Kysten Palmore

Kysten Palmore is the Deputy Director of Community Engagement and Reentry. For the preceding decade, she served as the Reentry Coordinator for the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, where she was responsible for developing, planning, and coordinating innovative, evidence-based reentry initiatives. Prior to this role, Kysten spent a year volunteering with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as a researcher and teaching a graduate-level social welfare policy and programs course at The Ohio State University College of Social Work.

From 2012 to 2019, Kysten served as the treasurer and immediate past president of the Ohio Association of Local Reentry Coalition and is currently the President of the Ohio Justice Alliance for Community Corrections. Kysten worked with the Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition as a Member-at-Large and was a member of the Local Reentry Advisory Council for Senator Rob Portman, as well as other various reentry advisory panels, agencies, and councils.

Kysten has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Capital University and holds the following degrees from The Ohio State University: Master of Public Policy and Management, Master of Social Work Administration, and Juris Doctor. She is a recent graduate of the National Association of Counties High Performance Leadership Academy.