Bert has served the State of Georgia throughout a career spanning community supervision, corrections, and parole. He has held progressive leadership positions with DCS and the Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles. In these roles, he has helped advance agency priorities, strengthen organizational performance, support innovation, and improve services for approximately 200,000 individuals under probation and parole supervision.

Throughout his career, Bert has worked across Georgia’s criminal justice system to advance public safety initiatives, improve organizational effectiveness, and foster collaboration among state agencies, legislative and governmental partners, and community stakeholders. His experience includes operational leadership, policy development, communications, training, compliance, performance measurement, and the application of research and data to improve community supervision outcomes.

Bert holds a Doctor of Science in Public Safety from Middle Georgia State University, a master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Justice Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Columbus State University. He has also completed executive leadership and business performance programs through Cornell University and is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Correctional Leadership Institute and the FBI’s Georgia Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar.

Bert is a Certified P.O.S.T. Academy Director and Master Instructor and has served in multiple training and executive leadership capacities throughout his career. He is also a published author whose work focuses on research, performance measurement, workforce analytics, and strengthening community supervision outcomes.