Heather Edge is the Education and Training Coordinator for the Youth Restorative Justice Program.  She holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science and a Master’s in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from the University of Oregon.  She is currently working in Douglas and Coos Counties to establish youth restorative justice programs in schools and youth justice departments.  When not working, she enjoys spending time on her farm with the horses, goats, chickens and dogs and doing a little gardening. 

 

Darren Reiley (he/him) holds Masters degrees in English Literature and Folklore and has spent the past 25 years working in and adjacent to Education, having taught at the University, middle school, high school, and elementary levels, especially in the area of peace and conflict education.  From this experience, and moved by the teachings of his Elders, he helped to develop the current Youth Restorative Justice program at CDR, including both Restorative Diversion with the Juvenile Courts and Restorative Practice implementation models in Schools. He served as the Youth RJ Manager for the last seven years before stepping into his current role as Executive Director.  He spends as much of his other time as possible with his daughters and his wife, in the woods, teaching/ learning Aikido at the Y, writing and dreaming ahead.