Pretrial Supervision Training: Supportive Services

Cristina Barron, chief program officer at the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project (CA)rnrnCristina Barron supported the launch of several new initiatives, restructured programmatic infrastructure, and participated in the Buffin 24/7 launch of the Own Recognizance (OR) team, as well as led the crisis management and planning for being fully operational during Covid-19 and under Zero Bail in conjunction with CEO David Mauroff and COO Jeff Dubois.rnrnShe was raised in the Central Valley and first generation born in California. Cristina moved to the Bay Area in 2009 as a way to learn more about criminal justice, public health, education, and social services in a metropolitan area. With a deep commitment to public service, Cristina has spent her career working for local and federal elected officials nationally as well as managing local, state, and federal government programs with a focus on San Francisco City and County. When she’s not at work, she enjoys catching up on podcasts, cooking, or hanging out with her senior dog from Muttville.rnrnLiz Hassett, grant manager at Pennington County (SD) rnrnLiz Hassett oversees the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge and the Bureau of Justice Administration’s Innovations in Reentry Initiative. Prior to this role she was the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Coordinator at both the local level for Pennington County and Statewide for South Dakota. She continues to provide coordination support to the JDAI efforts in Pennington County. Preceding this work, Liz was employed by various human services entities to include the Department of Social Services, the Department of Corrections, and a substance abuse residential treatment program.rnrnJacqueline “Jackie” Hunt, pretrial supervisor at DeKalb County Court Services (IL)rnrnJackie Hunt earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration with a double minor in Sociology and Communication in 2010 from Western Illinois University. She began her career in 2010 with DeKalb County Court Services as a Community Services Coordinator in the Probation Department.  In 2014, as a result of jail crowding issues, the Department was given approval to develop a Pretrial Services unit to help assess these issues.  She and a colleague were assigned to develop and operate this newly formed program. In April 2019, she was part of the team that led DeKalb County Pretrial Services to be accredited by the National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies (NAPSA), making it one of four agencies in the nation to receive this distinction at the time, and the first in Illinois.  In the winter of 2019, she was promoted to Pretrial Supervisor where she continues to promote best practices within her department.rnrnDe’Anna LaVigne-Lawson, director of pretrial services at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (LA)  rnrnDe’Anna LaVigne-Lawson began working in March 2017, following the transition of New Orleans Pretrial Services from Vera Institute of Justice. Prior to this transition, De’Anna spent four years as the sole Supervision Case Manager for New Orleans Pretrial Services. After becoming a court employee, she continued to lead as a Case Manager and procedural expert before being promoted to Director in December 2017.rnrnBefore her Supervision work with New Orleans Pretrial Services, De ’Anna was a Juvenile Probation Officer for over 12 years where she supervised court-involved youth who qualified under Families in Need of Services. It was in this environment that De’Anna began to cultivate her skills using and training others to use risk assessments. She became proficient in Motivational Interviewing while supervising youth that were classified as high risk for re-offending and was certified as a Master Trainer for the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY).rnrnDe’Anna is a graduate of Southern University New Orleans with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. She is a member of Pretrial Executive Network (PEN), Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research Pretrial Practitioner Network Member (PPN), City of New Orleans’ Ethnic and Racial Disparity Working Group, and a Louisiana License Realtor.rnrnShe was a nationally Certified Pretrial Services Professional with the NAPSA. She is also certified in conducting the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS) by the University of Cincinnati Correction Institute, trained in using the Public Safety Assessment and is a Trauma Informed trainer.rnrnShe strongly believes pretrial intervention is the first step in decreasing mass incarceration and is very passionate about serving people.