The National Treatment Court Resource Center (NTCRC) Advisory Board provides expertise, guidance, and development insight to NTCRC leadership regarding the fulfillment of its mission, establishing areas of focus, and identifying needed resources for the field. Below are the members of the board for 2024 – 2025.
Kendall Friend, MA, MPA, is a Senior Court Management Consultant in the Court Consulting Division. Since joining the NCSC in 2024, her project work has focused on state-based technical assistance and outcome evaluations for Adult Treatment Courts. She earned a master’s in criminal justice from Slippery Rock University of PA, a master’s in public administration from Murray State University, a Grant Writing Certification from Temple University, and a bachelor’s in criminal justice and psychology from Lycoming College.
Before joining NCSC, Kendall served as a Project Director at All Rise for five years, where she managed the state conference planning project and acted as a subject matter expert in Adult Treatment Court standards and community supervision. She began her career in treatment courts in 2014 as an adult probation officer at Fayette County Court of Common Pleas in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, where she had the opportunity to supervise veterans court and mental health court intermediate punishment participants. She transitioned to a position as the court coordinator of Fayette County’s mental health court and veterans’ court. In that role, she worked with community partners to implement Fayette County’s adult drug court. In 2018, she became the court coordinator for Pierce County District Court’s adult drug court and veterans’ treatment court programs in Tacoma, Washington, where she helped the treatment court team implement a veterans treatment court.
Ms. Abby Frutchey is a 2006 graduate of the Washington County Adult Drug Treatment Court. She is the Substance Use Response Coordinator for Community Caring Collaborative and has ten years of experience practicing as a licensed substance use treatment provider, specializing in treatment of those involved in the criminal justice system. Ms. Frutchey has worked with the Washington County Adult Drug Treatment Court since 2012 as both a treatment provider and clinical supervisor.
Ms. Frutchey has been a member of the NADCP since 2016. She has worked closely with NADCP on projects of peer engagement and treatment court advocacy and was recently appointed as the first treatment court graduate to sit on the NADCP Board of Directors. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Maine.
Carolyn Hardin is the Chief of Training and Research at All Rise, a non-governmental organization based in Washington, D.C. She manages the daily
operations of All Rise’s three divisions: the Treatment Court Institute, Impaired Driving Solutions, and Justice for Vets. Additionally, she oversees the development and implementation of training programs within the organization.
Ms. Hardin travels both nationally and internationally to assist teams in planning and operating successful treatment courts. She holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Akron in Ohio and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama.
Michelle Hart is a graduate of Northern Arizona University with a B.S. in criminal justice and a master’s in public administration. She worked in the field of probation, in Coconino County, AZ, for nearly 28 years; retiring in June 2021. During her tenure as a probation officer, she worked in various areas of supervision, such as juvenile probation, adult Intensive Probation and treatment courts and Drug Court. In 2010, Ms. Hart became a Probation Supervisor and in 2016, became the Deputy Chief of her department, the position she held at retirement.
Throughout her career, Ms. Hart has held a passion for training in the field of probation supervision and treatment courts, and implementing best practices to achieve the best outcomes for both officers and the clients served. In addition to training within her department, she has trained throughout the state of Arizona and nationally, in the topic areas of Core Correctional Practices, Motivational Interviewing, and best practices in treatment courts and community supervision. In 2012, Ms. Hart became a faculty member with All Rise. In 2021, she established an independent training and consulting business.
Dr. David J. Hartmann received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1987 and is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Interim Chair of the Department of Statistics at Western Michigan University. He has researched, taught and published in the areas of research ethics, urban sociology, quantitative and qualitative methods, substance abuse, and public education reform.
Since 1987 he has been PI or Co-PI on over $5.3 million in research grants, has published approximately 70 refereed journal articles, book chapters, and research monographs and authored more than 250 sponsored reports. Dr. Hartmann has served on ethics advisory panels for institutions and professional organizations and as a consultant to state government, municipalities, large urban school districts, and charitable foundations.
Mr. Gary Helle is a Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He is responsible for justice outreach to 23 counties in southeast Missouri and five counties in northeast Arkansas. Mr. Helle was instrumental in the creation of the first rural multijurisdictional veterans court in the U.S., the Southeast Missouri Veterans Treatment Court, and the first federal re-entry veterans court with the Eastern District of Missouri. He also assists with veterans who are in traditional Drug Treatment Courts throughout southeast Missouri.
Prior to working for the V.A., he was employed for the State of Missouri for 21 years. In 2001 and 2002, he trained with the 33rd Judicial Circuit in southeast Missouri in their family treatment court initiative. He holds a M.S.W. from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University. He is an adjunct instructor with the Department of Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Social Work at Southeast Missouri State University. Mr. Helle has provided presentations for the NADCP annual conference, Justice for Vets annual conference, and the Missouri Association of Treatment Court Professionals conferences.
DARYL D. JACKSON, Ph.D., MSW currently serves as a Policy Advisor with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (United States Department of Justice) overseeing the Adult Treatment Court Portfolio. He is a subject matter expert in the areas of African American studies, addiction, mental health, criminal justice, community-based treatment, and trauma-informed care. Daryl previously served as a Project Director for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals administering the Adult Treatment Court Implementation Project and Adviser for Sesame Street Workshop (2017-2024).
