Kellsie Sayers

Kellsie Sayers is the Director of Restorative Practices at the Center for Justice Innovation, overseeing the Center's restorative practice initiatives across a broad range of demonstration projects. Kellsie’s work promotes individual, family, and community healing and advances systemic change by bringing the restorative process to children in schools and creating non-traditional pathways to justice for individuals in the courts system.

Prior to joining the Center, Kellsie worked as a public defender for the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Practice, providing legal representation to indigent clients on misdemeanor and felony cases.

Kellsie is a graduate of Howard University with a BA in Political Science and a BA in Afro-American Studies. She received her Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law and Master of Social Work from the New York University Silver School of Social Work.