Board Members

Kristine Hunt is the Program Director for San Diego County Crime Stoppers. She has been with the organization since 2017, first becoming involved after a co-worker invited her to a meeting, an experience that inspired her to join this vital community effort. Kristine served as a general board member for four years before moving to the executive board, where she served as Treasurer for two years. She now leads the organization as Program Director, continuing her dedication to public safety and community engagement. She holds a bachelor’s degree from The University of Arizona in Applied Behavioral Science.

Kristine is a Southern California native and has been in San Diego since 2001. She has four grown children, and three grandchildren. Outside of SD Crime Stoppers, Kristine works full-time for New York Life Insurance Company and enjoys camping, reading, traveling the world, and crime shows.

Tracie Arlington, is the owner and lead instructor of Play It Safe Defense. She has her black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has been teaching self-defense courses to hundreds of thousands of children, teens & women since 2003. Tracie has appeared on Dr. Phil and the Doctor's TV as an expert on self-defense and family safety. Tracie is also a nationally certified instructor for the Women’s Self-Defense Community and co-anchor for the Women's Community Podcast. Her son helped her found the Company and is now a San Diego Detentions Deputy Sheriff.

Jim Emig is a 27-year veteran of the San Diego Sheriff's Department.  He started his law enforcement career in January 1996 as a cadet and was assigned to the Vista Detention Facility upon completion of the law enforcement academy. 

In May of 2000, Jim was assigned to the North Coastal Patrol Station, where he worked uniformed patrol in Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and Rancho Santa Fe.  As a deputy, he was assigned to the In-Service Training Unit, the Fallbrook Patrol Station, Santee Area Investigations, and North Coastal Area Investigations.

In January of 2015, Jim was promoted to sergeant and was assigned to the Vista Courthouse, where he supervised bailiffs and security personnel assigned to the courthouse.  In February of 2016, Jim was selected as a patrol sergeant at the Valley Center Substation, where he supervised patrol deputies covering four large casinos and several Indian reservations.  He was then selected as the Valley Center Administrative & Detective Sergeant, where he supervised detectives, crime suppression deputies and the administrative staff.  In March of 2018, Jim was transferred to the Sheriff's Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit, where he supervised felony sexual assault investigations and both physical & sexual child abuse investigations. 

In January of 2021, Jim was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to the Sheriff's Communications Center.  He was transferred to the San Marcos Patrol Station, where he supervised the Detective Unit, the Community Oriented Policing Team, the Gang Enforcement Team and patrol operations.  Jim was then transferred to the Valley Center Station as the Station Commander.

Jim was promoted to the rank of Captain in February of 2023 and was assigned to the Major Crimes Division, which includes the Homicide Unit, the Child Abuse Unit, the Sexual Assault Unit, the Elder Abuse Unit, the SAFE Task Force, and the Financial Crimes Unit.

Jim was promoted to the rank of Commander in February of 2024.  He oversaw the Court Services Bureau, the Regional Law Enforcement Academy, the Training Unit and Sheriff's Records Division.  In February of 2025, Jim was transferred to the Law Enforcement Services Bureau where he supervises the Investigations Division. 

Jim holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo and is a graduate of the POST Supervisory Leadership Institute and the San Diego Regional Leadership Institute.

Dr. Divya Kakaiya is a Licensed Psychologist and Neuroscientist who has served on the Crime Stoppers San Diego Board for 10 years. As an Integrative Psychologist, her clinic — Healthy Within — is dedicated to non-medication approaches to brain health. For the past 15 years, her primary treatment modalities have been Neurofeedback, Neuromodulation, and Photobiomodulation. She has been practicing in San Diego since 1985.

A published author and thought leader at the intersection of the gut-brain axis and brain health, Dr. Kakaiya brings more than four decades of clinical experience to her board work. Her background includes over 25 years treating eating disorders, and she is an emerging expert in Traumatic Brain Injury, concussion recovery, and PTSD.

Dr. Kakaiya has run an extensive internship program since 1999, mentoring more than 385 undergraduate interns who have gone on to graduate programs in Psychology, Medicine, and Global Health. An additional 18 psychotherapists trained under her supervision and are now leading their own clinics or working within large mental healthcare organizations.

Dr. Kakaiya and her team at Healthy Within recently completed the first large-sample neurofeedback study with firefighters addressing sleep disorders — yielding significant positive outcomes for this first responder population.

Her clinical expertise spans the teen brain, parenting, ethnic and marginalized communities, trauma, and addiction. As a Neuroscientist and Integrative Psychologist, she brings deep knowledge of the effects of trauma, drugs, and neurotoxins on the brain — insight that directly informs her commitment to community safety.

Dr. Kakaiya was inspired to join the Crime Stoppers San Diego Board through her longstanding commitment to building safe and emotionally healthy communities. She is proud to have been personally invited by co-founder Betty Peabody — an invitation she did not hesitate to accept.

Her board service extends across San Diego's civic landscape, including the UCSD Chancellor's Advisory Board, San Diego Girl Scouts Council, Rotary Club of San Diego (Club 33), San Diego Psychological Association, Women's Museum of California, and the South Asian Women's Initiative (SAWI), which she co-founded. She has served as Board President of SDNari, an Indian women's organization, and is a member of HT-RADAR, San Diego's anti-human trafficking task force. For many years she has
provided significant pro-bono clinical services to survivors of sex trafficking to support their recovery from PTSD.

Dr. Kakaiya has received numerous community awards recognizing her as a trailblazer in service to underrepresented and marginalized communities. The Students Speaking Out initiative holds a special place in her heart —the product of decades in clinical practice witnessing the lasting impact of bullying and violence on children and adolescents.

Her breadth of experience across so many diverse communities brings exceptional depth, vision, and cultural intelligence to Crime Stoppers San Diego.

Fun fact: Dr. Kakaiya is tricultural — born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, with roots in the African, South Asian, and American diaspora. She is fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Swahili, and English.