Our Team

Cory JONES

Executive Director
Cory oversees the administration, programming, and development of Compassion Works for All. He and his wife, Christina, have been married since 2001 and live in Little Rock with their 8 kids. He began his personal practice of mindfulness and meditation in 2014 and has spoken nationally about its transformative affects in his own life. He is a proponent of using the mind-body connection for healing from trauma, violence, and addiction, and believes wholeheartedly in compassion for self, compassion for others, and compassion for all.

Judith Elane

Communication Specialist 
Judith is a retired attorney. She is an active member and Board member of the Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Judith’s tireless advocacy for justice is inspired in part by her own experience of injustice. Her brother was murdered in 1968 and no one was prosecuted for the crime. Judith was a volunteer for Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation for many years.

Zina Al-Shukri

Art Program Coordinator
Zina Al-Shukri is an artist in Little Rock. She leads Art Expression and Experience in the Pulaski Co. Jail and spearheads all of our mindful art projects.