Jim McCloskey
Subsequent to graduating from Bucknell University in 1964, Jim spent three years as a U.S. Naval Officer, including a year in Vietnam patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta serving as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Naval junk fleet. He then spent the next 12 years working for two different management consulting companies specializing in Japanese business affairs, the first in Tokyo and the second with the Hay group in his hometown of Philadelphia. In 1979 Jim felt a call to leave the business world and enter the ministry. In 1983, upon graduating with a Master of Divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary and freeing an innocent man he met as a student chaplain at Trenton State Prison, Jim founded Centurion Ministries. After 35 years, although still a member of Centurion’s Board of Trustees and still managing several cases he has been working on for years, Jim retired from the active management of Centurion’s organizational affairs in May 2015. He is now in the process of writing a book about Centurion’s experiences with our nation’s criminal justice system.
Laila S. Wilson-McCoy
Laila works directly with the Executive Director to expand our fundraising footprint, engage our donors, and raise awareness about the wrongfully imprisoned. She also provides system and operational management support for the entire Centurion team. She has more than 20 years of experience in various development and organizational operation roles and is skilled in donor relations, fundraising, and process management. Prior to joining Centurion’s team, Laila was the Resource Development Manager at Isles, Inc., and the Development Director at the Waldorf School of Princeton. Her undergraduate degree is in Psychology and she has a certification in Financial Success for Nonprofits from Cornell University. She is the mother of two children and resides in Mercer County with her husband.
Kimberly Weston
Kim began volunteering as a case worker at Centurion Ministries in September of 2011. She became a full-time staff member in March of 2013 and now oversees the process of developing prospective cases. Prior to her employment at Centurion Ministries, Kim worked in the area of insurance law and regulation and in the field of education. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and her law degree from Widener University School of Law. She was admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1994.
Trish Traverse
Full bio coming soon.
Tyler Richards
In 2003, Tyler began volunteering for Centurion. Since then, he has done everything from directing cars in a makeshift parking lot at Jim McCloskey’s house to assisting in the set up and break down of all Centurion events. In 2015, Tyler became Centurion’s Exoneree Support team member. He develops long-lasting relationships with Centurion’s freed folks, working directly with them on a regular basis, identifying their needs and helping to coordinate assistance. He considers them family, and has been inspired by their stories of wrongful conviction and their ability to release anger and embrace life no matter the challenges. Tyler also works with our fundraising team so that we can provide continued support to our folks once they have been freed from prison.
Rhea Rajesh
Rhea Rajesh joined the Centurion team in early 2024. In her role she works with the Director of Case Development as well as the Assistant Legal Director to provide support whenever needed. She graduated from The College of New Jersey with her bachelor’s degree, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Law, Politics, and Philosophy. She plans to attend the Teachers College at Columbia University to pursue her master’s degree in Social-Organizational Psychology. Rhea is an animal lover and is passionate about women’s issues, specifically women’s health, and focused most of her undergraduate research in that field.
Madison McCoy
Madison (Maddie) joined the team in 2019 as our part-time Intake Coordinator. Since joining, she has transitioned into the role of Administrative Support, where she works closely with the Director of Case Development and provides support to the entire Case Development Team. Additionally, Maddie supports our Development Department, assisting in administrative duties related to fundraising and donor communications. Maddie is currently a nursing student at Mercer County Community College and continues to pursue her goal of becoming a labor and delivery nurse by continuing her education at Rutgers University.
Alan Maimon
Alan left the world of journalism in 2012 to join CM as a staff investigator. As a reporter with the Louisville Courier-Journal, he co-wrote a series of stories about flaws in Kentucky’s criminal justice system that was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service. He earned a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for a 2011 investigation into police shootings in Las Vegas. In his role as staff investigator, Alan conducts top-to-bottom reinvestigations of cases, interviewing witnesses, tracking down documents, and digging for other information that helps prove a client’s innocence. He is a Philadelphia native and a graduate of Brown University.
Ayra Khan
Ayra Khan joined the Centurion team in 2024 and supports the Director of Development in maintaining organizational operations, with a focus on database management, fundraising initiatives, and marketing efforts. She also serves as the office’s IT liaison and office manager, helping ensure smooth day-to-day technical and administrative operations. Ayra recently graduated from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in Spring 2025 with a degree in Computer Science. Outside of her professional work, Ayra is dedicated to community engagement. She organizes events and fundraising initiatives for Young Muslims, tutors middle school students at her local mosque, and enjoys playing volleyball.
Rosemary Kay
As Centurion’s bookkeeper, Rosemary manages our books and makes sure our bills are paid. She also helps support our Case Development team by assisting with database management. In addition to the work she does at Centurion, Rosemary is the co-owner and co-managing partner of East Spring Properties LLC and of 206 Associates Farm, consisting of a 40 acre commercial solar project and 40 acres of farmed land. She is also the Manager of the Burlington County Farm Fair of Burlington County, NJ, where she coordinates the annual six-day event that welcomes over 50,000 visitors. She also taught piano for three years, and owned and operated a daycare business for children of working mothers from 1972 to 1982 while raising her own two sons.
