24th Annual Greater Akron              Speaks Out for Values Breakfast 

Lessons from the Bench:

A Down to Earth Spirituality for Everyday Life

Join Heart to Heart Communications Monday April 24, 2017 for the 24th Annual Greater Akron Speaks Out for Values Breakfast with keynote speaker Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio, Summit County Juvenile Court.

The focus of the 24th Annual Breakfast is Lessons from the Bench: A Down to Earth Spirituality for Everyday Life.  Judge Teodosio will share practical wisdom from her 13 years on the bench in juvenile court.  Come learn from this innovative leader who has been recognized on a local, state, and national level for her work with the court as well as her community service. 

Join with over 600 other people from local businesses and organizations to reflect on your values, be encouraged, and grow. Show the local community your commitment to ethical leadership and inner values.

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Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio was elected to the Summit County Juvenile Court bench in 2003. She has received local, statewide and national recognition for her innovative programming and progressive approach to juvenile dispositions and rehabilitation. Among the unique programs she has introduced at the Summit County Juvenile Court are Restore Court, a program that addresses youth who become Court-involved but have been identified as victims of human trafficking; the Crossroads Program, a specialized docket designed for youth with co-occurring mental illness and/or substance dependence; the Family Resource Center which provides case management which links youth and families to support services in the community; the Family Reunification through Recovery Court which assists families that have lost custody of their children due to chemical dependency and New Paths Probation for youth with developmental delays. The common thread woven through the development and implementation of these programs is Judge Teodosio’s penchant for bringing community collaborators to the table to help shape and implement programs that focus on the particular strengths and needs of children and families through the use of evidence-based and promising practices.

Judge Teodosio’s work on the Juvenile Court bench has been extensively recognized. In September 2016, she received the Thomas Moyer Award for Judicial Excellence from the Ohio State Bar Association. She has been honored by both the Ohio Juvenile Court Judges and Magistrate’s Associations with their Judicial and Distinguished Services Awards, respectively. She was named an Outstanding Alumna of the University of Akron’s School of Law. In late 2012, Judge Teodosio received the prestigious Award for Innovation from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation. In 2010, she received the MacArthur Foundation’s “Champion for Change” Award for her work in the Models for Change Mental Health Juvenile Justice Action Network. Judge Teodosio was honored by the Diocese of Cleveland with the St. Thomas More Award which is awarded annually at the Red Mass in recognition of the virtues of integrity and public service that reflect those of Thomas More. 

Judge Teodosio is married to Appellate Judge Thomas Teodosio. Their son, Christopher, is a practicing attorney who makes his home in Summit County with his wife, Katherine and daughter, Charlotte. They remember their late daughter through the Andrea Rose Teodosio Foundation.