Becky Berkebile, M.A., is a senior program manager I at Advocates for Human Potential, where she serves as the deputy director of training and technical assistance (TTA) for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), overseeing and coordinating all TTA events, including grantee requests, affinity groups, grantee cohort calls, planning and hosting informational webinars, and development of a peer-to-peer mentoring initiative on jail-based treatment programs.

Ms. Berkebile has more than a decade of experience working in the criminal justice system, with a focus on intelligence and writing data-driven policy. She has advised two attorneys general on pardon and commutation decisions and served multiple administrations in two states in crisis due to the opioid epidemic. Her work has brought local, state, and federal law enforcement and public health agencies together to collaborate and address the opioid epidemic with innovation and compassion, while focusing on the growing and changing trends states experience. Ms. Berkebile’s ability to build coalitions and manage projects had led to her continued success as a leader in state government. Ms. Berkebile earned an M.A. in criminal justice from The Pennsylvania State University.

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