Julie Stewart started FAMM in 1991. FAMM is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization fighting for fair and proportionate sentencing laws that allow judicial discretion while maintaining public safety. Her decade of experience in sentencing reform has led her to become an expert in this field. She serves on the board of the Public Defender Services of Washington D.C. and was formerly a member of the DC Sentencing Advisory Commission, which develops sentencing guidelines for prisoners from the District of Columbia.