Maryann Peratt retired as the Director of Judicial Services and Threat Management for Jeffco Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. She earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Addiction Counselor. Maryann has over 30 years of experience working in clinical and educational environments. She began her career in hospital and residential treatment settings as a mental health clinician and later worked as a pretrial officer administering assessments and providing community supervision to juveniles charged with felony offenses. Maryann has extensive experience collaborating with the courts, district attorneys, defense attorneys, probation, and law enforcement agencies. For the past 18 years Maryann has spearheaded the way schools respond to potential school violence. She was part of a multidisciplinary team of experts who created a threat assessment tool. The tool streamlines the process of threat evaluation, risk mitigation, safety planning, and service referral, yielding a consistent and informed response to threats of violence. Maryann was part of the crisis response team for Platte Canyon, Jessica Ridgeway, Deer Creek and SRO Beesley. She received Administrator of the Year and in 2022 was given the Student Advocacy Award.
