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Tom Corwin has worked in the criminal justice field for over 15 years. Tom graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, MA with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Master of Science in Project Management. For his first two years of work out of college, he worked as a Pretrial Officer for Jefferson County Pretrial in Colorado before moving into the electronic monitoring field with BI Incorporated. Tom spent 4 years an account manager for BI before moving to the national security industry and working as a background investigator and security specialist focused on the Office of Personnel Management contracts. In 2014, Tom returned to the EM industry with SCRAM Systems and spent his first four years focusing primarily on the northeast USA and international business both as an account manager and subject matter expert (Sales Engineer). Since about 2016 Tom has been working as a technical lead for the sales organization and currently is running the strategy department for SCRAM Systems.

Chief Mack Jenkins (ret.) career in the justice system spanned more than 40 years. He retired as the chief probation officer for San Diego County. Over the course of his career Chief Jenkins developed expertise in the use of evidenced-­based practices for community correction, re-entry and juvenile justice. Additionally he has more than 25 years of experience working in drug courts and collaborative justice programs. He has served on a number of national boards including the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, and Council of State Governments (CSG)/ Justice Center. Chief Jenkins is a past President of the Chief Probation Officers of California and former Vice President of the American Probation and Parole Association. Chief Jenkins sits as a gubernatorial appointee to California’s Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH) which advises the Governor’s office and state legislature on the intersection between the criminal justice system and behavioral health. He is also a legislative appointee to the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), which oversees more than 100 businesses employing 4,000 incarcerated persons in California’s correctional system. Chief Jenkins is an adjunct instructor in criminal justice and holds a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of California, Irvine along with a Master's degree in criminal justice from California State University, Long Beach

Danette Montoya, MSW, LCSW is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, who has over 25 years of experience working nationally as a Certified Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor and an advocate to end sexual violence. She owns a successful psychotherapy practice and is a senior social worker for the San Diego VA Healthcare System, Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program. Her experience spans from counseling adolescents involved in human trafficking, working and volunteering as a sexual assault crisis counselor, and serving as a child advocate and community educator bringing awareness inside schools, hospitals and correctional institutions. Ms. Montoya co-founded a child and family safety center, taking an active role as the family advocate and lead forensic interviewer. She has provided expert testimony for survivors of sexual assault/abuse during legal proceedings and has instructed for the National Child Protection Training Center for Forensic Interviewers. Ms. Montoya broadened her field work by interning at the Palo Alto VA Trauma Recovery Program focusing on veterans with PTSD that experienced Military Sexual Trauma and/or Combat Trauma. Soon after transitioning to full-time employment with the San Francisco VA Healthcare System as the Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator and Senior Social Worker in the Addictions and Recovery Treatment Services for the past 10 years before her recent transfer to sunny Southern California. Ms. Montoya received her B.S. from University of Maryland and her M.S.W. from California State University, East Bay. She is a single parent of three successful children.

Judge Gregory Pinski: Gregory Pinski is a retired Montana district judge. Judge Pinski earned his BA, magna cum laude, in political science and journalism and JD, with distinction, from the University of North Dakota. Before attending law school, Judge Pinski worked at the White House in the Office of Presidential Scheduling for President Bill Clinton. Before taking the bench, Judge Pinski taught at the University of Minnesota Law School and practiced law in Minnesota and Montana. As a district judge, he sat by designation on the Montana Supreme Court and served on the Montana Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee. Judge Pinski is an elected member of the American Law Institute and Uniform Law Commission. Judge Pinski founded a veterans treatment court and presided over a drug treatment court for eight years. Judge Pinski is a frequent author and commentator on treatment courts, and he worked with the Harvard Law School Access to Justice Lab to design a comparative study on treatment court processes. As a member of the National Judicial Opioid Task Force, Judge Pinski authored federal, state, and tribal jurisdictional transfer agreements to expand access to treatment courts. Judge Pinski drafted the Model Veterans Treatment Court Act for the Uniform Law Commission.