Mr. Colet Odenigbo holds a B.S. in Political Science with a Minor in Criminal Justice from Alabama A&M University (Bulldog). He also holds a master’s degree in public administration with concentration in Management and Contracting from Troy University (Trojan). He is currently pursuing a doctoral program in Public Administration at North Central University. His experience and knowledge in Juvenile Justice spans over thirty years.  He began his career in Juvenile Justice as a volunteer with the city of Detroit, Michigan. In 1998, he was recruited by State of Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice as a Probation Officer. In 2000, Mr. Odenigbo joined DeKalb County Juvenile Court as a Senior Probation and later became the Program and Resource Manager for the court. He resigned in 2006 to contest for a seat on the DeKalb County School Board and House District 93 in the Georgia House of Representatives respectively. He is a trained Mediator and a Veteran of United States Navy, and he has held many leadership and management positions within and outside the United States. He served as Program Director for Fulton County Board of Health REACH. He was appointed as a Special Adviser to a State Governor in Nigeria. He was later appointed as a Project Technical Adviser to the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program (SURE-P). In 2016, he became the Chief of Staff to DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson and subsequently was sworn in on July 13, 2018 as the Court Administrator for DeKalb Juvenile Court.