Susan Alameda is a project director for the Treatment Court Institute (TCI), a division of the All Rise (formerly NADCP). As project director, she takes pride in managing training projects designed to provide evidence-based, quality professional development training to practitioners serving the criminal justice involved population throughout the country. Her passion for working with the criminal justice population can be tracked by more than 22 years working at the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts where, as a program specialist and supervisor, she managed funds and access to treatment services for juveniles in the foster care system, juveniles and adults on community supervision, individuals with co-occurring disorders, veterans with PTSD, adults living with substance use disorder, and transferred youth. As statewide Drug Court Coordinator, she was responsible for managing state and federal funds to help support program implementation and sustainability for both limited and general jurisdiction treatment courts including Mental Health Courts, DUI Courts, Adult/ Juvenile Drug Courts, and Veteran Treatment Courts. She also served under the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family as Program Manager responsible for approximately $20 million in state and federal grant funds in support of community-based prevention and early intervention substance use/abuse/misuse programs. Finally, she has been an active member of the Executive Board of the Arizona Association of Drug Court Professionals for more than 12 years.