From Model to Movement: What It Really Takes to Build a Coaching Organization

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Katie Green is a National Programs Advisor with the National Institute of Corrections overseeing and actively participating in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of resources to enhance the competencies of criminal justice practitioners. Prior to joining NIC 14 years ago, Katie was the Director of community criminal justice agencies in Williamsburg and Portsmouth, Virginia. She also served as an implementation team member in the Commonwealth of Virginia leading organizational change efforts, improving pretrial and community corrections services and programming with the implementation of evidence- based practices. Included in her portfolio with NIC, Katie manages resource development for community supervision (pretrial, probation and parole) organizations to include leadership and staff training, organizational technical assistance and training to help organizations reengineer and create effective organizations that support behavior change for people under community supervision. Katie is also providing responsive technical assistance for local criminal justice systems, with a focus on maximizing the role of Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils (CJCCs) to improve criminal justice system operations.

Stephanie Hove joined the United States Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections (NIC) as a National Programs Advisor in 2024, after concluding a 32-year career with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WIDOC). While with WIDOC, Ms. Hove held a variety of roles beginning as a Probation and Parole Agent and then served in a number of leadership roles including the agency’s Deputy Secretary, Administrator of the Division of Community Corrections, Deputy Administrator of the Division of Adult Institutions, Regional Chief in the Division of Juvenile Corrections and Director of the Office of Victim Services and Programs. During her career at the state level, Ms. Hove engaged in several initiatives designed to improve outcomes for justice system-involved individuals and to promote public safety. These initiatives included evidence-based decision making and trauma-informed approaches, collaborative community reentry programs, enhanced release planning, restrictive housing reforms, and implementation of an objective classification system At NIC, Ms. Hove continues to use her expertise to further NIC’s mission and influence correctional policies, practices, and operations on a national level. Her current portfolio includes the Transition from Jails to Community Toolkit, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Director and Chair Training Academy, Trauma-Informed Crisis Stabilization Training, Pretrial Executives Network and Trauma Responsive Training for Community Supervision Agencies.

Kevin Kuehmeier has been a Senior Associate at Justice System Partners since 2018. He currently works assisting criminal and juvenile legal systems and community partners transforming their systems. Kevin provides technical assistance to several jurisdictions involved in the Safety and Justice Challenge through the MacArthur Foundation to safely reduce jail populations, eliminate ineffective and unfair practices, and reduce racial disparities. He provides pretrial assessment training, implementation assistance, quality assurance and strategic planning assistance. Kevin has experience working with the National Institute of Corrections providing leadership development and training, conducting Organizational Coaching Assessments (OCA’s), implementing the Coach (Referee) Model for Change (CRMC), and developing resource videos for community supervision professionals. Kevin has 25 years of prior experience working for the U.S. Courts with Federal Probation and Pretrial Services in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Pretrial), the Western District of New York (Probation and Pretrial) and 12 years of experience working as a Probation and Pretrial Services Administrator for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in Washington D.C. and Charleston, SC. He received a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York College at Buffalo.