Executive Leadership Team

Jonathan McLean

Chief Executive Officer

Before joining CASES as CEO in 2022, Jonathan McLean was VP of Residential & Youth Justice Services at SCO Family of Services, where he led residential treatment, transitional housing, and jail- and community-based programs. Prior to joining SCO, Jonathan held a variety of direct service and leadership roles at The Jewish Board and the Center for Urban Community Services. Jonathan was born and raised in Brooklyn. Following an arrest at age 16, he spent 17 years in prison. Jonathan has a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Adelphi University and a Master of Social Work degree from the Hunter College Silberman School.
Jonathan’s professional experience delivering direct services as a licensed clinical social worker and leading large youth-serving programs, combined with his lived experience of the criminal legal system, aligns with CASES’ focus on serving people who are system-impacted and specialization in working with young people and with people living with serious mental illness. Jonathan currently serves on:
  • The Daniel’s Law Task Force, managed by the NYS Office of Mental Health to scale trauma-informed, public health responses for people experiencing behavioral health crisis;
  • The Independent Rikers Commission, appointed by the City Council Speaker and Mayor, to help the City safely close Rikers and reduce incarceration;
  • The Mayor’s Office of Nonprofits Advisory Council, established by the Mayor as a link from his administration to the nonprofit sector;
  • The Governing Body of the Public Health Solutions Social Care Network, a network of providers collaborating to pilot the use of Medicaid to address social support needs that are often determinative in individual and population-level health outcomes.
Jonathan was recently named a Crain’s New York Business Notable Black Leader of 2024.

Elizabeth Perez

General Counsel

Elizabeth joined CASES in 2022, bringing 18 years of legal experience in community organizations focused on health issues. She previously served as Compliance Officer and Counsel at the East Harlem Council for Human Services, she supported all legal needs and was a key member of the senior management team, guiding operational and strategic planning. She has worked previously at the Lawyers Alliance for New York and at Clifford Chance, LLP.
Elizabeth received her B.A in International Studies and Political Science from Texas A&M University, later receiving her J.D from Columbia University School of Law and a L.L.M in Law and Development from University College London, Faculty of Laws. She is a member of Nonprofit Committee of the New York City Bar Association, the American Health Law Association, and the Policy Committee of the Community Health Care Association of New York. She is also a Board Member for Riders Alliance.

Tai Dixon

Chief People & Culture Officer

Tai is a human resources and operations management executive with 13 years of nonprofit experience and 6+ years of strategic HR leadership expertise. Tai previously served as Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources at the Women’s Prison Association & Home, where she determined vision and strategy for the HR department that aligned with the organization’s mission and goals. She is certified in Motivational Interviewing and as a facilitator in Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) and Moving On: A Program for At-Risk Women. Tai holds membership in the Society for Human Resources Management. She earned her B.A in Urban Studies from Barnard College at Columbia University.  

Loyal Miles

Chief Mission Advancement Officer

Loyal Miles has worked in development and communications at CASES for more than 10 years, previously as the Chief Development & Communications Officer. He has supported and led fundraising activities contributing to significant organizational growth, including implementation of what is now the city’s largest pretrial services program, operating in the Manhattan courts; the Nathaniel Clinic, operating in Central Harlem as one of the only forensic-specialist Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) nationwide; and an array of community programs for youth and young adults, including employment, family, and mentoring services. Mr. Miles was previously the Director of Development at Teachers & Writers Collaborative, a literary arts education organization, and has served on grant review panels for the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and Brooklyn Arts Council. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from Indiana University, where he began his development work by supporting a federally funded TRiO program for first-generation college students. 

Ann-Marie Louison

Chief Impact Officer

Ann-Marie Louison joined CASES in 1999 to launch the award-winning Nathaniel Project, CASES’ first alternative-to-incarceration program for adults with serious mental illnesses convicted of felony crimes. For sixteen years she oversaw the development of programs and treatment services for individuals with serious mental illness and behavioral health needs impacted by the criminal legal system. Ms. Louison has developed arraignment diversion programs and implemented evidence-based Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an alternative-to-incarceration program. She has shared the innovative approaches and programs CASES has developed at the intersection of mental illness and the criminal legal system across the country, serving as a technical assistance consultant and presenting on expert panels. Ms. Louison has coordinated the organization’s response to healthcare and criminal legal system reforms and now leads and coordinates efforts to monitor and continually improve services and program performance. She holds a Master of Social Work and Applied Social Research from Brunel University (U.K.) and is the proud winner of the 5th annual Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize for Excellence in Urban Public Health. In 2021, she was honored as one of City & State’s Mental Health Power 50. The list seeks to recognize some of the most influential public officials, academics, health care professionals, advocates and activists who are making a difference in the lives of people living with mental illness. 

Jessica Klaver

Chief Program Officer

Jessica Klaver, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist with more than 15 years of clinical, research, administrative, and teaching experience in behavioral health settings. She joined CASES in 2016 and is currently the Chief Program Officer, overseeing our behavioral health, forensic case management, alternative-to-incarceration, pretrial services, and youth-focused programs. Prior to working for CASES, she worked for the NYS Office of Mental Health as a psychologist at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center and as the Chief of Mental Health Treatment Services at Bronx Psychiatric Center. Dr. Klaver holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in clinical psychology from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. She completed her pre-doctoral psychology internship in the forensic track at Bellevue Hospital/New York University. 

Rebecca Asbury

Chief Finance & Administration Officer

Rebecca Asbury joined CASES in 1996. She oversees the organization’s $56 million annual budget and supervises the departments of Finance, Grants and Contracts, Development, Human Resources, Information Services, and the Physical Plant. Prior to joining CASES, Ms. Asbury was the Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City. She has taught as an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Ms. Asbury holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MPA from Baruch College.