Carlton T. Mayers

As the Founder, Owner, and CEO of Mayers Strategic Solutions, LLC, Carlton T. Mayers, II, Esq. works with communities nationwide to reimagine public safety with equity and inclusivity by using the Community Empowerment-Centered® Approach to identify, strategize, and implement long-term and positive change in practices, policies, and culture through the C.A.T. Method®. Mr. Mayers’ expertise in research, writing, analysis, public speaking, and lobbying is demonstrated in his work experience. For instance, Mr. Mayers directed the national Criminal Justice Reform program at NAACP National Office and co-authored the NAACP “Born Suspect: Stop-And-Frisk Abuses & the Continued Fight to End Racial Profiling in America,” which was published in 2014 and provides the public with resources for ending racial profiling by state and local law enforcement.

Mr. Mayers also worked for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. in Washington, D.C. as Policy Counsel for the Policing Reform Campaign where he supported advocacy efforts in Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore, Maryland, North Charleston, South Carolina, and New York City. Likewise, Mr. Mayers directed Criminal Justice Reform in Florida at Southern Poverty Law Center and led the Criminal Justice Reform program at Heartland Alliance in Chicago, Illinois.

Additionally, in 2020 and 2021, Mr. Mayers advised state lawmakers in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, and Maryland on policing reform legislation passed into law in 2021. And Mr. Mayers has been published in the Chicago Tribune multiple times and featured on BBC News as a national expert on public safety and policing reform.

Mr. Mayers is passionate about empowering public safety stakeholders to break out of their silos and work together with equity and inclusivity to solve public safety challenges.

Mr. Mayers holds a juris doctorate and master’s in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School. He also holds a bachelor’s in science degree in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory Universit
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