Danielle Pugh

January 16, 2024
LEAP

Danielle Pugh is the Senior Director of Judicial Education and Leadership Programs at the Center for Justice Innovation (CJI). In this capacity, she co-leads the immediate and long-term visions of the Gender and Family Justice Team at CJI. Danielle supervises and implements training and technical assistance on the several topics impacting civil, family, and criminal responses to gender-based violence. Danielle provides judicial training and leadership programs to courts nationally and internationally. She also plays a pivotal role in the comprehensive planning and implementation process for CJI’s research, policy, and technical assistance efforts.

Prior to joining CJI, Danielle was the Director of Program Development and Judicial Engagement for the Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program (FVDR) at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). At NCJFCJ, she oversaw several judicial education projects including the seminal National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence and directed the implementation of the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking. Danielle also worked at the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) where she served as Administrative Manager of the Washington State Supreme Court Commissions on Gender and Justice, Minority and Justice, and Court Interpreters and the Office of Trial Court Services and Judicial Education. While at the AOC, she led efforts to strengthen the justice system’s capacity to address gender, racial, and language bias and managed court operations and services to the judiciary and court management. In her spare time, she co-founded a non-profit dedicated to increasing birthing options, particularly through doula support, in her community. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations and a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University.