Navena Chaitoo
Assistant Executive Director Of Research at NYC Board of Correction
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolNavena Chaitoo is a criminal justice researcher and policy expert with nine years of experience driving data-driven oversight and reform across New York City’s jail system. As Assistant Executive Director of Research at the NYC Board of Correction she leads independent studies on conditions of confinement, healthcare access, and compliance with minimum standards to inform policy and accountability. Her work blends rigorous quantitative analysis, program evaluation, and stakeholder coordination—skills honed at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Vera Institute, and Correctional Health Services. Navena’s academic background (PhD/MPhil in Criminal Justice and an MS in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon) underpins her ability to translate complex administrative data into actionable recommendations. She has built tools and dashboards (including R Shiny apps) to visualize jail and health trends, and has a track record of validating screening instruments and negotiating data-sharing agreements across agencies. Known for combining deep technical rigor with practical implementation, she focuses on improving outcomes for justice-involved people while advancing systemic oversight.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Criminal Justice - Policy, Oversight, and Administration, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Criminal Justice - Policy, Oversight, and Administration at The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkBA, Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude, BA, Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude at Fordham UniversityMS, Public Policy and Management, MS, Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon UniversityAdvanced Regents Diploma, Advanced Regents Diploma at Stuyvesant High School
Github Skills (6)
data-storage8
r-package8
r7
spatial5
dropbox3
maps2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
learn-co-students/swift-HelloToTheUniverse-lab-swift-intro-000
Jul 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2 PRs in 5 years 6 months
navenachaitoo/swift-HelloToTheUniverse-lab-swift-intro-000
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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