Christine Pahigian joined NCIA in 1984 and is the director of its New York office for criminal justice services. She brings over 20 years of experience in the field of criminal justice providing federal and state sentencing advocacy and direct services in the private, non-profit sector, as well as in program and policy at the local government level. Ms. Pahigian has been instrumental in the creation of a number of innovative and award-winning programs in New York City, including those that provide alternatives to incarceration for juvenile offenders, women offenders, parole violators and defendants with mental illness. She has served in the New York City Mayor’s Office under Mayor David Dinkins, and as the former executive director of a non-profit agency providing transitional support services to ex-offenders.

Ms. Pahigian has written several training manuals for criminal and juvenile justice and mental health professionals. She has consulted and provided technical assistance nationally to departments of correction and criminal justice agencies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and a Master of Science in Public Administration from New York University.

• Jerome G. Miller, Ph.D.
• Herbert J. Hoelter, MSW
• Jayne Gessner
• Kirk Larter, CPA
• Larry G. Norris, Ed.D.
• Thomas Pointer
• Earl S. El-Amin
• Lindsay M. Hayes, MS
• David C. Heebner, MA, LPC
• Rodney Norris, MHS
• Christine Pahigian
• Meredith Patti, Esquire
• Thomas Scott, LCSW-C