Jeffrey Locke serves as Program Director for the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices Homeland Security and Public Safety Division, where he focuses on issues that include criminal justice reform, public safety, juvenile justice, heroin and Rx drug abuse. Prior to joining NGA, Locke served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa, and has worked in various capacities at the local and federal government levels. Locke holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School and a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. Locke originally hails from New York.