Van Jones is a CNN host and political commentator, an Emmy Award-winning producer, and a New York Times best-selling author. Jones has been a leader in the fight for criminal justice reform for more than 25 years. He has founded and led many thriving social enterprises, including the REFORM Alliance, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and the Dream Corps – a social justice accelerator that houses Dream Corps TECH, Green For All and Dream Corps JUSTICE (formerly #cut50), which led the charge to pass the FIRST STEP Act (a bipartisan Federal bill that the New York Times calls the most substantial breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation).