GfADP TEAM
Matthew Cavedon
Matthew Cavedon holds law and theology degrees from Emory University. He previously worked as a Constitutional Fellow at the Institute for Justice. He clerked for a U.S. district court and the Supreme Court of Georgia, and served as a Georgia public defender. At Emory, Cavedon taught courses on criminal and constitutional law. He now directs the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice. Cavedon’s scholarship has been published in the Arizona State Law Journal, Cato Supreme Court Review, Seattle University Law Review, and Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. He resides in the greater Augusta area.
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David Hoort
David Hoort's professional career started in Michigan as an Assistant Bay County Prosecutor, where he went on to lead the Career Offender Unit.
For 26 years as a Judge in Michigan, his duties encompassed the full spectrum, including criminal, civil, family law, and appeals dockets. As a District Judge, he established a Coordinated Response to Domestic Violence, with responsibilities to the community, victims, batterers, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, litigants, and the professional community. As a Circuit Judge, he established Michigan's first Mental Health Court and pioneered a second specialty court for offenders who would otherwise fall through the cracks.
As Chair of the Michigan Criminal Law Section, he presided over a council of approximately 20 persons, including prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, and academia. The CLS had over 2,000 members.
He also co-chaired the State Bar's Criminal Jurisprudence and Practice Committee, working with the legislature and other interested parties to enact needed legislation.
As an Assistant Attorney General, he provided consultation to State of Michigan agencies, conducted in-court litigation in State and Federal Courts, and served as Chief Administrative Officer for the Flint Water Crisis Investigation.
In Georgia, he served as a consultant with the Atlanta Citizen Review Board and then as Supervising Attorney for the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Districts of the Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division. Today he is the appointed appellate attorney for a 16-year-old juvenile whose case was lost in the system for more than 20 years, and is working pro bono to help a person unjustly convicted and serving life in prison.
Paige Martin
Paige Martin is a global director of development at The Nature Conservancy, where she staffs the chief scientist and supports international conservation work. She previously led TNC Georgia’s $36 million campaign and held fundraising leadership roles at Emory University, Fidelity Investments, The Asheville School, Duke University and All Saints’ Episcopal Church. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication from Auburn University. Paige serves on the Birds Georgia board and is active with the multifaith movement to end mass incarceration through All Saints’ Episcopal Church.
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Alexis Myrie
Alexis Myrie is currently an Investigator in the Capital Litigation Unit at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, GA. She first joined SCHR in October 2022 as a Development Associate, and then officially transitioned into her role in the Capital Litigation Unit in September 2024. Alexis holds an M.S.W., with a specialization in Community Partnerships, from Georgia State University. She also holds a B.A. in Individualized Studies from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with a minor in Social and Cultural Analysis. Alexis curated her own concentration at Gallatin, which focused on the historical and present-day impacts of various social factors on Black women’s health and well-being. Alexis is professionally motivated by, and dedicated to, efforts at the intersection of racial justice, women’s equity, and meaningful criminal legal reform.
Bobbie Paul
Bobbie Paul is a longtime volunteer community activist. Before moving to Atlanta in 1981, she served as artistic director of a professional theatre in St. Petersburg, FL. Her first community task in Atlanta was to invigorate a decades-long STOP THE ROAD struggle that ultimately saved eight historic intown neighborhoods from the construction of a major six-lane highway by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Bobbie has served on the boards of Theatrical Outfit and Dad’s Garage Theatre, and on her sons’ school boards (Arbor Montessori and the Paideia School). She also served on the advisory boards of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda and the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition. Additionally, she ran a tutoring program at Ed S. Cook Elementary School for 18 years.
A member of Central Presbyterian Church in downtown Atlanta for 35 years, Bobbie serves on its mission committee representing GfADP.
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Kia Smith
Kia Smith is a writer and strategist who works at the intersection of culture, theology, and justice. As principal consultant at K+G Strategies, she develops and executes people-centered campaigns for mission-driven organizations and candidate committees. Throughout her career, Kia has crafted communications and campaign strategies that advance policies and narratives defending working families while pushing civil and human rights forward.
Having served in nonprofit leadership for over ten years, Kia is dedicated to using her experience to increase the impact of values-aligned organizations. She joins GFADP with a deep commitment to restorative justice and developing alternatives to our current carceral system. In addition to her GFADP service, she also serves on the boards of Our Collective and 9to5.
Kia received a B.A. in English from Spelman College and an M.A. in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University. She has also studied theology at Chicago Theological Seminary.