People Making a Difference

Individuals working for the Cobb County drug court have come from cities all over the United States. Even though they may not all come from the same background, they all have come to the juvenile court for the same underlying reason, to help make a positive impact in a young teenagers life.

Diane Stanley is an individual that does just that at the Family Drug Treatment Court. Ms. Stanley is the Drug Court Coordinator of FDTC. Her duties, among many others at the court include: monitoring surveillance and drug screens, keeping up with sponsor contacts, meeting sheets, progress reports for participants and graduates, and many others.


She has been living in Marietta since 2005 when she moved here from Alabama. She started working at the Cobb County Juvenile Court in spring of 2006 as a surveillance officer and then was hired as a probation officer. She was then promoted in 2007 to a Probation Officer Specialist in Judge Stedman’s Juvenile Drug Court.

Then in February 2010, she was promoted to her current position as Drug Court Coordinator of FDTC.

Diane has had past experience as an adult probation office for the Philadelphia Adult Probation Department where she worked for nine years. The first four years she served in general supervision and the last five years she supervised Sex Offenders.

All of this past experience has led her to the multiple leadership roles and positive duties that influence participants.

Another important member of the team of probation officers at the court is Haley White.

Haley, originally from Illinois, is an officer that deals with parents and sometimes their children who are also in the FDTC. She moved from Illinois to Florida and then Georgia, where she went to college at the University of West Georgia and received a degree in criminology. After graduation she worked with DFACS for five years and worked with special education children and was a counselor to kids.

She has now been a parole officer for one year and finds the job to be fulfilling. There have been cases that have touched her, but overall she has hope for the kids she works with. She said that everyone makes mistakes and there is always hope for a better future for them if they get on the right path.

Both of these women have become great influences and important roles at the family drug court. They help to make the program a success! Thanks so much ladies for everything that you do!