Betsy Biben is a forensic and clinical social worker who serves as the Chief of the Office of Rehabilitation and Development (“ORD”) for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (“PDS”), where she has been employed since 1982. She received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Connecticut and a postgraduate certificate from the Washington School of Psychiatry. Betsy is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) and a licensed social worker in D.C. (LICSW). She is a founding member of the National Association of Sentencing Advocates, renamed NASAMS (National Alliance for Sentencing Alternatives & Mitigation Specialists) and has served as a consultant for The Sentencing Project and the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA). Betsy’s recent practice has turned to creating reentry plans for and assisting in the reentry of persons who have served twenty and more years of prison. In 2018, she and a colleague who served 26 years started a weekly reentry support group, named “15-30-Life”, for those who served at least 15 years in prison. Betsy previously served as a board member for the Southern Center for Human Rights and Voices for a Second Chance in D.C., and she is proud to be a Board member of Negotiation Works.