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Jeremy Travis

Former Director, National Institute of Justice

Jeremy Travis served as director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), where he managed the growth of the organization’s annual budget from $25 million to $120 million. At NIJ, he established major initiatives to assess crime trends; evaluate federal anti-crime efforts; foster community policing and new law enforcement technologies; advance forensic sciences; and bolster research on counter-terrorism strategies.

Date Created: August 15, 2019