Reentry Network
On March 1, 2011, the Board of Supervisors established a cross-system Reentry Network to develop and implement a reentry plan for the County of Santa Clara.
The Reentry Network is led by a governance team, which is responsible for the vision, direction, and accountability of the group. Network membership is open to any individuals and organizations providing reentry services or with interest in supporting the reentry efforts in Santa Clara County. The Network is expected to identify comprehensive reentry and recidivism reduction strategies to elevate existing efforts, streamline processes to link inmates to effective in-custody and community-based programming, identify cost-saving methods, and prepare Santa Clara County for the realignment of parolees and low-level prisoners under the Public Safety Realignment Act (AB109).
Since August 2011, the Reentry Network has been meeting on a quarterly basis with the focus of implementing policy and procedure changes that will better assist with a successful reentry transition. Network members provide expertise, operations support, and guidance to the governance team.
The County of Santa Clara Reentry Network is guided by the following principles and values:
- Reentry and reintegration begin while the individual is incarcerated.
- Evidence-based practices are utilized when developing programs and policies.
- Collaboration, coordination, information, and communication are critical to the success and sustainability of the Reentry Network.
- High – to moderate-risk formerly incarcerated individuals are targeted through the use of validated assessment tools.
- Assessment and case management tools targeting continuous reentry planning are incorporated at the point of admission to the criminal justice system and continue to be used through pre- and post-release.
- The strategic plan is gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and culturally competent.
REN board seat | Alternate seat |
| Cindy Chavez, County Board Supervisor, District 2 and Chair, Reentry Network | |
| Robert Jonsen, Sheriff, County of Santa Clara | Kenneth Binder, Undersheriff, County of Santa Clara |
| Beth McGowen, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court | |
| Nicholas Birchard, Chief Probation Officer, County of Santa Clara | |
| Molly O'Neal, Public Defender, County of Santa Clara | Damon Silver, Assistant Public Defender, County of Santa Clara |
| Jeffrey Rosen, District Attorney, County of Santa Clara | Brandon Cabrera, Supervising Deputy District Attorney, Custody Alternatives & Mental Health Programs Unit, County of Santa Clara |
| Pat Nikolai, Chief of Police, City of Santa Clara | |
| Daniel Little, Director, Social Services Agency, County of Santa Clara | Angela Shing, Director, Department of Employment and Benefit Services, County of Santa Clara |
| Sherri Terao, Director, Behavioral Health Department, County of Santa Clara | |
| Mary Ann Dewan, Superintendent of the County Office of Education | Jessica Bonduris, Alternate to the Superintendent of the County Office of Education |
| Pablo Gaxiola, Individual formerly involved in the criminal justice system | Cheryl Ho, Alternate to Seat No. 13A |
| Matthew Fisk, Director of Pre-Trial Services, County of Santa Clara | Michaelene Reagan, Assistant Director of Pre-Trial Services, County of Santa Clara |
| Greta Hansen, Chief Operating Officer, County of Santa Clara | Kasey Halcon, Deputy County Executive, County of Santa Clara |
| Erin O'Brien, Representative from a Community Based Organization providing rehabilitative services | Angie Kitchens-Garcia, Representative from a community-based organization providing rehabilitative services |
| Cuauhcihuatl Trinidad, Representative from a community-based organization providing rehabilitative services | |
| Christina Yee, Chair of the Faith-Based Reentry Collaborative, County of Santa Clara | |
| Sharine Xuan, Community Member | Wesley Mukoyama, Community member |
| Stephen Manley, Superior Court Judge, Mental Health Treatment Court, County of Santa Clara | |
| Consuelo Hernandez, Director, Office of Supportive Housing, County of Santa Clara | |
| Richard Loftus, Behavioral Health Board Representative, County of Santa Clara | Mary Crocker Cook, San Jose City College Alcohol and Drug Studies Department Chair and Alternate to Behavioral Health Board Representative |
| Giuliana Brahim, Alternate to the representative from the South Bay Consortium for Adult Education | |
| Paul Joseph, Alternate to the San José Police Department Chief | |
| Tasia Wiggins, A victim advocate | |
| Kyong Miranda, An individual formerly involved in the criminal justice system | |
| Todd Kendrick, A representative of the Correctional Peace Officers' Association | |
| Susan Ellenberg, President, County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors, District 4 | |
| Jennifer Temoin, Community Outreach Specialist, Valley Homeless Healthcare Program | |
| Michelle de la Calle, Director, System Integration, County of Santa Clara Healthcare System |