Volcker Alliance, Inc.

The Volcker Alliance (Volcker) is a nonprofit organization founded by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker to empower the public sector workforce to solve the challenges facing the nation. Volcker focuses on building partnerships with government and universities, promoting innovation in public service education, driving research on effective government, and inspiring others with the story of Mr. Volcker’s commitment to public service. The Volcker Alliance is organizing a convening to bring together administration and criminal justice faculty leadership from select Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the Foundation to learn more about how these institutions are preparing students for careers in criminal justice as part of the SJC’s strategy to strengthen and cultivate a diverse pipeline of new and emerging leaders in criminal justice reform.

The Volcker Alliance (Volcker) is a nonprofit organization founded by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker to empower the public sector workforce to solve the challenges facing the nation. Volcker focuses on building partnerships with government and universities, promoting innovation in public service education, driving research on effective government, and inspiring others with the story of Mr. Volcker’s commitment to public service. This renewal award enables Volcker to support a range of strategic pathways that focus on recruitment, retention, and promotion of diverse and talented leaders into the public sector criminal justice workforce.

The Volcker Alliance (Volcker) is a nonprofit organization founded by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker to empower the public sector workforce to solve the challenges facing the nation. Volcker focuses on building partnerships with government and universities, promoting innovation in public service education, driving research on effective government, and inspiring others with the story of Mr. Volcker’s commitment to public service. This planning award enables Volcker to identify a range of strategic pathways to ensure that diverse and talented leaders are prepared for positions focused on criminal justice reform—both inside and outside government under the Safety and Justice Challenge.  

Council on Criminal Justice

The Council on Criminal Justice is a project of the Volcker Alliance, its fiscal sponsor.  Launched in July 2019, the Council is an independent entity established to serve as a center of gravity and incubator of policy and leadership, elevating the top experts, innovators and influencers across the field and generating evidence-based solutions capable of garnering political support and driving change. Based loosely on the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council’s mission is to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all. The award enables the Council to provide a highly visible focal point and forum for advancing the Safety and Justice Challenge goal of changing the way America thinks about and uses jails. Ultimately, the Council seeks to define a fair, equitable, and effective criminal justice system as essential to democracy and a core measure of our nation’s well-being.