Meet Vivian Elliott, an expert in criminal justice and emergency preparedness at CNA.
Vivian is the Co-director of CNA's Justice and Policing Team. Vivian supports law enforcement agencies across the US in implementing and evaluating evidence-based policing strategies; assessing organizational capacities; building effective federal, state, local, and community partnerships; and developing policies and procedures.
Enjoying leadership roles at CNA
Vivian is the lead Project Director for two national training and technical assistance programs for the Department of Justice (Project Safe Neighborhoods and the National Public Safety Partnership). Vivian also supports the Chicago Police Department Independent Monitoring Team, as an analyst on use of force and Project Manager.
Prior work supporting the scientific community
Prior to joining CNA, Vivian worked as a research assistant for a computer science public policy office in Washington, DC. In this role, Vivian provided qualitative and quantitative analysis to the scientific community and policymakers to improve their awareness of issues with education, data privacy/security, digital government, electronic voting, and web accessibility.
Experience in science and analytics
Vivian also has technical scientific and analytical experience, ranging from computer forensics at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, biological forensics at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and scientific analysis/research at a private-sector company and at universities.
Vivian has a master’s degree in Molecular Biotechnology from George Washington University.
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