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PR26-0224 • 2025

District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board Katharine Aiken Huffman Reappointment Resolution of 2025

District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board Katharine Aiken Huffman Reappointment Resolution of 2025

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-10-20
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about Ms. Huffman's specific duties or responsibilities on the board.

Reappoint Katharine Aiken Huffman to the District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board

This resolution reappoints Katharine Aiken Huffman as a member of the District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board for another two-year term.

What This Bill Does

  • Reappoints Katharine Aiken Huffman to serve on the District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board.
  • Establishes that Ms. Huffman's new term will end on December 7, 2026.
  • Requires the Council to send a copy of this resolution to the appointee, the chairperson of the board, and the Office of the Mayor upon its adoption.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Katharine Aiken Huffman
  • The District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board

Terms To Know

District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board
A board established to provide oversight and guidance for corrections information in the District of Columbia.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify any funding or budget changes.
  • This resolution only applies to the District of Columbia and its local governance structures.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  2. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of PR26-0224 by the Committee of the Whole

  3. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0202

  5. 2025-09-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Roundtable on PR26-0224

  6. 2025-09-12 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Roundtable Published in the District of Columbia Register

  7. 2025-09-08 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Roundtable filed in the Office of Secretary by Committee of the Whole

  8. 2025-06-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on PR26-0224 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2025-06-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee of the Whole

  10. 2025-06-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0224 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board Katharine Aiken Huffman Reappointment Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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Chairman Phil Mendelson 2
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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To reappoint Ms. Katharine Aiken Huffman to the District of Columbia Corrections Information 14
Council Governing Board. 15
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 17
resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing 18
Board Katharine Aiken Huffman Reappointment Resolution of 2025”. 19
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Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia reappoints: 21
Katharine Aiken Huffman 22
Woodley Place, NW 23
Washington, DC 20008 24
(Ward 3) 25
as a member of the District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Governing Board, 26
established by section 11201a(b) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 27
Improvement Act of 1997, effective October 2, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-233; D.C. Official Code § 28
24-101.01(b)), to serve a 2-year term to end on December 7, 2026. 29
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, 30
upon its adoption, to the appointee, the chairperson of the Board, and to the Office of the Mayor. 31
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 32
CURRENTWORKEXPERIENCE:
PASTWORKEXPERIENCE:
Katharine Aiken Huffman
TheRabenGroupLLC,Washington,DC Spring2004-PresentPrincipal.ServeasPrincipalinacomprehensivelegislativelawfirm,leadingteamscomprisingfirmstaff,clientstaffandboardmembers,andotherconsultants,Assistclients(primarilynonprofitadvocacyorganizations)inidentifyingpolicygoals,developingshort-andlong-termstrategicplans,buildingorganizationalprogrammingandresources,expandingcoalitionpartnerships,andimplementingpublicandpolicymakereducationalandlobbyingcampaigns.
SquareOneProject,ColumbiaJusticeLab,NewYork,NY Spring2018-PresentExecutiveDirector.ServeasExecutiveDirectoroftheSquareOneProjectattheColumbiaJusticeLab.Leadandsuperviseateamofstaffandconsultantsinamulti-yearnarrativechangecampaigndesignedtogenerateanddisseminateideasforfoundationaljusticechange,includingstrategydevelopment,outreachandengagement,comprehensivecommunications,projectmanagement,andfundraising.
IndependentConsulting ‘Summer2003-Spring2004Workedasanindependentconsultant,providingresearchandreportpreparation,campaigndevelopmentandimplementation,andstrategicplanningandfundraisingassistance.
DrugPolicyAlliance,NewYork,NYandWashington,DC Summer2002-Winter2003Director,OfficeofStateAffairs.ServedasNationalDirectorandleadstrategistonallstate-levelinitiativesfortheDrugPolicyAlliance,anationalnon-profitdrugpolicyreformfoundation.Coordinatedtheworkoftheorganization'sfourstate-leveloffices(CA.NJ.NM,andNY)andfederaloffice(DC);directlysupervisedhiredlobbyistsandcontractorsinotherprioritystates(ninestatesin2003),overseeingalllegislativecampaignplanningandactivities:coordinatedallorganizationalpoliticalcampaignworkincludingmanagementofsuccessfulnon-partisanissue~basedGOTVprogramin2002electioncycle;servedasAdvisoryBoardmemberoftheTidesFoundation’sFundforDrugPolicyReform.October-December2003,alsoservedasInterimDirectorofNationalAffairs,overseeingfederalworkofDC-basedOfficeofNationalAffairs.
DrugPolicyAlliance,AlbuquerqueandSantaFe,NM Winter2000-Summer2002Director,NewMexicoDrugPolicyProject.Establishedfirststate-levelofficeoftheDrugPolicyAlliance.Directedstatewidelobbyingeffortsondrugpolicyreformlegislation,includingidentifyinglegislativegoals,developingstrategicplan,supervisinglobbyists,overseeing.politicalandmediaconsultants,coordinatinggrassrootslobbyingmobilization,anddirectlylobbyingthegovemorandlegislators;developedandassistedwithimplementationofdrug,
policyreformmeasuresinstateagencies;providedinformation,education,andtrainingondrug,policyandharmreductionapproachesforpolicy-makers,media,healthcareandtreatmentproviders,lawenforcementofficials,andthepublic.
SouthernCenterforHumanRights,Atlanta,GA. Fall1997-Winter2000SorosJusticeFellow,StaffAttorney.Representedprisonandjailinmatesincivilrightslitigationchallenginglackofaccesstomedicalandmentalhealthservices,inhumaneconditionsofconfinement,andunconstitutionalcriminaljusticepractices.Educatedthepublicandstateandlocalpolicy-makersoncriminaljusticeissues,particularlyconcerningtheeffectivenessandfinancialbenefitsofaltematives-to-incarcerationprogramsandtheneedforefficientcoordinationofcriminaljustice,health,andsocialserviceagencies;co-foundedandorganizedGeorgiansforEqualJustice,acoalitionofnon-profitorganizations,stateandlocalagencyrepresentatives,andindividualsworkingtogethertodevelopandexecuteeducationandlobbyingstrategiesoncriminal-justice-relatedissues.
Honorable Martha Craig Daughtrey, Nashville, TN Fall 1996-Fall 1997
Judicial Law Clerk. Researched and prepared legal memoranda on assigned cases and other
matters before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Yale Legal Services, Prisons Clinic, New Haven, CT Fall 1995-Spring 1996
Student Clinical Director. Assisted clinical faculty with casework, curriculum, and student
supervision in Legal Services Prisons Clinic. Monitored compliance with consent judgment
regarding HIV/AIDS care and confidentiality within the Connecticut prison system; advocated
on behalf of individual incarcerated clients.

Legal Internships:
Summer 1995: D.C. Prisoners’ Legal Services Project, Inc., Washington, DC
Summer 1995: Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Summer 1994: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Legal Department, Eagle Butte, SD
Summer 1994: Capital Representation Resource Center, Montgomery, AL

Literacy Volunteers of America, Gadsden County, FL Summer 1992-Summer 1993
Literacy Coordinator. Placed by Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) to coordinate
nonprofit, county-wide adult literacy program. Recruited and trained volunteer tutors; recruited
and tested adult learners; served as staff representative to Board of Directors; prepared
organizational grant applications.

EDUCATION: Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
J.D., June 1996.

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
B.A. in Psychology, May 1992; additional major in Music Performance (piano).

BAR ADMISSIONS: Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.