Brian Gaona graduated from California State University Bakersfield with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and minor in Sociology. He has been a Probation Officer for over 19 years and worked in a variety of positions throughout the department. He has worked in the institutions as a Group Counselor in then Juvenile Hall working with youth in the units and also spent some of his time completing janitorial services and warehouse duties for the department. After promoting to Deputy Probation officer, he worked in a variety of assignments that included Juvenile and Adult Investigations and Juvenile and Adult Supervision. He also worked in specialized roles in the Repeat Offender Prevention Program, Early Intervention Program, Truancy Reduction Program, Shafter Drug Court, Mandatory Supervision and spent the bulk of his career working in the supervision of youth sexual offenders. Brian has also served as a departmental trainer as a Defensive Tactics Instructor, Blauer Spear System force instructor, Simmunitions Instructor and a Field Training Officer. Brian promoted throughout the years and currently serves as the Division Director for AB 109 Services.