Amada Bond

Amada Bond is an expert in juvenile justice, community-police relations, and human trafficking, with a focus on police accountability and transparency. Her CNA research explores threat assessment evaluation, targeted violence prevention, policing, and domestic terrorism.

Bond currently manages a Department of Homeland Security-funded research evaluation with the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education Center on behavioral threat assessment management programs. She also serves as an analyst for the Chicago Police Department Independent Monitoring Team, assessing, observing, and evaluating policies and operations related to consent decree compliance. Previously, she served as a CNA threat and capabilities assessment analyst for the Houston Urban Area Security Initiative and as an analyst for several law enforcement training and technical assistance programs.

Prior to joining CNA, Bond was a project manager at the International Association of Chiefs of Police, managing several anti-trafficking projects and working on a congressional initiative to enhance community-police relations. She has also worked as the program manager for EMPOWER, designing, launching, and directing a program to provide specialized court advocacy for youth survivors of human trafficking and sex crimes cases in the DC Superior Court system.

Bond has a Master of Science in justice and public policy from American University, a Master of Studies in Law from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in juvenile law and deviance from Gettysburg College.