Our team is built on individuals with various backgrounds in the criminal justice field.

Spike Bradford is a Communications Manager at CEPP, working primarily on its Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research initiative. Mr. Bradford develops and maintains core communications materials about pretrial system initiatives and improvements and assists with the development and delivery of in-person and online communications training to criminal legal system professionals. He also develops content and manages a monthly newsletter and project Twitter account.

Mr. Bradford has served in a variety of research, analysis, and communications roles for nonprofit organizations focused on the criminal justice system, including the National Criminal Justice Association, Pretrial Justice Institute, Justice Policy Institute, and Marijuana Policy Project. He also worked in the research branch of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General and as a consultant for several leading criminal justice system policy and advocacy organizations. Mr. Bradford holds an MA in sociology (criminology) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and an MEd from Bowling Green State University.