Brenda Bond-Fortier

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Brenda J. Bond-Fortier, PhD is a Professor of Public Administration at the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University. Dr. Bond-Fortier specializes in organizational change, performance measurement and management, collaborative approaches to organizational and community challenges, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of public policies and practices. Her book, Organizational Change in an Urban Police Department: Innovating to Reform (2020) analyzes changes in policy, practice and community relationships to understand innovation and organizational transformation in policing. She has conducted research across the United States, published her work in prestigious journals, and is a frequent contributor to major media outlets. Bond-Fortier is a nationally respected and recognized scholar who is valued by practitioners and policymakers for her participation and contributions to public practice and management.

Her recent work has focused on the transformation of public safety in the higher education realm, exploring how safety and wellness are achieved in academic environments.Dr. Bond-Fortier serves as a Senior Advisor for 21CP Solutions, Inc. where she has conducted reviews and advised institutions in re-imagining campus policing and public safety. Her projects at 21CP Solutions include Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University, Drexel University, Temple University, among others. These organizational assessments focus on re-imagining community safety, much of which includes race and justice on college campuses.

Dr. Bond-Fortier has served as a Subject Matter Expert for the US Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Strategies for Policing Innovation initiative, and a Research Fellow for the National Police Foundation. She previously served as a Research Associate at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Program in Criminal Justice Policy & Management, as Research Advisor for the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, and as Director of Research and Development at the Lowell, Massachusetts Police Department.

Dr. Bond-Fortier received a PhD and MA in Social Policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, a Master of Arts in Community Social Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.