Executive Director
TASC’s Center for Health and Justice; Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative
Chicago, Illinois
Jac Charlier is the Executive Director of TASC’s Center for Health and Justice (CHJ), and the Executive Director of the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC). He is a co-founder of the international deflection movement and works to grow and develop the global field and movement of deflection from policy to research to training and to practice.
CHJ is the BJA COSSAP National TA center for Law Enforcement Deflection.
PTACC is an alliance of 59 organizations and is the global voice of the field of deflection.
Jac’s expertise is in crime reduction with a focus on the intersection of drugs and crime. He is a Master Global Expert in Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) with the US Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL). He also serves on ONDCP's Emerging Drug Threat Committee.
Previously, Jac served in the Illinois State Parole Division and was promoted through the ranks to Deputy Chief. He created the Division’s first domestic violence units, human trafficking response teams, and the first women’s gender-specific trained officers.
Jac is a trained community organizer and civic leader in his hometown of Chicago. He is a US military veteran, and a member of the American Legion and the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). Jac is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Outstanding Eagle Scout Medal. He received his MPA from The John Glenn School of Public Policy at The Ohio State University and his BS in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM