
Board · Organizing
Jasmin Borges
Director of Organizing for the Mass Bail Fund, where she helps lead community-based efforts to end wealth-based detention. As a formerly incarcerated Puerto Rican woman, Jasmin brings lived experience, political clarity, and deep compassion to her work — and recently earned her master’s degree (spring 2025).
Healing is collective. Resistance is sacred. Transformation is possible.
— Guiding principles