Thursday, July 30th

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Badge Pickup

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Welcome Reception 

Friday, July 31st

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Breakfast

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM

Welcome and Posting of the Colors

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM

Lead With Clarity: The Potholes of Ambiguity

Tony Jeffery, Executive Director, Built Not Born

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM

Justice-Involved Women: Emerging Challenges and Promising Solutions from the Women’s Justice Commission

Anne Precythe, CLA Associate (NC)
Stephanie Akhter, Director, Women’s Justice Commission, Council on Criminal Justice

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Navigating AI Adoption in Corrections

Bree Derrick, Director, Idaho Department of Corrections
Council on Criminal Justice AI task force

1:50 PM - 2:30 PM 

Escaping The Odds of Recidivism

Aaron Smith, Founder & President, Escape The Odds Media & Education

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Health and Reentry: State and Local Innovations and Insights

David Ryan, Senior Director of Criminal Justice Initiatives, The Health and Reentry Project (HARP)

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM 

Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Executive Session and CLA Officer Election [Members Only (Directors, Commissioners, Secretaries)]

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Reception

Saturday, August 1st

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Welcome & Review

9:10 AM – 10:00 AM

Using the Latest Research to Improve Recruitment and Retention
Mike Thompson, Consultant, Mike Thompson Consulting
Andrew Barbee, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Modernization, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Success Coach Program

Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
Latera Davis, Assistant Commissioner of Inmate Services, Georgia Department of Corrections
Sabrina Hansford, Success Coach Program Manager, Georgia Department of Corrections

10:50 AM – 11:00 AM 

Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Suicide Prevention in Corrections: A Forensic Science Perspective

Virginia Barber Rioja Ph.D, Senior Director of Forensic Psychology, Center for Justice Innovation

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM –1:50 PM

Access to Change: Lessons from New Mexico

Alisha Tafoya Lucero, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Corrections Department
Ryan Lechner, Co-CEO, The Change Companies

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM

Break

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Executive Session (Directors and DOC Staff Only)  

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Reception