Board Of Directors

Vernon Brown is a co-founder of Stewards of Change and Stewards of Change Institute, as well as a member of both organizations’ leadership teams. He brings 30 years of experience as CEO of Aspiranet, a private child welfare agency with 44 service sites throughout California serving more than 2,500 clients weekly. As a child welfare leader and innovator, Vernon has developed nationally recognized programs that serve children, youth, families and communities. (See Microsoft’s case study on Aspiranet’s use of SharePoint to support its 1,000-member IT network.) Vernon has served on a variety of national, state and local boards representing children and youth service agencies, advocacy groups and associations. He holds a Master of Public Administration from Golden Gate University and a Secondary Education Degree and BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Judge Anthony Capizzi joined Stewards of Change Institute’s Board of Directors in 2016. He has served as a Juvenile Court Judge in Montgomery County, Ohio, since 2004; previously, he served as an Acting Municipal Court Judge and was in private practice. Tony is also President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Association; a member of the National Advisory Committee for the American Bar Association Homeless Youth Legal Network; and Director of the Reclaiming Futures Judicial Faculty, supervising judicial training nationwide. He lectures at state, national and international conferences on topics including judicial leadership, juvenile treatment courts, substance abuse, racial and ethnic disparity, data and information sharing/exchange and mental health issues. Tony has been a strong advocate for youth throughout his career. He received his J.D. from the University of Dayton.

Charles Modlin joined Stewards of Change Institute’s Board of Directors in 2015. He is a Partner and General Counsel at Sandbridge Capital, LLC. Prior to joining Sandbridge in October 2013, Charlie was a Partner and Chair of the New York Corporate Department of Seyfarth Shaw, LLC, a full-service law firm with more than 800 attorneys in the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Australia. Throughout his career, he has advised public and private companies, boards of directors and senior executives on a wide range of corporate, securities and related matters, including with mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and private placements of equity and debt, licensing, intellectual property, and day-to-day advice on corporate governance and all aspects of operations and business strategy.

Paul Wormeli joined Stewards of Change Institute’s Board of Directors in 2015. He is an author and lecturer who consults for government and industry on the application of information technology to public service. He also is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University. Paul has managed system implementation for dozens of agencies worldwide, as well as national programs to further innovation and information sharing. Among his accomplishments, Paul created and was the first full-time Executive Director of the IJIS Institute; served as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; helped design the first mobile computing equipment sold to U.S. law enforcement agencies; led the development of a common protocol to enable the nationwide sharing of criminal history information; managed the staff of the National Commission on Standards and Goals for Criminal Justice; and has been an advisor to the White House on security and privacy. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Engineering Administration degree from GW.