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Lisa J. Bjergaard

Lisa Bjergaard is the director of the Division of Juvenile Services (DJS) in North Dakota. DJS is a division of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and is North Dakota’s juvenile corrections entity. Lisa administers the youth community corrections as well as the secure facility. She has worked in youth corrections since 1989, and prior to that worked in the private sector providing behavioral treatment to delinquent youth at the group-residential and group-shelter-care level. She has served on a number of private and public boards, and has also served at the appointment of the North Dakota Attorney General on the Sex Offender Risk Assignment Committee. Lisa provides training at the North Dakota Law Enforcement Academy for freshman highway patrol, as well as for the Department of Corrections relative to the youth corrections system in North Dakota. Lisa is currently a master’s degree student in the public safety program at Capella University with a criminal justice specialization.