Variety: Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s Reform Alliance Makes Key Hires

 Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s Reform Alliance announced today that it has bolstered its executive leadership team with the hiring of Janet Choi as Chief Content and Communications Officer. Choi joined Reform this week from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, where she served as Deputy Commissioner and General Manager.

Reform has also announced a number of new key leadership hires who were previously leading or a part of the election campaigns of Barack Obama and Pete Buttigieg, Bono’s ONE Campaign, JPMorgan Private Bank, (RED), MarchOn and Stand Together, among others.

The organization’s new hires, who came on board over the past six months, include:

• Geoff Holtzman – Director of Communications:Holtzman directed communications for Stand Together’s criminal justice reform team, where he led the communications campaign for the passing of the First Step Act. He is responsible for developing and driving communications strategies that generate support for REFORM’s advocacy work.

Click here to read the full story...

The Dispatch: California Just Passed Common-Sense Criminal Justice Reforms. Really.

REFORM Alliance Communications Director Geoff Holtzman told the Dispatch that probation reform is “fundamentally about restoring liberty to individuals, getting government out of their lives, and helping people earn redemption and a second chance.”

“This particular legislation not only saves taxpayers billions of dollars,” he said of California’s reform bill. “It creates safer communities and stronger families, unlocks freedom and opportunity for thousands of individuals, and reduces the number of people who the government can harass."

Click here to read the full article...