The document is a curriculum vitae for Jack Cutrone that summarizes his extensive career and leadership experience in criminal justice policy and administration at both the state and national levels over the past 15 years, including serving as Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and President of the National Criminal Justice Association.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Jack Cutrone, B.A., J.D.
2361 Potomac Court
Lindenhurst, IL 60046-8570
Telephone: 312-622-2777
Email: cutrone.john@gmail.com
SUMMARY
As Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and president of the National
Criminal Justice Association, Jack Cutrone has been a state and national leader in efforts to improve the
operation of the criminal justice system through cost-effective, data-driven practices, programs and policies.
As a recognized subject matter expert, he has provided counsel on criminal justice policy and grants
administration to policymakers nationwide, to White House and congressional officials and staff, to think
tanks, and to governmental and issue advocacy stakeholder organizations.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
• Member of the Cabinet, Governor Pat Quinn, 2009-2015, State of Illinois.
• Executive Director, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), the primary executive
branch criminal justice planning, policy and research agency for the State of Illinois. 2009-2015.
• President, National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA), 2012-2014. Elected by peers for two
consecutive terms; successfully led national advocacy effort to promote effective, cost-efficient
criminal justice policy and to preserve federal funding that supports state and local criminal justice
systems.
• NCJA Midwest Region Committee. 2007-2012. Elected by Midwest State Administering Agencies
to represent the Midwest Region on NCJA’s Advisory Council.
• During his tenure as Executive Director of ICJIA, responsible for the successful administration of
over $400 million in federal and state grant funding supporting all facets of the Illinois criminal
justice system and related human service agencies with strong emphasis on funding proven
evidence-based and cost-effective practices and policies to improve public safety and the
administration of justice.
• As Executive Director of the agency and member of the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board,
provided initial federal funding and later successfully advocated for General Revenue Funds for the
Adult Redeploy Illinois Program, which has diverted approximately 1900 non-violent offenders from
the Illinois Department of Corrections to community corrections with a net savings to the state of
$41.6 million in correctional costs.
• Led the Smarter Solutions for Crime Reduction Summit in September, 2010 bringing together over
200 Illinois criminal justice practitioners from across the state to share information with national
experts on incorporating evidence-based, cost-effective practices into Illinois criminal justice policy
and to develop priorities for Illinois criminal justice.
• Worked with Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities, Inc. to educate all sectors of the Illinois
criminal justice system about newly available federal funding for drug and mental health treatment
to ensure its use to reduce recidivism in justice-involved populations.

2. • Under his leadership, Illinois was one of three states chosen for a National Governors Association
grant award to develop pilot electronic data exchanges between local jurisdictions and the Illinois
Department of Corrections, which, when fully implemented, will save the Department of Corrections
tens of millions of dollars each year by eliminating the redundant collection of information about new
inmates already available electronically.
• Made ICJIA’s Award Winning Statistical Analysis Center an integral partner with ICJIA’s Grants Unit
to promote grant planning, develop a cost-benefit analysis tool, stress evidence-based practices
and develop meaningful grant performance measures to ensure that grantees are accountable for
positive public safety results.
• One of the founders and past chair of the Illinois Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health and
Justice which has provided training and technical assistance to problem solving courts and related
entities in over 80 Illinois counties to provide better public safety and individual outcomes for those
individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues, a problem endemic to the criminal
justice system.
• Innovative expansions to criminal justice data and mapping on the agency’s website for the benefit
of policy makers, practitioners and researchers which garnered a national award.
• Expanded grant supported victims’ services to over 250 victim service agencies, providing services
to over 70,000 Illinois citizens victimized by crime each year.
• Reinvigorated the agency’s role as convener, bringing together all sectors of the Illinois Criminal
Justice System to work collaboratively toward shared goals.
• As part of the National Criminal Justice Association’s coalition campaign and annual “Hill Day,”
briefing congressional leaders and committee staff on the programs and projects supported by
Department of Justice grants that are vital to public safety.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Executive Director, 2009-2015
• Led the agency’s 70 staff members in the execution of the agency’s statutory duties, administering
an annual budget of over $100 million.
• Leadership to three agency grant programs that gave a significant positive return on investment:
Adult Redeploy Illinois, Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Groups and Drug Task Forces, and the
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Task Forces.
• Initiated import of Pennsylvania’s updated electronic grants management system which will allow
grantees to apply for grants and to file necessary fiscal and program progress reports online
leading to greater efficiencies and accountability for grantees and agency staff.
• Created greater efficiencies so that current agency staff maintain a work output equal to or greater
than that of a staff of 115 in the early 2000’s.
• Initiated research staff analysis of efficacy of ICJIA grants including a study of Multi-Jurisdictional
Drug Enforcement Task Forces, a study which is considered groundbreaking by the Department of
Justice and other states.
• Dedicated agency grant funds for officer safety and other necessary equipment to police and
sheriff’s departments across the state.
• Supervised contract and staff successful lobbying efforts for agency budgets, programs and
initiatives.

3. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, General Counsel, 2006-2009
• Assisted in the development of agency policy and budget, grant funding priorities and criminal law
policy recommendations to the office of Governor and General Assembly.
• Supervisory authority over all employees of state agency.
• Responsible for all legal work for agency and supervision of legal staff.
• Supervisory case management and liaison with outside counsel from Attorney General’s office
regarding representation of agency in litigation.
• Legal responsibility for administration of $270 million in federal grants, 2006-2009.
• Labor relations, including grievance resolution and negotiation and drafting of supplemental
contracts.
• Negotiation and review of procurement and all other contracts.
• Drafting of agency-sponsored legislation and lobbying.
• Counsel to Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Council.
• Legal and editorial review of all agency publications.
• Ethics Officer.
National Criminal Justice Association 2006-Present
Senior Policy Advisor 2015-Present
Immediate Past President, Member Executive Board, Executive Committee,
Chair NCJA Policy Committee 2014-Present
President 2012-2014
Vice President 2011-2012
Member, Executive Board 2008-2011
Midwest Region Representative, NCJA Advisory Council 2007-2011
National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago 2015-present
Research Consultant
John M. Cutrone, Attorney at Law 1977-2006
• Private practice of law, specializing in state and federal criminal trials and appeals
Jury Trials to verdict: over 125; bench trials to finding: over 500; appeals: over 125
Office of the State’s Attorney of Cook County, Assistant State’ Attorney 1973-1977
• Deputy Chief, Special Prosecutions Bureau
• Felony Trial Assistant
• Appellate Division
Office of the State Appellate Defender, Assistant Appellate Defender 1972-73
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
Illinois Center for Behavioral Health and Justice, Chair of Board of Directors 2012-2015
Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board 2010-2015

4. Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council 2010-2015
Illinois Sex Offender Management Board 2009-2015
Illinois Alcohol and Substance Abuse Advisory Board 2009-2015
Illinois Employment Restrictions Task Force 2009-2015
Illinois Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task Force 2010-2012
Illinois Risk, Assets, Needs Assessment Task Force 2011-2013
National Criminal Justice Association, Board of Directors 2010-Present
National Criminal Justice Association, Executive Committee 2012-Present
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Research Advisory Council 2011-Present
PUBLICATIONS
• Illinois Criminal Practice, Chapter One, “The Attorney-Client Relationship,” IICLE, 1980 (co-author
with Justice Warren D. Wolfson)
• Defending Illinois Criminal Cases, Chapter One, “The Attorney-Client Relationship,” IICLE,
1988
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Annual Forum, National Criminal Justice Association 2006-2014
• National Assoc. of Pretrial Service Agencies, Focus Group Sept. 9-11, 2014
• Arnold Foundation Conference on Pretrial Justice February 20, 2014
• Brennan Center for Justice, Pretrial Justice Conference October 8, 2013
• Midwest Society of Criminology, Keynote Address September 7, 2013
• Supreme Court of Illinois, Shaping the Future of Illinois Courts April 15-16, 2013
• Adult Redeploy Illinois All-Sites Annual Meeting March 28, 2013
• Illinois State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Funding, Speaker December 14, 2012
• International Association of Chiefs of Police, Annual Meeting 2012-13
• US DOJ, Task Force Commanders Workshop September 25, 2012
• Illinois Association of Problem Solving Courts, Keynote Address September 12, 2012
• Ohio Criminal Justice Strategic Planning Conference, Keynote Address November 3, 2012
• US DOJ, Global Advisory Committee October 13, 2011
• Illinois Public Defender Association Annual Meeting, Keynote Address December, 2010
• The Illinois Executive Ethics Commission, Annual Ethics Officer Conference 2006-2008
BAR ADMISSIONS
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Circuits
• United States District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, Southern District
of Wisconsin
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
2013 Loyola University, Criminal Justice Program, Guest Lecturer
1998 2000, 2004 National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition (as Judge)
1997 Chicago Bar Association, “Defending an Accused Felon in State Court”
1994 North Suburban Bar Association, “State Criminal Trial Practice”

5. 1994 National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition (as Judge)
1988 DePaul School of Law, Second Opinion Program
Various dates Chicago-Kent Law School and Loyola Law School, Guest Lecturer
1970-71 Legal Writing Tutor, Loyola University School of Law
EDUCATION
Loyola University of Chicago, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science September, 1966- June, 1969
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law September, 1969 – June, 1972
COMMUNITY SERVICE
New Trier Democratic Organization Executive Board, Coalition of Suburban Bar Associations Judicial
Evaluation Committee; Wilmette Boy Scout Troop 3, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, Unit
Commissioner; Red Cross First Aid Instructor; Volunteer, Illinois Masonic Hospital; Board of Directors,
BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV); Trained Intervenor for the Lawyers’ Assistance Program; Chicago Bar
Association Symphony Orchestra.