Victoria Gonzalez is the Executive Director of the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council (SPAC). She was appointed by SPAC in August 2023. Before that, she was the Executive Director of the Nevada Sentencing Commission for almost four years. Along with her experience working with sentencing commissions, her experience in criminal justice includes drafting criminal justice legislation for the Nevada Legislature, assisting incarcerated persons in reviewing the calculation of their sentences with the Appeals Project at the University of Wisconsin- Madison (UW-Madison), and working with district attorneys in the Prosecution Project at UW-Madison. She is committed to working with all criminal justice stakeholders and lawmakers to develop data-driven sentencing and corrections policies. Truly data-driven policies will promote a criminal justice system that is sustainable and fair.

Director Gonzalez has a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master's of Education from National University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Utah.