IJIS Institute Welcomes Kathy Gattin as Project Manager

Jan. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- The IJIS Institute , a nonprofit organization that focuses on mission-critical information sharing for justice, public safety, and homeland security, is pleased to welcome Ms. Kathy Gattin to the staff as a senior project manager. Ms. Gattin will be managing the Statewide Automated Victim Information Notification (SAVIN) project for the IJIS Institute as well as projects related to corrections information sharing initiatives.

Kathy Gattin comes to the IJIS Institute from the Information Services Division of the Arkansas Department of Correction as the application systems administrator, where she worked since 2005. Her experience in criminal justice includes five years with the Arkansas Crime Information Center as the victim and offender information services manager for the statewide Arkansas VINE™ Program. She also served as a truancy/intake officer for the juvenile justice system in the 22nd Judicial District of Arkansas, as a staff assistant to the Arkansas Speaker’s Office, House of Representatives, 88th Arkansas General Assembly. Ms. Gattin was the state’s integrated justice program manager in the Arkansas Chief Information Executive’s Office of Information Technology in 2004 and 2005. Her background also includes law enforcement, having worked as a crime scene search unit investigator in the Detective Division of the Little Rock Police Department.

In 2003, Ms. Gattin co-founded an Arkansas nonprofit organization called the Crime Victims Assistance Association of Arkansas (CVAAA). In 2007, she was elected to serve on the Executive Board of the Corrections Technology Association (CTA), and currently serves as the CTA Board President for 2010. Ms. Gattin holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and an associate’s degree in law enforcement from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Paul Wormeli, executive director of the IJIS Institute, stated, “I am pleased to welcome Kathy to the IJIS Institute. She brings us a great set of skills and experience in victim advocacy, victim information notification, and corrections information sharing. These are areas where Kathy can really help the Institute grow and develop.”

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About the IJIS Institute—The IJIS Institute serves as the voice of industry by uniting the private and public sectors to improve mission-critical information sharing for those who protect and serve our communities. The IJIS Institute provides training, technical assistance, national scope issue management and program management services to help government fully realize the power of information sharing. Founded in 2001 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with national headquarters on The George Washington University Virginia Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, the IJIS Institute has grown to more than 280 member and affiliate companies across the United States. For more information visit www.IJIS.org.