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Robert Heide began his career with the State of Alaska in 2011, working as an adult probation officer. After transferring from Anchorage to Juneau in 2012, Rob became a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified instructor in several topics including: firearms, control tactics, taser, and instructor development. Training quickly became a passion and in 2016, Rob transferred to the Department of Public Safety where he worked as a Training Coordinator for Alaska’s POST agency. In 2020, Rob began working for Alaska’s Division of Juvenile Justice as a policy and legislative specialist and quickly promoted to Deputy Director of Programs and Planning. Rob is responsible for all training, policy, grants, data, and mental health programming for the Division. As Deputy Director, Rob also serves as Alaska’s ICJ Commissioner which – while only a small percentage of his overall duties – is his favorite part of the job. Rob has served as a member of the Training Committee as well as the most recent vice chair of the committee.

Rob has a passion for skiing and devotes his winter weekends to teaching ski lessons to youth; he has even taught lessons to youth in the local juvenile institutional facility. He also coaches youth sports and has volunteered as a Big for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. Rob is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy with a Bachelors of Science in Architecture as well as the University of Alaska Southeast with a Masters of Public Administration.