PPN: Schedule
Tuesday, November 1st
6:30 – 8:30 pm EST
NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR
Meet and reconnect with colleagues, friends, and participants.
The Bottom Line
1716 I St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
Wednesday, November 2nd
8:00 – 5:45 pm EST
General Services Admin Building
301 7 th St. SW
(7th & D St. SW)
Washington, DC 20410
8:00 – 8:45 am EST
Coffee and Continental Breakfast
Networking and coffee before official programming.
8:45 – 9:00 am EST
Welcome
Brette Steele, McCain Institute
9:00 – 9:30 am EST
Community Updates
Our PPN leadership will provide updates, accomplishments and opportunities to get further involved.
Brette Steele, Chair, Prevention Practitioners Network
Dr. Jim Marley, Co-Chair, Ethics Committee
Nichole Miller, Co-Chair, Programs Committee
Sammie Wicks, Co-Chair, Public Relations Committee
David Fortier, Co-Chair, Development & Membership Committee
9:30 – 10:30 am EST
Diversion and Alternative sentencing
Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui, District Court of the District of Columbia
Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler, District Court of the Northern District of California
moderated by Isra Bhatty, Criminal Defense Attorney
10:30 – 10:45 am EST ——– BREAK TIME ——–
10:45 – 12:00 am EST
STATE, LOCAL, AND FEDERAL RE-ENTRY AND PAROLE
This panel will discuss various government re-entry programs and parole for individuals who need supportive services to reduce the risk of recidivism and assist reintegration.
Tom Luettke, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Brian James, Probation and Pre-trial Services, District of Minnesota
John Cocco, National Organization of Forensic Social Work
Michael Duffin, Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism
Miranda Faust, Bureau of Prisons
moderated by Paul Brennan, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
12:00 – 12:10 am EST
PSYCHOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO PREVENT TERRORISM AND FACILITATE REINTEGRATION
We will explore how specific psychological-behavioral interventions can be further developed and evaluated to determine their effectiveness and the types of practitioners necessary for the effective implementation of psychological-behavioral approaches.
Dr. Megan McBride, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Daisy Miubu, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
12:10 – 1:15 am EST
WORKING LUNCHES
We will organize lunch in self-selected thematic groups for an informal and unstructured collaborative discussion on the most salient issues in tertiary prevention.
1:15 – 2:15 am EST
REGIONAL EFFORTS FOR TERTIARY PROVIDERS
This panel will focus on efforts across regions to integrate services for local tertiary providers.
Patricia Kickland, Hawai’i State Fusion Center
Courtney Tassin, City of Aurora Crisis Intervention Program
Ben Voce-Gardner, Office of Counterterrorism
Dr. Heidi Ellis, Boston Children’s Hospital
moderated by Dave Fortier, One World Strong Foundation
2:15 – 2:30 am EST ——– BREAK TIME ——–
2:30 – 3:30 am EST
COMMUNITY-BASED TERTIARY PROGRAMMING
This panel will address civil society and community-led efforts in tertiary prevention and programming.
Dr. Sara Winegar Budge, Life After Hate
Richard Aborn, NYC Crime Commission
Emma Jouenne, Parents for Peace
moderated by Rachel Nielsen, Nicoletti-Flater Associates
TVT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY- BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

This presentation will introduce a novel framework for TVT assessment/management developed by the Multidisciplinary Violence Prevention Team at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Emma Cardeli, Boston Children’s Hospital
4:00 – 4:20 am EST
STATE TARGETED VIOLENCE PREVENTION: PROGRAMMING & KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Jordan Reimer, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Dr. Katya Migacheva, RAND Corporation
4:20 – 4:30 am EST —BREAK TIME —
4:30 – 5:30 am EST
ASSESSING DISENGAGEMENT
This panel will address how disengagement can be assessed in tertiary intervention programs and what tools exist to measure disengagement.
Dr. Mary Beth Altier, New York University
Dr. David Webber, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Stevan Weine, University of Illinois Chicago
moderated by Dr. Sara Winegar Budge, Life After Hate
5:30 – 5:40 am EST
PPN SURVEY

5:40 – 5:45 am EST
CLOSING REMARKS
6 pm EST
HAPPY HOUR AND INFORMAL NETWORKING
Cantina Bambina
960 Wharf Street SW
Washington, DC 20024