Tommie Banes has over 30 years of public service experience as a law enforcement professional, advocate, social worker, mentor, and educator working with children and families in Los Angeles County. After extensive work in Child Protective Services and graduate level education in both Social Welfare and Public Administration, a move to the Probation Department to work with youth and their families through the juvenile court has yielded a wide range of practice efficacy and cultural competence over the past three decades. Whereas assignments as a therapist in a detention facility, a Deputy assigned to a field office, and a role as an Investigator have sharpened his knowledge and skills working with troubled youth, it also allowed interfacing with community agencies and resources. In other roles, administrative assignments included policy analysis, contract administration and monitoring, program development, grant writing, and strategic planning before moving to management.  Before leaving Los Angeles County, Tommie was assigned as the Special Assistant to the Chief.  Tommie currently the Assistant Chief Probation Officer for San Francisco Adult Probation.

Tommie’s areas of interest and expertise include Principled leadership, Program Implementation and Management, Initiating Evidence-Based Practices, Strategic Planning, Community Engagement, Cultivating Agency Partnerships, Program Design, Grant Writing, Contract Administration and Monitoring, Business Development, Contract Negotiation, and Legal Analysis.

In addition to conducting training at the Los Angeles County Probation Department, Tommie has been an adjunct professor for Westwood College and the University of Phoenix, where he has been able to offer his students a unique experience of academia and real-world work.

Tommie holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Loma Linda University, a Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach, and a Juris Doctorate from Abraham Lincoln University.