Liz Ryan is president & CEO of Youth First. She is also the founder and former-CEO of Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ), which leads the national effort to end the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating youth in the adult criminal justice system. Liz has worked on many campaigns, including spearheading the launch of the Act 4 Juvenile Justice campaign (Act4JJ) to overhaul the main federal law on youth justice, the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), and the No More Oak Hills campaign to successfully close the notorious Oak Hill Youth Detention Center for DC’s youth.