OUR TEAM

Joel was introduced to the field of restorative justice in 2005 and for 13 years led a team of restorative justice facilitators and juvenile justice professionals at a statewide non-profit agency in North Dakota. During those years, Joel and his team worked extensively with communities across North Dakota to implement restorative practices into K-12 education, the juvenile justice system, and adult corrections. Joel provides training and coaching on implicit bias, bullying prevention, adverse childhood experiences, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and sexual assault and domestic violence prevention.  Joel is a nationally certified Green Dot Bystander Intervention Community Instructor and served for three years as a Facilitator of Sexual Assault Prevention and Advocacy for North Dakota State University. For the past 10 years Joel has been involved with efforts to address disproportionate minority contact (DMC) in North Dakota justice systems and completed the Reducing Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Certificate Program at Georgetown University in 2016. Joel serves on several local and state committees including the North Dakota Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group, and became an Associate member of Sisters of the Presentation in 2020. Joel received his bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND) and holds a master’s degree in Strategic Leadership from University of Mary (Bismarck, ND). A lifelong North Dakotan, Joel has resided in Fargo for over 25 years.