From 2009- 2017 he was employed with Cleveland Municipal Court (Cleveland, Ohio) where he served as the Program Coordinator of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court. He was on the implementation planning team for several community engagement events for surrounding
municipalities through Cleveland Municipal Courts’ Federal Suburban Expansion Grant Project. Currently, he serves on numerous community relations boards and projects throughout the United States He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated and the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition, from 2022-2024 he was appointed and served as Commissioner for the Prince George County (Maryland) Human Rights Commission.
Daryl is a 2007 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina), a 2010 graduate of Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio), and a 2021 graduate of Cornell University (Ithaca, New York).
Ms. Kristina Pacheco is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, where she lives and works from her home in the village of Paraje/Casa Blanca, New Mexico. She is a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor in the state of New Mexico and has over 20 years of experience in the field of substance abuse treatment and prevention.
Prior to joining the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) as a Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Specialist, she worked for the Pueblo of Laguna for 14 years as a Supervising Probation Officer (2004-2010), Lead Counselor (2010-2014), and Behavioral Health Program Manager (2014-2019). In 2007, Ms. Pacheco and the staff of the tribal court began the Pueblo of Laguna Healing to Wellness Court (HTWC). The HTWC was granted Mentor Court Status in 2017 by NADCP Drug Court Initiatives. Ms. Pacheco also provided training and technical assistance to other Native communities as a consultant.
Ms. Noreen Plumage is the Director of Problem-Solving Courts for the state of South Dakota. She began her career with treatment courts as a DUI Court Program Coordinator at the community mental health and treatment facility in Pierre, South Dakota. In 2012, Ms. Plumage was selected for her current position as Statewide Director within the Unified Judicial System and since then has coordinated the development and expansion of drug, DUI, veterans, and mental health courts from three courts to nineteen.
Before starting her career with the drug courts, she spent 11 years in education. Ms. Plumage graduated in 2021 with a MA in Addiction Studies from the University of South Dakota, from South Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, and from Minot State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education
Ms. Jennifer Rivas is currently a Case Manager for the DUI Intensive Supervision Program (DISP) in Multnomah County, Oregon, a position she has occupied since 2016. Prior to working as a case manager for DISP, she served as a case manager for the Beaverton Sobriety Opportunity for Beginning Recovery (B-SOBR) DUI Intensive (DUII) Court program in Beaverton, Oregon from 2011-2016.
Ms. Rivas brings her knowledge and experience as a former certified alcohol and drug counselor (CADC) for the state of Oregon (2009-2019) to add to her skill set as a case manager. Ms. Rivas also serves as a faculty member for NCDC since 2018. This position provides her the opportunity to travel the country providing technical assistance and training to other DUII courts. From 2012-2017 Ms. Rivas served as a peer reviewer for the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, conducting peer reviews for treatment courts throughout the state of Oregon. Additionally, she has served on a grant review panel for the Oregon Criminal Justice commission for the 2014-2016 and the 2017-2019 biennium.
Ms. Rivas remains passionate about treatment courts, and her areas of practice include innovative court enhancements, implementing best practices, trauma-informed case management, building community partnerships, community safety, and program sustainability.
Judge Robert Russell is an Associate Judge for Buffalo City Court and serves by appointment as an Erie County Court Judge. Judge Russell has been presiding over treatment courts since December of 1995, having created Buffalo’s Drug Treatment Court and Mental Health Treatment Court. In January of 2008, he created and began presiding over this country’s first Veterans Treatment Court.
His work in the treatment court field led to his induction into the Hall of Fame of the NADCP and the Hall of Fame of Justice for Vets. He is the recipient of the 2014 White House Advocates for Action Award presented by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and is the recipient of Awards of Merit from the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the Erie County Bar Association.
Mr. Souder Tate is a criminal defense attorney and sentencing advocate in Springfield, Missouri. He was admitted to the bar in 1985 and served as an elected prosecuting attorney from 1986 until 1990. Mr. Tate has volunteered as a defense representative on Missouri treatment courts for over 11 years, served two terms on the board of directors for the Missouri Association of Treatment Court Professionals and was on the training faculty for NDCI for four years.
Mr. Tate received a B.A. in creative writing from Missouri State University in 1982 and a J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1985. He is trained on the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) and the Risk and Needs Triage (RANT®).
Kelly Van Develde is a Senior Program Manager for Technical Assistance at the Center for Court Innovation. In this role, Ms. Van Develde provides expert assistance to jurisdictions nationwide, and advises attorneys, judges, and other practitioners on issues relevant to drug courts, court-based opioid intervention programs, and other forms of problem-solving justice.
Prior to joining the Center Ms. Van Develde was an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. In that role, Ms. Van Develde was a member of the Alternative to Incarceration Bureau where she worked with several problem-solving courts. Ms. Van Develde is a graduate of Wellesley College and Brooklyn Law School.
Mr. Timothy Wynn is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served from 1999-2003. During his enlistment he was stationed at Camp Lejeune. He also served in Iraq during the initial invasion in 2003 with the 2nd Military Police Battalion. He has an Honorable Discharge as a Sergeant (E-5). Mr. Wynn is a Veterans Certified Peer Specialist in the City of Philadelphia.
He is currently the mentor coordinator of the Philadelphia Veterans Court Mentor program, which provides peer-to-peer support to veterans involved in the criminal justice system. Mr. Wynn is also a trainer and consultant for the Justice for Vets national training team.