Executive Leadership

Robert Tomassini is the Executive Director of the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission (JCJC). Mr. Tomassini began his career in 1987 as a juvenile probation officer in Adams County, PA, and was promoted to Deputy Chief Juvenile Probation Officer in 1991. In 2010, he was promoted to the position of Director of Juvenile Probation Services in that jurisdiction. In 2013, Mr. Tomassini was hired by the JCJC as Director of Administration and Grant Programs, overseeing the agency’s operating budget as well as management of the agency’s Juvenile Probation Services Grant Program, which provides nearly $18 million of state funding to juvenile probation departments across the Commonwealth. In July 2015, Mr. Tomassini was promoted to the position of Director of the JCJC’s Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research (CJJT&R) located at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. In 2016, Mr. Tomassini was promoted to the position of Deputy Director of the JCJC. This position is responsible for assisting the Executive Director in the development, implementation, and direction of programs in the areas of juvenile court policy and practice and juvenile probation policy and practice. In this role, Mr. Tomassini also served as the project coordinator of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System Enhancement Strategy (JJSES), a statewide initiative introduced to sustain and enhance activities begun under Models for Change and to implement evidence-based practices at every stage of the juvenile justice process. In July 2022, Mr. Tomassini was promoted to the position of Executive Director of the JCJC. Mr. Tomassini holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a Master’s Degree in Administration of Justice from Shippensburg University.

Angela Tornatore Work serves as the Deputy Director of the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission (JCJC). In this role, Ms. Work is responsible for assisting the Executive Director in the development, implementation, and direction of programs in the areas of juvenile court policy and practice and juvenile probation policy and practice. Ms. Work also serves as the project coordinator and co-leader to Stage 3 activities of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System Enhancement Strategy (JJSES), a statewide initiative introduced to sustain and enhance activities begun under Models for Change and to implement evidence-based practices at every stage of the juvenile justice process. Ms. Work has eighteen years of experience in the juvenile justice system. Prior to joining the JCJC, Ms. Work was employed as a counselor at a juvenile sexual offender program, followed by employment in McKean County as a juvenile probation officer, and progressing to a Quality Assurance and Placement Specialist. At the 2015 James E. Anderson Pennsylvania Conference on Juvenile Justice, Ms. Work received the JCJC’s Juvenile Probation Officer of the Year Award. Formerly, Ms. Work volunteered her time as Treasurer, Executive Board Member, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Student Assistance Professionals (PASAP). She also volunteers as President and Board Member of her neighborhood’s Homeowners Association. Academically, Ms. Work obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh with a dual major in Administration of Justice and Sociology, and a Master of Science degree in Education from St. Bonaventure University.