Kim Malone
Professional Speaker, Youth Justice Advocate & Founder of Reality Check By Kim
For over 20 years, Kim Malone worked with individuals after their decisions had already led to serious consequences. Today, she uses those experiences to help young people, professionals, and communities recognize opportunities to make a difference before those consequences occur.
“I Don’t Lecture — I Connect.”
Available for conferences, professional development, workshops, virtual presentations, and community events.
Meet Kim Malone
For more than 20 years, Kim Malone worked on the front lines of the criminal justice system as a Wisconsin Probation and Parole Agent. She witnessed firsthand how decisions, behaviors, missed opportunities, and life circumstances could change the direction of someone’s future.
Today, Kim takes those experiences into conference rooms, schools, correctional facilities, and communities. As Founder and Program Developer of Reality Check By Kim, she combines professional expertise, personal experience, and practical insights to encourage accountability, meaningful relationships, and prevention.
Her presentations are engaging, conversational, and grounded in real life—not traditional lectures. She challenges audiences to look beyond behaviors, recognize the individual, and consider how meaningful connections can change outcomes.
Speaking topics
Conversations That Make an Impact
Before They Become a Case File
Lessons from a Probation Officer on What Youth Need Before They Enter the Justice System. Drawing on her corrections experience, Kim explores prevention, missed opportunities, and the importance of reaching young people before justice-system involvement.
Beyond the Case File
Seeing the Young Person, Not Just the Risk. Kim challenges professionals to look beyond risk factors and case labels, build authentic connections, and rethink how they engage youth.
Healthy Relationships, Domestic Violence & Accountability
Drawing on her professional background and the story behind Rocky’s Voice, Kim discusses unhealthy patterns, boundaries, warning signs, prevention, and accountability.
Decisions, Consequences & Real-Life Accountability
Interactive, relatable conversations about how choices affect relationships, opportunities, and futures.
Restorative Mindset: Looking Beyond the Behavior
Practical approaches to understanding behavior, supporting accountability, and promoting change beyond punishment.
Connecting With Today’s Youth
Strategies for engaging young people through honest conversations, respect, and meaningful relationships.
Featured speaking engagements
Where the Conversations Have Taken Place
Coalition for Juvenile Justice National Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | October 2026
Before They Become a Case File: Lessons from a Probation Officer on What Youth Need Before They Enter the Justice System
Kim Malone and Payton Malone, Youth Engagement Specialist, co-presented an interactive workshop on youth prevention, decision-making, and meaningful connections before justice-system involvement. Include approved photographs of Kim and Payton presenting.
Coalition for Juvenile Justice National Conference
Domestic Violence Awareness Presentation at RYOCF
Domestic Violence Awareness Presentation
Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility | October 21, 2026
Kim was invited to speak during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, drawing on her experience as a former Domestic Violence Probation and Parole Agent and the personal story that inspired Rocky’s Voice. Topics included relationship dynamics, recognizing unhealthy patterns, awareness, and accountability. Use only photographs approved by the facility.
Upcoming speaking engagement
Texas Statewide Juvenile Justice Professional Workshop
March 24, 2027 | Virtual presentation
Beyond the Case File: Seeing the Young Person, Not Just the Risk
Real Conversations, Meaningful Connections, and a Different Approach to Youth Justice
Drawing on more than 20 years of experience, Kim will encourage juvenile justice professionals and agency staff to look beyond risk factors, behaviors, and case files to recognize the individual behind them. This interactive workshop will explore authentic conversations, prevention, accountability, and positive change.