Meet Terrance

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Board Member 

Brandon Flood is the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. Prior to his appointment as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, Brandon J. Flood spent nearly a decade working for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he served in a multitude of professional capacities, that of which include the positions of Legislative Assistant, Senior Research Analyst for the House Democratic Caucus' Legislative Policy & Research Office (LPRO) and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.  In the aforementioned roles, Brandon's area of expertise included research and analysis, bill drafting, public relations and mass communications, organizational administration and legislative advocacy and stakeholder engagement.  

  In addition, from 2015 through February of 2019, Brandon served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania NAACP's Political Action Committee and in 2016 was appointed by the National NAACP to serve as its Civic Engagement Coordinator for Pennsylvania, where he played a contributory role in registering over 1 million new voters across the commonwealth.

Board Member 

Troy Crichton is an accomplished trial lawyer. He has obtained full acquittals in criminal proceedings ranging from gun possession, aggravated assault, narcotic distribution, driving under the influence, sexual assault, theft, vehicular theft, and various fraud charges. In 2021, Troy served as Jehmar Gladden's attorney, successfully securing his release and vacating his conviction.  Mr. Gladden was freed in August 2021.

Troy is a proud graduate of Villanova University and Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. 

Lauren Barrow is currently Chair of the Center for Education, Advocacy & Social Justice, and an Associate Professor of criminal justice at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She has been teaching for over 15 years and has taught undergraduate, graduate, and online students.  As a generalist, Dr. Barrow teaches a wide range of criminal justice courses.  She completed her graduate studies in criminal justice at CUNY Graduate Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.  Her research interests lie in exploring the question of equal justice for vulnerable persons. She is published and has contributed to several justice related works.  In 2013, she began teaching Inside Out classes in the Philadelphia region, and has been regionally recognized for her innovative course designs. 

Carson Eckhard graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021 with honors in English and History. Carson is Vice Chair of the Liberation Foundation as well as a member of the Project HOPE Team. Outside of The Liberation Foundation, Carson interned at the Conviction Integrity Unit and was acting president of Beyond Arrests, Penn’s anti-carceral organization. Carson currently works in the  Supreme Court Practice at McDermott, Will & Emery LLP. 

Natalia Rommen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communications with honors.  At the Liberation Foundation, Natalia is a member of Project HOPE. She currently works  for Cornell University's Action Research Collaborative and Cooperative Extension. Prior to joining The Liberation Foundation, Natalia worked in the nonprofit realm as Next City's Urban Affairs Journalism Fellow.

Anthony Luscavage provides reentry programming consulting to TLF. Tony was employed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 29 years before retiring in May 2022. His career in corrections began as a Corrections Counselor at SCI-Mahanoy. Tony spent several years at DOC Central Office working in reentry programming before returning to SCI-Coal Township as Deputy Superintendent for Centralized Services where he helped launch Project HOPE's inaugural cohort. Tony has a MSW from Temple University and a B.A. from Wilkes University.

After serving 15 years in federal prison, Joe has dedicated himself to supporting returning citizens. At TLF, Joe is a Facilitator for Project HOPE. As a graduate of the Prison Cells to Professionals Scholars Program, he is an advocate, mentoring justice impacted citizens in pursuit of college education. With Temple University's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Training Institute, he coaches professors who facilitate classes that bring together campus students with incarcerated students in the prison setting. Joe is also a member of the Pennsylvania Reentry Council's ThinkTank.

Steven is a Project HOPE Facilitator at The Liberation Foundation and began with the program's inaugural program. Outside of TLF, Steven is CEO of and Director of Yoga for Philly. Steven is a community organizer for the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, sits on his local Police Department Advisory Committee to oversee and evaluate police conduct, and is CEO of Brice Enterprises, which offers consulting services and racial consulting services to churches. Originally from South Jamaica, Queens, Steven now lives in Philadelphia.

Jehmar Gladden is a Philadelphia-born activist. After serving 24 years in prison under a wrongful conviction, Jehmar returned home in August 2021 with the support of The Liberation Foundation and the advocacy of his childhood best friend, Terrance Lewis. At TLF, Jehmar is a Project HOPE Facilitator. Jehmar is committed to sharing his story and promoting an end to injustice in Philadelphia and beyond. 

