Barbara Broderick has more than 30 years of experience in the criminal justice system and has been the Chief Probation Officer for Maricopa County Adult Probation Department in Phoenix, Arizona, since 2000. This department is the sixth largest probation department in the United States, with over 1,200 employees and a budget of $119 million.

Broderick earned her B.A. in History at Niagara University and her M.A. at the School of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Albany. Before heading to Arizona, Broderick was the New York State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives. She also held the position of Director of Policy Analysis and Information for the New York State Parole Division.

Broderick served as the State Director for Adult Probation for the Arizona Supreme Court for five years. In that position, she provided technical assistance to local jurisdictions and substance abuse treatment providers. She is knowledgeable in the areas of risk assessment, probation performance measures, drug courts, parole guidelines, substance abuse treatment with criminal defendants, sex offender supervision, enforcement of financial obligations, and the theory and practice of community justice. Prior to her current position, Broderick served as Maricopa County’sInterim Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, with over 1,000 juvenile probation staff and a budget of $60 million, and assumed responsibilities over diversion, probation, and detention services.

In addition to the above, she served from 1999-2015 as chair of the Arizona Parents’ Commission on Drug Education and Prevention, currently serves on the Maricopa County Community Justice Advisory Board, and is a past President of the American Probation and Parole Association. She is a member of the American Corrections Association, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, and the National Association of Probation Executives.

Broderick’s areas of expertise are wide ranging, but they particularly include development and expansion of drug courts and substance abuse treatment, design and implementation of an operational review process for the oversight of numerous probation departments, and development of probation performance measures.

Dr. Brian Lovins earned his Doctor of Criminology from the University of Cincinnati’s School of Criminal Justice and has published extensively, is currently a Principal for Justice Systems Partners (JSP). He also co-edits APPA’s Perspectives journal. Prior to JSP, he worked as Assistant Director of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department and was the Associate Director for the University of Cincinnati's Corrections Institute. He has developed a state-wide juvenile risk assessment (Ohio Youth Assessment System: OYAS) and adult risk assessment (Ohio Risk Assessment System: ORAS) as well as validation of a series of pretrial risk assessments.

Dr. Lovins has been invited to present to over 200 agencies and routinely trains agenciesin the principles of effective intervention, risk assessment, and the delivery of cognitive-behavioral interventions. He has received the Dr. Simon Dinitz Award for his work and dedication in helping correctional agencies adopt evidence-based programs andis also recipient of a David Dillingham Award. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Cincinnati. His publications include articles on risk assessment, sexual offenders, effective interventions, and cognitive-behavioral interventions.