Celeste Trusty

Deputy Director of State Policy for Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Celeste Trusty works with impacted community members, lawmakers, and other stakeholders to advocate reforms to our overly-punitive sentencing laws and policies. Ms. Trusty was appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on the Judicial Conduct Board of PA in 2020; and was appointed as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons in the final year of the Wolf administration, where she oversaw the commonwealth’s clemency process.

Celeste was also named to City and State Pennsylvania’s Power of Diversity: Black 100 list in both 2022 and 2023, as well as their 2024 Black Trailblazers list. Ms. Trusty is dedicated to the liberation of people impacted by the legal system, and is so grateful for the opportunity to work closely with so many incredible organizations, lawmakers, and community members to transform our system into one that more closely resembles justice.