Regina B. Schofield

Regina B. Schofield (born Regina Ann Brown on January 14, 1962) is a former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.

Personal

Schofield was born in Natchez and raised in Bude, Mississippi. She received her bachelor's degree in business administration from Mississippi College and an M.B.A. from Jackson State University. In 2005, she was nominated to Who’s Who Among American Women and in 2014, Mississippi College's School of Business awarded her the Alumna of the Year Award. In 2015, she earned a Mediation Certificate to work in General District Courts across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Schofield serves on several national boards, including the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Innovate + Educate, the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, and the National Center for the Prevention of Community Violence.

Career

Policy & Community Engagement

In the spring of 1993, Schofield began working for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). ICSC is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its members include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, lenders, retailers and other professionals as well as academics and public officials. While at ICSC, she lobbied on environmental issues, telecommunications deregulation and indoor air standards.

Schofield was recruited by Casey Family Programs in 2007 to leave the U.S. Department of Justice. She left with the belief that public-private partnerships are vital in strengthening local communities. Casey Family Programs has a compelling mission to safely reduce the need for foster care 50 percent by the year 2020, increase the safety and success of children and strengthen the resilience of families. While at Casey she was awarded the President and CEO's Jim Casey Leadership Award in recognition of her efforts to transform and align the foundation's strategic plan with stronger public policy engagement at the state and federal levels of government. As one of the most important corporate leaders and innovators of his time, Jim Casey understood that ensuring the safety and success of every child was critical to the continued prosperity of our nation. Schofield's efforts at Casey led to the October 2008 passage of the most significant child welfare legislation enacted in over a decade by the U.S. Congress.

Schofield left Casey Family Programs in 2010 to work for the world's largest non-profit research and development organization, Battelle, a 501(c)(3) charitable trust. Battelle was founded on industrialist Gordon Battelle’s vision that business and scientific interests can go hand-in-hand as forces for positive change. Battelle’s mission includes a strong charitable commitment to community development and education. In this role, Schofield is responsible for designing and executing a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) agenda. Battelle's inclusive approach is focused on strengthening minority & underserved populations exposure to STEM roles in an increasingly complex world.

Government

Schofield began her civil service career as a political appointee in 1991 with President George H.W. Bush as a Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Planning in the United States Department of Education. Before leaving the Department in 1993, she became the Deputy White House Liaison. In 1998, she went to work for the United States Postal Service as Manager of Government Relations and managed postal service relationships in 7 states west of the Mississippi River.

Schofield left the USPS in 2001 to serve in President George W. Bush's Administration as the White House Liaison to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She served in that role until her departure in 2005, but in 2002 Secretary Tommy Thompson also appointed her to serve as the Department's director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Her passion in that role involved working with Native American communities to strengthen their access to the Department resources beyond the Indian Health Service. For her commitment to youth in Indian County, Regina was awarded the National Youth Service Award, Native American National Advisory Council for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2007.

Schofield was confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs on June 8, 2005. She was the National AMBER Alert coordinator and oversaw initiatives including Project Safe Neighborhoods, Project Safe Childhood, the President's DNA Initiative, the Prisoner Reentry Initiative, and Helping America's Youth. She announced her resignation on September 13, 2007, effective September 28, 2007.

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