Improving Quality through Evidence

Host: Esther Klaassen
Consultant
Prison Fellowship International

Esther Klaassen is from The Netherlands, and currently lives in Albania. After working with blind and deaf-blind children in The Netherlands and in China, she joined Prison Fellowship in 2005. Starting as coordinator Restorative Justice programs with PF The Netherlands, she later moved to Albania to work as Directing Manager at ShKBSh Prison Fellowship Albania. She now runs her own company Dedikim Coaching & Training, contributing to personal and professional growth and healthy relationships. She holds two bachelors in Social Work, and two masters, in Conflict Mediation and International Human Resource Management.

Speaker: Matt Moore
Senior Director, Reentry Services
CoreCivic

Matt Moore’s career has spanned every aspect of the correctional system. He has worked as a probation and parole officer, as a supervisor, and as a criminal justice executive in faith-based programs, state and local corrections, and the private sector. Among his accomplishments are developing and implementing prison-based cognitive behavioral programs, day reporting centers, outpatient substance abuse programs, sex offender programs, residential treatment programs, and intensive supervision programs.

Matt has seen firsthand the inspiring successes of changed lives and the tragic failures of lives wasted. His book, Investing in Brokenness: Lessons from Living with an Addict, tells the story of his brother’s journey from addiction and incarceration to the good life and teaches how to support an addict’s recovery. His writing combines stories from his experiences and research-based proven techniques.

Matt has over 36 years in public and private corrections. Matt joined the team at CoreCivic in 2019 as their Senior Director, Reentry Services. CoreCivic is a company that provides quality corrections and detention services, and residential reentry centers that better the public good. Matt oversees their Chaplaincy and Volunteer Services, Addictions and Behavioral Health Services, Educational Services, Reentry Programs, Unit Management and Classification, Training and Fidelity, and Research.

Speaker: Ashley Bishop
Senior Director of Ministry Effectiveness
Prison Fellowship International

Ashley Bishop leads Prison Fellowship International’s program design, development, monitoring and evaluation systems; our strategy to drive best practice adoption throughout the global family; and the global development of regional Centers of Excellence. Ashley specializes in international development program monitoring and evaluation.

Ashley is passionate about connecting teams across international organizations to learn together about how to improve and grow program work through monitoring, evaluation, research and experience. She believes that through these connections, our global network of ministry partners can transform the lives of more prisoners, their families and victims. She is excited about how the global church can work together in unity and love, as described in Ephesians 4. 

Ashley brings 13+ years of global leadership in monitoring, evaluation and learning, with experience at Winrock International, Compassion International, Save the Children and Plan International. Her work has spanned child development, anti-trafficking, education and more across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. 

Ashley holds a Master of Science in Measurement and Evaluation from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Boston University. She lives in Virginia with her family, where she enjoys their many outdoor adventures.