Evan Wiles is a Philadelphia native activist who is currently incarcerated at SCI Coal Township. He co-developed Project HOPE with Terrance in 2018 and has been a driving force in executing the program ever since. He has served as an internal facilitator during the past two cohorts. His mentorship is invaluable, and his leadership has earned him a position on the Advisory Board of the Liberation Foundation upon his arrival. 

Alexandra Kudatzky is a 2023 J.D. Candidate at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law. Before law school, she graduated from The George Washington University’s five-year combined degree program with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Philosophy & Public Policy. In addition to TLF, she is working as a Co-Op extern with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project and as an intern with Phillips Black.  

Dylan Reichman is a J.D. Candidate at the Georgetown University Law Center. Before law school, he worked for two years as a Paralegal at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office's Conviction Integrity and Special Investigations Unit, where he assisted with exonerations, responding to clemency applications, and investigating and prosecuting police misconduct. 

In addition to his work for TLF, Dylan is active in pro bono criminal records sealing for a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. While in Philadelphia, he served as the Director for Community Engagement for a local rugby club, where he focused on supporting the local Black LGBTQIA+ community. 

Ava is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in American History with minors in Legal Studies and Asian American Studies. She has worked with TLF since January 2021 and is currently the Case Manager for TLF’s Student Justice Initiative (SJI), where she manages case intake and oversees volunteer work.

Ava has interned with the PA Prison Society, the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland, as well as the Philadelphia-based organization Books Through Bars and the Prisoners Literature Project in her hometown of Berkeley, CA.

Misha McDaniel is a second year PhD student at the University of Chicago. She was admitted to the Black Studies cohort of the English department in 2021. She has earned a Master of Arts in English from UChicago as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English and Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Misha is a trained actor, classical musician, and singer. She has won writing scholarships for her fiction from UPenn’s Kelly Writers House as well as two graduate school fellowships, the Beinecke Scholarship and the Neubauer Family Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship. Misha also has worked in the marketing industry, managing social media for green start up Bitgreen, Philadelphia non-profit Vote That Jawn, and various small businesses. She is excited to bring her intellectual interests in abolition and equitable justice to TLF, working with her peers to manage TLF’s social media, advertise its events, and market its resources and programs to the people that need it most. 

This spring, Amanda is volunteering with TLF  on Project RIC (Research, Investigate and Compile). Amanda is a senior at Penn studying Urban Studies and Political Science. She has experience working in relational organizing to increase voter turnout in key elections in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Amanda also currently works at the Pennsylvania Innocence Project in development and communications. Outside of her advocacy efforts, Amanda is part of the business staff of Penn’s sketch comedy troupe for underrepresented gender identities in comedy, Bloomers.

Looking forward to her internship with TLF this spring, Amanda says, “I’m very excited to connect my academic interests with practice through my internship at TLF; I am looking forward to not only studying issues of mass incarceration and wrongful convictions, but to take concrete steps to help bring those who have been wrongfully convicted home.”

Maya Considine is an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying Biochemistry. Maya has always had a deep interest in science and initially hoped to pursue a career in healthcare. However, Maya observed the various ways in which underprivileged patients are failed in the American Healthcare System and one day hopes to pursue health policy instead.

Maya first joined The Liberation Foundation in March of 2022, working mainly on Project RIC. Volunteering with TLF has given Maya the opportunity to engage with real people and help in some form to advocate for people in the criminal justice system through legal work. 

Ka’Mari Williams is a junior at Rutgers University–Camden, double majoring in biology and criminal justice with a minor in forensic science. She began doing racial justice work at the age of 14 when she took part in two organizations known as R.O.O.T.S. (Rising Over Oppression Through Solidarity) and S.T.A.R. (Strong Teens Against Racism). In high school, Ka’Mari organized a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) club, which later developed into a course, as a result of her continuous passion for this work. Since then, she has also worked in her church community on a Black Lives Matter observance and banner raising in Summit, NJ, focused on anti-bias and combating racism. In her free time, Ka’Mari enjoys kickboxing. On joining The Liberation Foundation, Ka’Mari says “I am pleased to have the opportunity to learn new skills that will enable me to be effective in the ways that justice is achieved through my work with The Liberation Foundation.”