Name: Action Planning Plenary
Start: 2025-05-21T14:00:00-0400
End: 2025-05-21T14:45:00-0400

Below is the structure of the Forum. We will be adding the Spark Presenters and Sponsors as we get closer to the event.

Wednesday May 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

Chesapeake Ballroom

Speakers

Stephanne Thornton

NAPD Social Work Training and Resource Coordinator, and Owner,, Transform Legal Mitigation Consultancy, National Association for Public Defense

Stephanne Cline Thornton is a West Virginia native who has worked in and around criminal defense and mitigation for more than 20 years in Georgia, Colorado, and West Virginia. She is currently the Clinical Director for the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program, and... Read More →

Lori James

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense (NAPD)

Lori earned her master’s Degree in clinical social work (University of Maryland SSW) and her B.A. in Social Work from Morgan State University. Lori has over 25 years of clinical, training, and organizational development experience, which includes program development, program management... Read More →

Wednesday May 21, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Chesapeake Ballroom

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NAPD 2025 Changemakers Forum

Stephanne Thornton

Lori James

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