Daniel A. Rosen
Founder, Executive Director
Daniel is a justice reform advocate and writer who was incarcerated in both Virginia and Washington, D.C. from 2015 to 2021. Before co-founding the Carceral Nutrition Project, he was an advocate with Worth Rises, a nonprofit working to dismantle the prison industry and end the exploitation of those it affects. Prior to incarceration, Daniel spent almost twenty years in public service, in both the non-profit and governmental sectors. He has been recognized throughout his career for successful management of programs, people, and funds to serve the public trust. Daniel holds a Master’s degree from Tufts University, and a B.A. with Honors from UCLA. He resides in Washington, D.C.
Board of Directors
Paul Rothschild
Board Member
Paul Rothschild is a nonprofit operations and strategy leader with deep lived experience in the
federal prison system and a long-standing commitment to dignity, health, and opportunity for people impacted by incarceration. He currently serves as Managing Director of Operations at ENDPP.ORG (Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments), where he helps lead organizational growth, strengthen internal systems, and support statewide campaigns that remove lifelong barriers created by conviction records. Before nonprofit leadership, Paul built a corporate career spanning business operations, IT, finance, and HR across organizations ranging from small enterprises to publicly traded companies.
Dr. Amy Lopez
Board Member
Dr. Amy Lopez began her career in Texas K-12 schools and later led major education reforms within TX correctional systems. She served as Superintendent of Education for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Associate Superintendent for Windham School District, and
was an Obama-era appointee as the first Superintendent of Education for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She later directed college and career readiness for the DC Department of
Corrections. Currently, Dr. Lopez is CEO of Past the Edges Consulting, Executive Director for Hand2Heart DC, and the Vice Chairman of Maryland’s Juvenile Services Education Program board, appointed by Governor Wes Moore.
Leslie Soble
Board Member
An ethnographer and folklorist, Leslie Soble has spent over seven years immersed in research on the carceral eating experience in the United States and its impacts on individuals, families, communities, and the environment. She is an
internationally-recognized voice on the critical issue of prison food and is the author of Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of
Food in Prison (The New Press, 2025). From 2018 to 2026, Leslie led Impact Justice’s Food in Prison Project, where she oversaw programs and interventions to increase access to nourishing food for people impacted by incarceration. Leslie is a founding board member of CCN and a member of the Invited Faculty at the Nova Institute for Health.