Christopher has 30 years of experience working in the area of sex offender management and treatment, including both treatment & policy development. He currently works for the Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice as the Program Director for the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB), where he is responsible for the development of standards for the treatment and management of sexual offenders, & providing legislative and policy input. Christopher also works as a private consultant for federal and federally funded agencies and organizations, including Tribal jurisdictions, responsible for developing and providing training, program assessment, peer review of grant solicitations and reports, and legislative and policy development. He has also published a number of articles and chapters related to sex offender management, with specific expertise on the state implementation of federal sex offender management legislation and sex offender public policy.

Prior to joining NCJTC, he served as the Chief of Police with the Pueblo of Isleta Police Department. He has over seventeen years of law enforcement experience capitalizing on supervisory experience, operational management, staff development, administrative and finance management, motivational leadership and decision making. He served as the liaison between the Pueblo of Isleta, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and surrounding law enforcement agencies to build relationships and matters related to community safety. He has worked closely with diverse teams to successfully receive federal grant funding, implement Memorandum of Agreements, develop policy and procedures, and for implementing and managing the Sex Offender Registry Program.

Haley McCrary is the project manager for the BJA COSSAP TTA Center on Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS). Ms. McCrary works in Altarum’s Center for Behavioral Health where she manages a portfolio of programs working to improve behavioral health and healthcare. With over 10 years’ experience working on public health implementation and evaluation programs, Ms. McCrary has developed robust experience in training, technical assistance, and curriculum development. Ms. McCrary also has expertise in evaluation techniques including qualitative interviewing, mixed method, participatory methodologies, and focus group facilitation with underserved populations. Before joining Altarum, Ms. McCrary worked as a senior specialist at the University of California, Davis, leading local, national, and international education and evaluation efforts for health innovation and online education and training initiatives, including the nationally recognized e-doctoring platform.

Asuncion Castaneda (Chawn) is a Certified Peer Mentor, and has been a part of the Hannahville Community for about twenty-five years. Chawn is from the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan and is also Southern Aztec. After achieving success as a client at Three Fires Halfway House, Chawn began employment there as an intake worker so he could help other Natives recover from alcohol and drugs. He was then promoted to house manager, substance abuse counselor, and then supervisor at Three Fires. His program became a CARF-certified treatment center, and he was employed at Three Fires for nine years. Chawn began work at Hannahville Behavioral Health as a recovery coach, where he provides support for people in recovery or people who are working toward recovery. He organizes meetings and talking circles on the reservation, and assists with the community’s sober housing program.