Stephanie Freeman’s 27-year career has spanned higher education, state government and local government. As the NCDAC’s “Chief People Officer,” Freeman oversees Human Resources, the Office of Staff Development and Training, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Employee Engagement. She most recently served the Department as the Director of the Office of Staff Development and Training since July, 2017.
Freeman graduated from North Carolina State University in 1995 with her bachelor’s degree in sociology and earned her master’s degree in criminal justice from SUNY Albany in 1996.
She has prior experience as a training specialist at the NC Department of Justice with both the Sheriffs’ Education & Training Standards Commission and the Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission. While at DOJ, she earned her General Instructor Certification and has over 25 years of experience as an instructor, including teaching undergraduate courses at NC Wesleyan College and Sandhills Community College. In 2007, she came to the Department as the curriculum manager and General Instructor School Director at OSDT before spending three years with the North Carolina Judicial Branch as its organizational development manager.
Currently, she serves as the past president of the North Carolina Law Enforcement Training Officers’ Association. She sits on the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and is the current chair of the Education and Training Committee. She is also a graduate of the NCDPS Correctional Leadership Development Program (CLDP).