Director of Special Projects
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As Director of Special Projects, Hope leads strategy and business development for health and justice system agencies around alternatives to arrest/incarceration and linkages to care for individuals with behavioral health conditions. Hope develops consulting, training, and technical assistance for local, state, and national projects and consults on systems-level change and community treatment capacity building. She is also a nationally recognized subject matter expert in deflection, interacting with and knowledgeable of hundreds of such initiatives around the country.

Before starting this role, Hope was CHJ’s National Deflection TA Center director, part of the United States Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP). In this position, Hope provided technical assistance for deflection and pre-arrest diversion initiatives, including over 230 grant recipients.

Hope earned her BS at Loyola University Chicago, where she majored in criminal justice and psychology. She received her master’s degree in public policy and administration (MPPA) from Northwestern University.