Angela Hawken is a professor of public policy and director of the Marron Institute of Urban Management[1] at New York University.
She has had a leadership role in evaluations of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program, an innovative initiative aimed at reducing crime and drug use, which is becoming a model for other states.
[2] Hawken was a faculty member at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, before moving to the United States in 1998.
The US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske identified HOPE as the most promising initiative that "not only prevents recidivism, but also actively assists individuals to transition to productive lives.
She advised the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS),[10] a State Department-supported think tank in Tbilisi, Georgia.