Background
Schofield, Regina Brown was born on January 14, 1962 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Elvia John and Velma Marie (Cameron) Brown.
Schofield, Regina Brown was born on January 14, 1962 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Elvia John and Velma Marie (Cameron) Brown.
She received her bachelor"s degree in business administration from Mississippi College and an Master of Business Administration from Jackson State University.
Government Schofiled served the Bush Administration first as director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and White House liaison to the United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Schofield was confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs on June 8, 2005. She was the AMBER Alert coordinator and oversaw initiatives including Project Safe Neighborhoods, Project Safe Childhood, the President"s deoxyribonucleic acid Initiative, the Prisoner Reentry Initiative, and Helping America"s Youth.
She announced her resignation on September 13, 2007—just one day prior to the release of an internal DOJ audit revealing extravagant travel and banquet expenses—effective September 28, 2007.
An internal Justice Department audit, released one day after her resignation, on September 14, 2007, revealed that the department had sent employees to 10 conferences over the last two years, with unusually high expenses, including $4.04 per serving of Swedish meatballs at a dinner. Six of the 10 conferences were approved by Schofield"s department.
lieutenant is not known whether her departure from the Department is related to this investigation. The department spent more than $13,000 on cookies and brownies for 1,542 attendees of a four-day conference in 2005.
A networking session that offered butterfly shrimp, coconut lobster skewers and Swedish meatballs for a Community Oriented Policing Services conference in July 2006 cost more than $60,000.
(source: ) Speculation exists regarding a link between Schofield"s departure date and the report release date one day later. In the aftermath of her departure, she was described as "someone who "takes care of herself" and is "perfectly coiffed."" She was also tight.(source: ) Exposed Problems Within OJJDP In steering attention from her own role, Schofield provided information "that J. Robert Flores, administrator of the United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), "misrepresented the rating scores" of bidders for the National Juvenile Justice Programs last year, hiding the fact that most of his choices received lower scores than many of the proposals that he rejected.". Flores was eventually investigated by the Inspector General, testified before the Oversight Committee and Government Reform, and then left OJJDP in 2009.
In regards to the matter, at OJJDP, Michele DeKonty refused to speak with investigators from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform by asserting her Fifth Amendment privilege.
DeKonty was then fired June 24, 2008.
Board directors National Wetlands Coalition, 1997-1999, Virginia Department Agricultural and Consumer Services, Richmond, 1995-1999, Virginia Federation Republican Women, Richmond, 1996-1998, 2001-2005. Board visitors College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1997—2001, The Endowment Association of the College of William and Mary, 2004-2005. Member Commonwealth Republican Women's Club, Alexandria, 1995, American Council Young Political Leaders, 1998-2005.
Married Stephen Gerard Schofield, November 2, 1996.