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Amir Chapel

Huntington Beach,CA

Summary

Over 25 years of experience in public policy analysis, law enforcement operations and strategy, community engagement, and data analysis. Skilled in quantitative and qualitative methods. Background includes work in local and state government, budget crafting, legislation analysis, and data-driven decision making support for agencies. Capable of working across sectors with stakeholders for a well-rounded policy approach.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Consultant

Against All Odds Ltd
12.2019 - Current
  • Providing technical support to local, county, and state municipalities on implementing evidence-based gun violence reduction strategies.
  • Coordinating community and street outreach events.
  • Conducting Landscape Analyses to identify needs and gaps related to gun violence reduction strategies.
  • Conducting gun violence problem analyses identifying the drivers of gun violence and associated individuals and reasons.
  • Policy recommendations and analyses.
  • Peer support.
  • Training and technical assistance.
  • Police reform and policy analyses.

Deputy Program Director

Council of State Governments
12.2023 - 05.2025
  • Delivered expert guidance, technical assistance, and presentations to inform and advance criminal justice programs and policy areas.
  • Collaborated with national organizations (NCSC, NDAA, NAPD, IACP, CLA, APPA) to engage stakeholders and promote cross-agency criminal justice data sharing.
  • Led large-scale data integration efforts across city, county, and state criminal justice agencies with a centralized data visualization platform.
  • Partnered with IT teams to ensure data quality compliance and successful SFTP transfers to analytics tools.
  • Supervised 1–6 direct reports and managed 3–4 concurrent projects, providing mentorship and professional development.
  • Fostered a strong organizational culture through inclusive leadership, team coaching, and innovation in program delivery.
  • Demonstrated leadership across interpersonal, institutional, and cultural dimensions, with a focus on equity and systemic change.
  • Spearheaded strategic initiatives with internal and external partners, gaining recognition as a trusted expert in the criminal justice field.

Sr. Program Manager

Partners for Justice
04.2023 - 12.2023
  • Managed multiple PFJ programs across the West Region, ensuring successful execution of recruitment, training, and service delivery goals in collaboration with national leadership.
  • Served as primary liaison for public defender offices, providing strategic technical assistance and guidance on integrating holistic defense and PFJ practices into daily operations.
  • Supervised and coached PFJ Advocates, offering individualized support for professional growth while ensuring consistent adherence to performance standards.
  • Designed and led localized training workshops and learning sessions tailored to Advocate development needs in partnership with office supervisors.
  • Cultivated partnerships with legal aid organizations, community-based service providers, and government agencies to expand support services for clients.
  • Monitored local legal and social developments to inform program delivery and enhance Advocate understanding of client communities and systemic challenges.
  • Contributed to national PFJ initiatives by documenting best practices, supporting training content development, and shaping the Advocate role across the organization.

Policy Analyst

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
10.2020 - 11.2022
  • Overseeing junior policy analysts conducting gun violence problem analyses.
  • Coordinating projects and initiatives with local government agencies or other stakeholders.
  • Conducting research on policies, programs, strategies.
  • Working with organizations in the fields of criminal and juvenile justice, youth development, violence reduction, organizational development, and other relevant areas.
  • Qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
  • Conducting landscape analyses and making policy recommendations on implementing gun violence reduction strategies.
  • Program and process evaluation.
  • Coordinating legislative and policy advocacy initiatives.

Policy Manager

Albuquerque Police Department
04.2019 - 12.2019
  • Contract Monitoring and compliance with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Court Approved Settlement (CASA) Agreement with the Albuquerque Police Department (Department).
  • Research and Analyzed data to inform policy decision making at the Department.
  • Used evidence-based techniques to analyze call for service data in addition to integrating the Department's other data systems to inform policy decision making.
  • Worked closely with the City Attorney's Office in ensuring policies did not violate or conflict with any court precedent or laws.
  • I chaired committees facilitating the policy development process. Stakeholders included both internal Department employees and external stakeholders, i.e., advocacy groups, other city Departments, and police oversight boards.

Mitigation Specialist

NM Law Offices of the Public Defender
01.2019 - 04.2019
  • Worked with Major Crimes division to write mitigation reports during sentencing for clients accused of serious violent felonies.
  • Worked with social workers to support clients re-entry options by developing life-history reports.
  • Supported clients and their families with resource acquisition during the course of a trial.

Program Evaluator II

Legislative Finance Committee of New Mexico
08.2017 - 12.2018
  • Conducted comprehensive process and program evaluations of state-funded agencies to assess performance and policy impact.
  • Audited financial and contractual records; collected field data including personnel files, client-level data, and staff surveys to support detailed evaluation reports.
  • Performed statistical analysis on large datasets from multiple government entities including the Secretary of State, Human Services, Corrections, and Judiciary departments.
  • Prepared and presented data-driven recommendations and evaluation findings to the Legislative Finance Committee and other key stakeholders.
  • Authored Fiscal Impact Reports (FIRs) and supported state decision-makers with objective, evidence-based evaluations of publicly funded programs.
  • Ensured evaluation processes adhered to principles of utility, feasibility, ethics, and accuracy to drive continuous improvement in public policy and services.
  • Developed grant proposals to fund policy evaluation research aligned with legislative and community priorities.

Research Scientist

Institute for Social Research-New Mexico Sentencing Commission
12.2010 - 08.2017
  • Statistical report writing.
  • Statistical analyses.
  • Data entry.
  • Data collection.
  • Database records management.
  • Legislative policy analysis.
  • Program evaluation.
  • Prepared legislative fiscal impact reports regarding various criminal justice legislation.
  • Staffed the Sentencing Commission's 5 standing committees: Juvenile, Legislative, Sex Offender Management Board, Justice Information Sharing Council, and the Full Commission.

Education

Master of Science - Criminology

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
12.2017

BA - Psychology

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
12.2012

Skills

  • Tableau, SPSS, Excel, Microsoft and G- Suite Applications
  • Project Management Tools (Asana, Smartsheet Monday)
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Strategic Leadership & Program Oversight
  • Program Evaluation and Process Improvement
  • Public Policy Analysis and Government Affairs
  • Relationship Building and Multi-Stakeholder Management
  • Community Engagement
  • Public Speaking & Executive Communication
  • Project management
  • Project coordination
  • Data analytics
  • Strategic planning
  • Program coordination
  • Team leadership & development
  • Process improvement

Timeline

Deputy Program Director

Council of State Governments
12.2023 - 05.2025

Sr. Program Manager

Partners for Justice
04.2023 - 12.2023

Policy Analyst

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
10.2020 - 11.2022

Principal Consultant

Against All Odds Ltd
12.2019 - Current

Policy Manager

Albuquerque Police Department
04.2019 - 12.2019

Mitigation Specialist

NM Law Offices of the Public Defender
01.2019 - 04.2019

Program Evaluator II

Legislative Finance Committee of New Mexico
08.2017 - 12.2018

Research Scientist

Institute for Social Research-New Mexico Sentencing Commission
12.2010 - 08.2017

Master of Science - Criminology

University of Cincinnati

BA - Psychology

University of New Mexico

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