Stephen LoBuglio
Stephen LoBuglio is the Director of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). Dr. LoBuglio was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, and officially began his leadership role on October 7, 2024. For over three decades, Dr. LoBuglio has worked to strengthen justice systems and advance correctional practices in the United States and abroad. As a practitioner, policy advocate, researcher, and consultant, he has provided government agencies with technical assistance in planning and implementing evidence-based practices in the areas of pre-trial services, alternatives-to-incarceration, in-custody programming, juvenile justice, and post-release reentry support.
Prior to being selected as Director, Dr. LoBuglio served as a Principal with Justice Innovations and as a College/Career Instructor at the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents. His professional experience includes serving as the Deputy Superintendent of Community Corrections for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, the Chief of Reentry and Pre-Release Services for the Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, and the Director of the Corrections and Reentry Division at the Council of State Governments Justice Center. Since March 2023, Dr. LoBuglio has led efforts of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission in Montgomery County, Maryland, working with police, state, county officials, advocates, and members of the judiciary to create effective juvenile justice initiatives and diversionary measures.
As Director for NIC, Dr. LoBuglio oversees the advancement of public safety by shaping and enhancing correctional policies and practices through leadership, learning, and innovation. By providing practical assistance in planning and implementing improvements at the federal, state, tribal and local levels, NIC contributes to cost efficiency and effectiveness in such areas as planning, design, and operation of new jails, prisons, and community corrections programs, offender workforce development programs, and offender classification and risk assessment. NIC also influences correctional policies, practices, and operations nationwide in areas of emerging interest and concern to correctional executives and practitioners, as well as public policymakers.
Dr. LoBuglio holds a Doctor of Education degree in Program Design and Evaluation from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Master's degree in Public Policy, Criminal Justice, and Corrections from Harvard Kennedy School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.