Blenard Ismajli
Fractional AI Application Architect
Blenard Ismajli designs AI applications and agent workflows, from research and requirements to human approval points, then directs AI coding agents to build them. He has also worked inside the model: AI companies paid him to grade and rank large language model outputs and check training data, so he knows how models get judged and where they fail. He built a personal AI research wiki where no agent action happens without his approval. Front-line work in retail banking, nonpartisan election operations and his family’s business, in English and Albanian, showed him how real people experience complicated systems. At Next Move™, Blenard brings a practical, verify-first voice for AI that people can trust and actually use.
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Stacy Burnett, MBA
Strategic Partnerships Advisor
Stacy is a Bard Prison Initiative graduate and earned her MBA from Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability after her release in 2019. As senior project manager at ITHAKA, she built JSTOR Access in Prison from concept to over one million incarcerated learners across more than 1,000 correctional sites on four continents — deployed through the major correctional tablet platforms, the same platforms Next Move™ targets. Her work was recognized with the 2024 ALPSP Impact Award. At Next Move™, Stacy advises on strategic partnerships, agency procurement, and program implementation, drawing on both her operational track record and her lived experience of reentry.
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George Rounds
Lived Experience Advisor
George Rounds is a second-year student at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), where he is earning an associate degree in multimedia programming. He brings a rare pairing to Next Move™: the technical eye of an emerging developer and the firsthand perspective of someone whose lived experience mirrors the moments the platform helps people rehearse. That lived experience is his most important contribution — it keeps Next Move™ honest, making sure every scenario, choice, and consequence reflects how these decisions actually feel for the people living them. As he sharpens his skills in multimedia and programming, George advises on product experience, accessibility, and authenticity.
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Alissa Rouse
Lived Experience Advisor
Alissa Rouse is a sophomore at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), pursuing studies in the sciences on a path toward medicine and research. She mentors justice-impacted students — helping more than 200 navigate financial aid, registration, and the everyday work of staying in school, and just as often the confidence to keep going. Drawing on her own experience growing up in the foster care system, she advocates for foster youth — testifying before the New York State Senate and Assembly — and serves as a certified crisis counselor for survivors. She also conducts neurobiology research, presenting as first author at a regional conference. Alissa brings the perspective of foster-care lived experience to Next Move™, helping ensure the platform speaks to young people aging out of care and navigating high-stakes transitions on their own.
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Raymond Minnifield
Sales & Partnerships Advisor
Raymond Minnifield learned construction working alongside his father and runs a company of his own. He worked on the 2008 Obama campaign, and in 2015 on the signature drive for Yes on 1, the campaign that legalized cannabis in Maine the following year. As a mentor with Project Impact @ BMCC, he has worked with dozens of students struggling to stay in school after coming home. His own lived experience is why he can talk to people inside, and to the families waiting on them, without an interpreter. At Next Move™, Raymond advises on sales and partnerships. What he wants from the work is fewer people going back to prison.