|
Titles Tell the Story: How the Words on Your Door Shape the Work Behind It
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Job titles do more than describe work. They signal what an agency values, shape how staff carry out operations, and communicate to courts and individuals who they are working with.
This session examines how title and role design shape professional responsibility, daily decision-making, and operations in pretrial agencies, and guides participants through a structured process for assessing and strengthening role clarity in their own organizations.
|
|
|
SESSION PRESENTERS
Kristina Bryant
Senior Director/BJA Fellow (Pretrial), Rulo Strategies
Kristina Bryant, MBA, serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Bureau of Justice Assistance focused on pretrial as part of the larger criminal justice experience. Ms. Bryant also serves as a Senior Director at Rulo Strategies and has national experience as a court management consultant in justice systems. Ms. Bryant brings over 30 years of experience in community corrections as a Juvenile Court Probation Officer, Criminal Justice Planner, and Assistant Director/Interim Director of adult pretrial and probation services agency. She has worked extensively with the judiciary, elected officials, and policymakers to improve justice policies and practices, and to expand collaborative court diversion and intervention efforts. Ms. Bryant is skilled in system analysis, process and outcome evaluations, training, and leadership and has broad experience in drug policy issues. She is a trained facilitator in the Sequential Intercept Model and has facilitated cross-system information sharing and collaborations between justice and behavioral health partners for over a decade. Ms. Bryant served four years on the Executive Committee of a statewide organization after an additional five years in committee leadership positions to address legislation, training, standards, and quality assurance for probation and pretrial agencies.
|
|
|
|
|
|