Our Team

PREPARE developed out of Second Chance for Women, which was founded by Maryjoel Davis.  It was relaunched as PREPARE in June 2021.  An individual’s journey towards release and a successful reentry is necessarily a collaborative process. The work of PREPARE therefore engages many different people:

Anne Bocchini Kirsch

Co-Founder and Director of Advocacy

Jacqueline Ahn

Co-Founder and Director of Parole

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Co-Founder and Co-Director

Matina Roberts

Director of Operations

Kelli Loos - Director of Reentry, PREPARE, Inc.

Reentry Specialist

Sara Citroni

Director of Peer Services/Prepare for Success

Gordon Pack

Parole Advocate

Teresa Kolacz
Kathryn Eliscar

Parole Advocate

Cynthia

It’s an amazing experience to be part of the PREPARE team. I first heard of PREPARE through co-founder Elizabeth Finne, back in …

John Griffin

John Griffin is a Technology and Reentry Specialist for PREPARE. A life-long Catholic educated in the Jesuit tradition of “men and women …