Our Leadership Team
Amy Fettig (Acting Co-Executive Director)
Amy Fettig is a national expert on criminal justice reform with over two decades of experience as a civil rights litigator, campaign director, and movement leader. Amy previously served as the Executive Director of The Sentencing Project (TSP), a research and advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., where she oversaw ground-breaking research on sentencing reform and jumpstarted national campaigns to roll back extreme sentences, expand voting rights, and promote youth justice. At TSP, she also founded the Second Look Network, a national network of attorneys and legal professionals working on post-conviction cases beyond direct appeal. Amy also served as Staff Counsel and then Deputy Director for the ACLU’s National Prison Project, where she garnered national recognition for her work challenging unconstitutional prison conditions. In this role, she founded and directed the ACLU’s Stop Solitary campaign seeking to end the practice of long-term isolation in our nation’s detention facilities. She also served as a leading member of the national coalition seeking to end the practice of shackling incarcerated pregnant people. A leading expert on prisoner rights law and sentencing reform, Amy has provided technical assistance and advice to advocates, attorneys, and lawmakers around the country. As a thought leader on criminal legal reform issues, she frequently engages in public speaking, media commentary, and writing in such forums as PBS Newshour, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time, and other regional and national news outlets. Amy has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Michigan. She holds a B.A. with distinction from Carleton College; a Master’s from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs; and a J.D. from Georgetown University.
Robin Olsen (Acting Co-Executive Director)
Robin Olsen is an experienced policy advisor, researcher, and manager whose work has had a profound impact in justice reform efforts at the local, state, and national levels. Robin is passionate about finding ways to address systemic inequities in the justice system through leading teams to use data and evidence, collaborating across stakeholders, and providing technical assistance to decision makers. Prior to FJP, Robin was a consultant to the Council on Criminal Justice’s Veterans Justice Commission, supporting the team in developing a national model policy framework for veterans’ diversion. She was also a Principal Policy Associate at the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where she conducted research and provided technical assistance on prosecutorial decision making, data collection, and diversion. She previously served as a Manager with the Public Safety Performance Project at The Pew Charitable Trusts. In this role, she led teams providing technical assistance to achieve comprehensive reform across several states, leading to significant reductions in prison and juvenile out-of-home populations, as well as investment in evidence-based practices and policies. Robin was also a public safety policy adviser and analyst with city and state governments in Washington, DC, and Illinois and has also worked and conducted research on issues related to youth and community violence, the use of mapping in criminal justice, and children of incarcerated parents. She has provided testimony to state legislatures and Congress, and shared her research with numerous professional associations for criminal and juvenile justice practitioners, state legislators, and advocates. Robin holds an AB in politics from Princeton University and an MPP from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Christopher Gray (Director of Communications)
Christopher Gray joins FJP as a seasoned communications strategist with extensive leadership experience in nonprofit communications and as an advocate for major reforms to the American criminal legal system. Christopher previously led the communications team at Alliance for Justice where he directed many successful campaigns helping former public defenders, civil rights experts, and employee side labor lawyers gain confirmation for lifetime appointments on the federal bench, including a record number of former public defenders who are now serving as federal district court judges, circuit court judges, as well as a sitting justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. As a Director in the Raben Group’s Media & Communications Practice, Christopher led major communications campaigns for justice reform clients including the ACLU’s National Prison Project, The Sentencing Project, and Unlock the Box where he helped his clients advocate for historic legislation banning prolonged solitary confinement in the State of New York, abolishing felony voter disenfranchisement, and holding national leaders accountable for the appalling health and safety conditions in federal, state, and local jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Christopher also previously led the communications team for the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law, where he worked with state attorneys general around the United States to uphold our nation’s bedrock environmental laws and regulations. He received his BA in History and Political Communication at James Madison University, and his MA in Communications & Rhetorical Studies from Syracuse University.
