Toni is a respected thought leader whose expertise includes legislative and public policy analysis; organizational development; nonprofit management; program/project management; grant writing; fund raising; community organizing; coalition building, and public speaking. Toni currently serves as the Vice President of State Strategy & Reentry at the Legal Action Center (LAC) and as the director of the National H.I.R.E. Network, a project of the Legal Action Center that works to improve employment and other opportunities for people with criminal records. She has decades of experience bridging the research to practice gaps; training workforce development practitioners and corrections staff on employment strategies that best serve job seekers with criminal histories; developing and promoting legislative campaigns; authored dozens of guidebooks and policy briefs on criminal record policies that impact employment, housing, and education opportunities; and testified before and served as an advisor to Congress, government agencies, and state legislators about effective reentry policies and practices that reduce recidivism.