VIRGINIA JUVENILE JUSTICE ASSOCIATION..

	Edward J. Latessa, Ph.D. is a Professor and Head of the Division of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Latessa has published over 75 works in the area of criminal justice, corrections, and juvenile justice. He is co-author of seven books, including Corrections in the Community, which is now in its third edition, and the 10th edition of Corrections in America. Professor Latessa has directed over 60 funded research projects, including: studies of day reporting centers, juvenile justice programs, drug courts, intensive supervision programs, halfway houses, and drug programs. He and his staff have also assessed over 350 correctional programs throughout the United States. Dr. Latessa is a consultant with the National Institute of Corrections, and he has provided assistance and workshops in over thirty-five states.
	Catherine Lowe has served the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges for thirteen years, as staff, faculty and consultant. She was recently designated to guide the Council’s national effort to implement the new Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines. She is Director Emerita of the California Center for Judicial Education and Research, and the Education Division of the Administrative Office of the California Courts. In Nevada, she served as Director of Clark County Juvenile Probation Services, and as Deputy Director of the State Youth Services Division. Her adjunct and visiting faculty appointments include: Harvard/Penn State School of Continuing Professional Education; Univ of California-Irvine School of Social Ecology; Univ of Nevada Dept of Criminal Justice, and Univ of Georgia School of Law. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Dominican Univ in San Rafael, California, and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Golden Gate Univ in San Francisco.
	John Tuell is the Senior Director for the Child Welfare-Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative and the Juveinile Justice Division for the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA). He previsously served as Director of the Juvenile Justice Division for CWLA and developed the five phase strategic planning framework to assist state and local jurisdictions in creating a coordinated and integrated juvenile justice and child welfare system. Prior to this position, Mr. Tuell served with the Offie of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. His work on the national level was built on 17 years experience in the Fairfax County J&DR Court. Mr. Tuell earned his bachelor's degree in Social Work from James Madison University and his master's degree in Criminal Justice from George Washington University.
	David Altschuler, Ph.D. David Altschuler is principal research scientist at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies. He serves as adjunct associate professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also co-directs the Juvenile Reintegration and Aftercare Center at Johns Hopkins and is on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. His work focuses on juvenile crime and justice system sanctioning, juvenile offender reentry, privatization in juvenile corrections, and drug involvement and crime among inner-city youth. Dr. Altschuler holds a Ph.D. in social service administration and an M.A. in urban studies. He is also a consultant to numerous states and national organizations.
Photo Not Available	Dr. Marilyn Van Dieten, Orbis Partners, is a registered clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience in the implementation, training, and development of programs with offenders.  Dr. Van Dieten was recently awarded (2003) the Maud Booth Award by Volunteers of America for her contributions to the development of correctional treatment programs.  She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Ottawa in 1989. During her professional training she was mentored by leaders in the development of the “What Works” agenda for corrections and quickly became recognized as a leader through the application of this work in human service agencies. Since this time she has been involved in working with numerous jurisdictions to revamp their operations to reflect “What Works”.  Her varied experiences include the development of curriculum for assessment, case management, programming, staff training, quality control, certification, and performance appraisal redesign, as well as formal program evaluation.    Dr. Van Dieten’s field experience includes direct provision of treatment and clinical services, supervision of staff, and design of service operations for high-risk populations.  As the Director of Family and Youth Services for the John Howard Society, she was responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of domestic violence programs including programs for offenders and the victims of violence.  Subsequent to this position, she served as the Director of Training and Research for Volunteers of America Delaware Valley. Her responsibilities included the redesign of services to offenders and homeless persons as well as the integration of evidenced-based practices in assessment, programming, training, and management information.   As a consultant, Dr. Van Dieten has designed training for a number of assessment and case management approaches.  She trained over 1000 staff in a variety of settings across North America in the application of the LSI-R (Level of Supervision Inventory-Revised) and the YLS-CMI (Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory).  Dr. Van Dieten also worked as a consultant on the Washington juvenile risk assessment project and designed all of the training, staff certification, train-the-trainer, and quality assurance protocols for that project.  She remains involved as a consultant for the cadre of assessment trainers and quality control staff in Washington State.  More recently she has designed the training and implementation protocols for the Youth Assessment and Screening Inventory (YASI) and Effective Case Work Model that is being used state-wide in Illinois and New York as well as a variety of agencies across the US.   In addition to her expertise in assessment and case management, Dr. Van Dieten has had extensive experience in conducting evaluation with Orbis and has led numerous program reviews using the Correctional Program Assessment Inventory (CPAI).  Most recently, she was the lead specialist in redesigning the adult and juvenile probation officer induction training programs in Illinois and has completed a similar initiative in the State of New York.   Early in her career, Dr. Van Dieten co-authored a number of nationally recognized offender programs including CALM (Anger Management), Counter Point (cognitive skills programming for addressing anti-social attitudes) and recently, Community Transitions (maintenance strategies for substance abuse).    Over the last ten years, Dr. Van Dieten has devoted her attention to the development of innovative strategies and approaches for women and girls in the criminal justice system. She is the author of Moving On (a program for women offenders) and recently co-authored a Women’s Programme for acquisitive female offenders in the UK.  Over the last two years she has worked with several authors to develop a program for girls (aged 12-21).  Dr. Van Dieten is frequently invited to present research and practical information to groups who have a special interest in working with women and girls.                     As the Project Director, Dr. Van Dieten will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the project and functioning as the official contact for the project authority.  She will play a direct role in the development of the protocol document, will have primary responsibility for the design of all training components, and will oversee the delivery of training by members of the team.
	Dr. Nicolle Parsons-Pollard is an Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice program of the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, she teaches criminal justice survey, introduction to corrections, controversial issues in corrections, ethics & liability, and research methods. In the past, Dr. Parsons-Pollard worked as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst and Systems Administrator for a local law enforcement agency. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency and truancy, correctional treatment programs, criminal intelligence and issues in law enforcement and crime prevention. Dr. Parsons-Pollard has written several articles, presented at conferences and is currently working on publications related to truancy.
Photo Not Available	Denise R. Hall (formerly Denise R. Pyle) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Mrs. Hall received her MS degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. Since that time, she has worked with both adolescent and adult populations along the continuum of care, to include residential, inpatient, partial, IOP and outpatient. Denise serves as a Mid-Atlantic ATTC Project Coordinator, Adolescent Training Specialist and NIDA liaison. Denise also serves as a part-time faculty member/consultant for the Juvenile Drug Court Planning Initiative. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and serves on the NIDA Blending Team for the Motivational Interviewing roll-out.
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