Gennine Hagar
Gennine Hagar was the Chief United States Probation Officer for the District of Columbia from
January 2007 until her retirement on December 31, 2016. As chief, Mrs. Hagar was responsible
for providing executive leadership and management for all operations of the U.S. Probation
Office in Washington, D.C. She is the first woman to serve the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia in this capacity.
Ms. Hagar began her law enforcement career in 1982 as a parole and probation agent for the
State of Maryland. From 1985 until 1988, she worked as a case manager at the District of
Columbia Jail for the D.C. Department of Corrections. In April 1988, she was appointed as a
United States Probation Officer. For three years while she was a U.S. Probation Officer, she
supervised a caseload comprised of persons infected with the HIV virus. In 1991, she was
promoted to the first Sentencing Guidelines Specialist position in the U.S. Probation Office for
the District of Columbia. During this period, she also served on the first Probation Officers’
Advisory Group to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. In 1997, Chief Hagar was promoted to
supervisor and in January 2002, she was promoted to deputy chief. As deputy chief, she had
oversight of the presentence and supervision officers, clerical staff, and other administrative
personnel. Throughout her tenure with the federal judiciary, Ms. Hagar has served on many
special advisory groups and committees. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her
outstanding service to the judiciary.
During her tenure as Chief U.S. Probation Officer, Mrs. Hagar was a professor for the University
of Phoenix and taught Ethics in Criminal Justice courses for the university. Following her
retirement from the federal judiciary, Mrs. Hagar also served the Washington D.C. community
as the Director of the Fairview Residential Reentry Center for Women.
Chief Hagar graduated from Pocomoke High School in 1978 as the salutatorian of her class. In
1982, she graduated from Towson University with a degree in Sociology and Criminology. She
obtained a Masters Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.