The Restorative Justice
 Resource Center

Lyra D. Monroe

Lyra D. Monroe is the President of the Restorative Justice Resource Center.  The Center is devoted to supporting communities and individuals (including victims and offenders) to integrate restorative justice into their communities and lives.

 Lyra has worked in the corporate business environment for many years as well as having extensive experience working in the field of criminal justice.  Lyra Monroe has worked with victims and offenders and is a trained Victim Liaison in capital cases.  She is a certified mediator and the former director of a community mediation center.  Lyra has been trained as a Victim Offender Mediator in crimes of severe violence by David Doerfler, and received the victim liaison training at Eastern Mennonite University taught by Howard Zehr and his associates.    

 Lyra has spent extensive time in Mexico and worked closely with the Human Rights Commission of Queretaro, Mexico and is fluent in Spanish.  Lyra has facilitated programs at Chuckawalla Prison in an effort to decrease inmate violence.  She currently co-facilitates a Victim Offender Education Group at San Quentin Prison on a regular basis and will be completing her Master’s Degree in Public Administration in the next year.