Jamestown Justice Coalition Leadership

Dr. Allie Westphal, Board President

Dr. Allie Westphal serves as Board President of the Jamestown Justice Coalition (JJC), bringing a trauma-informed, systems-focused lens to community leadership. She holds a PhD in Forensic Psychology and has dedicated her career to understanding how trauma, systemic barriers, and chronic stress impact individuals, families, and communities.

Professionally, Dr. Westphal works as an Associate Psychologist with the WNY DDSO and maintains an outpatient private practice in Jamestown, where she specializes in trauma treatment and complex behavioral health needs. Her clinical work focuses on helping individuals process traumatic experiences, strengthen emotional regulation, and build resilience in the face of adversity. She is deeply committed to evidence-based, trauma-responsive care and to recognizing how institutional systems can either exacerbate harm or support healing.

In her role with JJC, Dr. Westphal integrates this trauma-informed perspective into organizational leadership and civic engagement. She is passionate about addressing the ways community trauma, poverty, housing instability, and systemic inequities intersect, and she advocates for policies and practices that promote dignity, safety, accountability, and long-term stability. Her leadership reflects both professional expertise and a strong commitment to fostering a more responsive and compassionate Jamestown community.

Justin Hubbard, JJC Director, Board Vice President, Chair of Mobilization Committee

I am a father, teacher, and lifelong community member of Jamestown NY. As a high school social studies teacher for over 10 years I have received multiple honors and recognitions including the 2022 American Civics Education Teacher award, the Keynote speaker at the NYS Bar Association’s Convocation to Safeguard Democracy, and the keynote speaker at Jamestown Community college faculty and staff development day. I was one of the founding members of JJC in 2020 as a response to the murder of George Floyd. Since then I have served as the organization’s coordinator and lead organizer. JJC is a very important part of my life and how I give back to the community that raised me. We have accomplished so much but I am excited to continue the work of JJC and know that our best days are ahead of us. 

Judy Pickett, Board Secretary

Originally from Long Island, I am a local teacher, parent, and wife who has participated in Jamestown Justice Coalition since the first rally in June of 2020; I even made the first JJC stickers! In May 2025, I received my second Master’s degree in education, focused on belonging, access, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in education. Every child deserves a rigorous, quality education, free of discrimination or prejudice. With Jamestown Justice Coalition, it is my hope that we can keep an open, educational dialogue with the public on policy and issues facing our community.

Edward Vos, Board Treasurer

Marie and I transplanted our family from Grand Rapids Michigan to Jamestown in 1992 for a product engineering job at Bush Industries.  I graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design, in Grand Rapids, with a BFA in furniture designing. We have three grown kids who graduated from JHS near the top of their class, Elliot in 2004, Laura in 2006, and Jen in 2008. 

Over the past 30 some years I have been involved in many activities promoting education, justice, and service. I got my start as a Cub Master and then Assistant Scoutmaster in the mid to late 90’s.  The early 90’s also found me being very active in Koinonia, an ecumenical Christian Retreat Program.  I have also been on the Board of Love INC for nine years helping it get started in the mid to late 2000’s.

I am currently chairman of the Mission Ministry team at Zion Covenant. As well as on the board of the New Neighbors Coalition helping refugees come to Jamestown and getting them acclimatized to living in American culture.

My hobbies are many. Sometimes Marie calls them Hobbies of the month!  They are being with family, art, architecture, design, stereos & music, entertaining, photography, history, reading books on the topical issues of religion and politics, not to mention writing editorials to the paper about Justice in general.  I am a lifelong learner of difficult issues, pursuing justice and common ground where there appears to be none.

Kate Ebersole, Board Member

Kate Ebersole has owned and run her own consulting business for the past 25 years focusing on community involvement, strategic planning for non-profits, management training and management mentoring and coaching. She has been involved with the development of collaborative community health improvement efforts for the past 20 years in Western New York. She originally spent 20 years in manufacturing in Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Application Engineering in the automotive supply world and learned how to apply quality improvement techniques through programs such as Ford’s Q1 Program, the Malcom Baldrige Award initiative and various ISO and QS9000 efforts. She then took this experience and combined it with training as a systems/team coach to apply this to community building efforts.

She has worked as a consultant for a variety of Health Departments and Rural Health Networks across the state, and was a Director at the P 2 Collaborative of WNY for five years. When with P 2, Kate was trained in applied improvement science by Faculty from North Carolina University and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital through funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and used this information in the development of a number of community level pilots and quality improvement collaboratives in the Western New York area. Kate was a consultant with the New York Academy of Medicine in the DASH-NY project, has worked as the Community Improvement Advisory for Cattaraugus County under the SCALE grant, and was an improvement coach with the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative in Jamestown NY, has conducted ActionLabs for Cattaraugus County and the Trauma Informed Coalition of Cattaraugus County, worked as a consultant for the Health Foundation of Western and Central New York and was the Facilitator for the Western New York Public Health Alliance and is now a member of the Board. She additionally conducts management training for New York State Office of Children and Family Services and other organizations and acts as a coach and a team coach for the organization in the for profit and not for profit world.

Within the non-profit world, Kate has facilitated the strategic planning process for dozens of non-profit organizations in the Western New York/Northwestern Pennsylvania region. Her clients have included The Chautauqua Center, Chautauqua Opportunities, Chautauqua Striders, Care for Children, the YWCA, The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy and the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts.

Sydney Smith, Board Member, Chair of Community Engagement Committee

Sydney Smith was born and raised in Jamestown and is deeply committed to serving her community. She currently serves as the Community Engagement Chair of the Jamestown Justice Coalition, where she works to build meaningful connections and promote equity and civic involvement. Sydney is also the Athletic Coordinator at Chautauqua Striders, a youth organization focused on empowering young people through sports and mentorship. In addition, she is a member of the Jamestown Young Professionals Board, supporting leadership development and community growth. Beyond her advocacy and leadership roles, Sydney shares her creativity as an art teacher with Emmanuel Temple’s Princess Club, nurturing self expression and confidence in young girls.