Presentations

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics or The Numbers Don’t Lie? What’s a Practitioner to Do?

Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
Homes Within Reach Conference
November 17, 2014
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Individual Risk and Need Assessment in Criminal Justice

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Criminal Justice Advisory Board Conference
State College, PA
October 28, 2013
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An Evidence-Based Justice System Supports…Core Values and Key Goals

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Criminal Justice Advisory Board Conference
State College, PA
October 28, 2013
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  • Skills & Expertise

    • Expert Witness in prison adjustment, determining risk for reoffense and offender reentry.
    • Expert witness in Juvenile Lifer Without Possibility of Parole (JLWOP) resentencing.
    • Public Policy Analyses
    • Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation
    • Data Collection, Analyses and Presentation
    • Grant Writing and Management
    • Public Administration
    • Strategic Planning
    • Program Development and Monitoring
    • Public Speaking
    • Legislative Testimony
    • Leading Collaborative Teams
    • Training and Development
    • Budget Preparation

  • Outside Voice

    • 5 Observations from 17 years in State Government a.k.a. “The Bureaucracy”
      From about seventh grade, I knew I wanted to major in government or public policy in college and that’s what I did.  I loved it so much that I went right from undergraduate to graduate school to continue studying public policy analysis.  Following graduation with a master’s degree in governmen... Read More »
    • Table for Four; Make that Three
      I set the dinner table for four last night.  As I returned to the table with condiments, I noticed that there were only three place settings. Hmm…out of the corner of my eye, I saw my husband putting dishes into the cupboard.   When I asked him why he removed the place setting, he looked at [&h... Read More »
    • Reflections: It’s About Relationships and Community
      If I could describe my summer in one word it would be “reflective.” My husband turned fifty in March.  My mom reached eighty-years in June. Our son graduated from high school in May and is heading to college in two weeks. My husband and I will celebrate our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in N... Read More »