2026 PPSA Conference
May 20 - 22, 2026, Graduate by Hilton, State College
Itinerary
Wednesday: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Essential Elements – Pretrial 101
Spurgeon Kennedy-Past President of NAPSA Janice Dean – Criminal Court Administrator – Fifth Judicial District of Pa
6:00 pm – 8:00pm Banquet
Thursday: 9:00 am – 11:45 am Bail Revocations & Supervision Strategies
Pretrial Panel: Shannon Gibb, Garrett Larkin, Chrissy Malone & Lindsay Keller
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Business Meeting (Lunch Provided) with PA Commission on Sentencing
1:45 pm – 4:00 pm Domestic Violence in the Pretrial World
Moderator – Colleen Sypolt – Deputy Director-Allegheny County Pretrial Services; The Honorable Simquita Bridges – 5th Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Gettle – DDA Dauphin County; David Zayas – Deputy Director, Dauphin County Victim Advocate Office; MDJ Katherine E. McGill – Montgomery County
Friday: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Mental Health & Substance Abuse in the Pretrial Population
Dr. Mathew Lang – Forensic Psychiatrist – Allegheny County BAU & Torrance State Hospital