Michelle Lunn

Michelle Lunn has more than 25 years of experience in the justice field. After earning her bachelor’s degree in criminology, she worked in Fresno County, California, as a probation officer with youth who were detained in a six-month local program. She moved to Arizona in 1995, where she became a youth detention officer and transitioned to a probation officer position shortly thereafter. She has worked various field assignments, including standard and intensive probation. She became a probation officer training coordinator before being promoted to supervisor in 2002. She has held supervisory roles in the detention facility, intensive probation, training unit, and staff development. She was instrumental in implementing evidence-based practices (EBP) within the Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Department and ran an early adopters’ group for staff interested in increasing their knowledge and skills around the use of EBP. She has experience in the development of policies and procedures related to EBP and has participated on an EBP sustainability committee. Michelle is currently the detention division manager at Pinal County Juvenile Court Services, and has also managed the probation, diversion, and treatment divisions. Michelle holds a master’s degree in education and has a passion for coaching and educating staff. She participated in the Reimagining Juvenile Justice Train-the-Trainer initiative in 2019 and has facilitated courses for juvenile justice system partners. She joined Carey Group’s training team in 2019.