Abby Anderson
Executive Director
Abby Anderson joined the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance as a Senior Policy Associate in September of 2004. Prior to joining the Alliance, she worked for Family Services Woodfield (FSW) in Bridgeport where she had been in the Development Department for nearly three years. As Development/Communications Coordinator, Abby was responsible for the communications pieces created by the agency including internal and external newsletters, agency and program brochures, some direct mail letters and annual reports. She initiated FSW’s e-philanthropy efforts including a redesign of the agency’s website and the creation of an e-newsletter. Prior to working at FSW, Abby worked as an Account Executive at Soccer Jr. Magazine and Scholastic, Inc. Abby graduated from Grove City College with a BA in Literature/Communications and holds a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University.
Lara Herscovitch
Senior Policy Analyst
Lara Herscovitch has over 13
years of experience in nonprofit sector programs, policy, and organizational
development. Prior to joining CTJJA, she served as Connecticut Fund for the
Enviroment's Director of Grants & Special Projects, focused on post-merger
strategic planning/re-branding and grants. Previously, Lara was Director of
Programs at the Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation, providing strategic and
operational leadership of the Foundation's grantmaking, and founded and led its
Nonprofit Resource Center for building organizational capacity. She was with
Save the Children/U.S. before that, focused on education/literacy, early
childhood development, and youth development. Lara holds an MSW in Policy &
Planning and Community Organizing from the University of Connecticut's School
of Social Work and a BA in Political Science from the University of
Massachusetts.
Jacqueline Kabak
Policy Fellow
Jacqueline Kabak
joined CTJJA in June, 2008. She graduated magna cum laude from Manhattan College in May, 2007 with a B.A. in Sociology and is a member of the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, she spent a semester studying in the Justice Program at American University in
Washington D.C.
Jacqueline is a lifelong Connecticut resident who previously interned at the Liberation House in Stamford, CT and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in Washington, D.C.
