2010 ACA Election--candidates and Voting instructions.This year's slate of candidates was selected by ACA's Nominating Committee during its meeting on Nov. 16, 2009. Candidates were chosen for president-elect, vice president and treasurer positions, along with nominees to the Board of Governors, the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and the Delegate Assembly. Candidates for all the positions are listed on the following pages, along with brief summaries of their backgrounds. You are eligible to vote in this year's election if your ACA membership was paid through April 1, 2010. The following membership categories have one vote: * Professional I * Professional II * Executive Gold * Life * Supporting Patron * Organizational * Dual-Member Chapters and Affiliated Organizations Your ballot is attached to the cover of this magazine, including the postage-paid return envelope. You may also vote online at https://www.esc-vote.com/aca2010. The Web site opens April 19. You will need your ACA membership ID number to vote. Your member number can be found above your name on the mailing label of this magazine and/or on your membership card. You can also call 800-222-5646, ext. 0129, to obtain your member number. You must have your member number for the paper ballot and the Web ballot. Paper ballots should be mailed to: American Correctional Association c/o Election Services Corporation P.O. Box 9021 Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-9824 The closing date for the election is May 19, 2010. Paper ballots must be postmarked by May 19. Web voting will close at 11:59 p.m. on May 19. OFFICERS President-Elect Christopher B. Epps Commissioner Mississippi Department of Corrections Appointed commissioner in 2002, Christopher B. Epps began his career in corrections as a Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) correctional officer in 1982. Epps, honored as the longest serving commissioner in the history of MDOC, has held virtually every management and supervisory position in the agency. He holds a master's degree in guidance/counseling, a bachelor's degree in elementary education, and was honorably discharged from the Mississippi Army National Guard with the rank lieutenant colonel. He has been elected and appointed to numerous ACA boards, serves as treasurer, and is an ACA auditor. President-elect of the Southern States Correctional Association, Epps was recently appointed to the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation National Board of Directors. Under Epps, MDOC became fully ACA accredited in 2008, and was the 14th state agency to receive the ACA Eagle Award. If elected, Epps will bring a proven record of leadership to the post. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Albert Murray Commissioner Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Albert Murray became Georgia's commissioner Jan. 23, 2004. He began his career in Tennessee in 1970 and eventually earned the rank of assistant commissioner. In Tennessee, he oversaw the accreditation of all juvenile facilities. In 1997, Murray was appointed the first commissioner of the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority, and under his leadership all juvenile facilities were fully accredited. In 2003, he served as deputy commissioner for the Alabama Department of Corrections. In Georgia, the agency has maintained an accredited school program for juveniles, and Murray brought to closure Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act oversight by the U.S. Department of Justice. Murray has previously served on ACA's Board of Governors, its Delegate Assembly, and its Nominating and Standards committees. He is a 2009 E.R. Cass recipient. In addition, he is a member of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice and Georgia's Juvenile Services Association. He is a past president of the Tennessee Correctional Association, and has been an ACA member since 1982. Murray holds a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in English. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vice President Patricia L. Caruso Director Michigan Department of Corrections Patricia L. Caruso is director of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Caruso's focus for MDOC is on controlling prison growth and reserving expensive prison beds for the most violent and dangerous offenders. Initiatives are aimed at rethinking and re-emphasizing the use of community corrections approaches to slow new prison commitments and reduce the number of returning technical parole violators. Caruso joined the department in 1988 as assistant business manager of Kinross Correctional Facility. She served as business manager at Hiawatha Correctional Facility and as correctional facility manager for the Chippewa correctional facilities. In 1991, she was named warden of the Chippewa Correctional Facility, a multilevel prison, and the Straits Correctional Facility, a minimum-security prison. In 2000, she was appointed as one of three regional prison administrators for the Correctional Facilities Administration (CFA), overseeing 13 prisons and eight camps from Saginaw to the tip of the Upper Peninsula. Prior to her appointment as director, Caruso held the post of CFA deputy director. Caruso was elected vice president of ACA for a two-year term beginning in August 2008. She also serves as president of the Association of State Correctional Administrators. She is a past member of ACA's Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, its Standards Committee and its Program Planning Committee. She is also a past president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and remains active in a number of other professional correctional organizations. She holds a master's degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from Lake Superior State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mark H. Saunders Vice President The Nakamoto Group Inc. Mark H. Saunders patrolled his first corrections walk line in 1977 with the Military Police in Ft. Bliss, Texas. His career has spanned the decades with experience as a police officer, probation counselor, classification specialist, unit manager, warden, overseas warden advisor, deputy director and vice president. After earning his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Texas at El Paso, Saunders declined an appointment with the FBI in favor of a position with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He served in Iraq as part of an American team commissioned with establishing the Iraqi Corrections System. He later worked in jail administration as deputy director of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, and now manages the on-site detention monitoring program for Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the auspices of Homeland Security. Saunders was recently selected to lead a delegation of corrections professionals to South Africa. He has served as an elected member of ACA's Executive Committee since 2004 and is past-president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents. Other affiliations include the American Jail Association, the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice, the National Correctional Industries Association, the Correctional Education Association, the National Sheriffs' Association, the Ohio Wardens and Superintendents Association, and the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association. He has served on numerous ACA committees since 1990 and, if elected, will continue to serve the corrections field with dedication and integrity. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Treasurer David A, Gaspar Criminal Justice Consultant Phoenix David A. Gaspar is an independent consultant with 30 years of experience in executive level positions in government and private nonprofit sectors. Gaspar has served as the chief operating officer for a community-based provider of comprehensive mental health services, managing the day-to-day operations of programs and services in the areas of substance abuse and mental health. He serves on ACA's Board of Governors and its task force on disproportionate minority contact. Gaspar has previously served as chair of ACA's Professional Educational Council, and as president of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators and the National Association of State Corrections Directors. He also served on the Arizona Juvenile Justice Commission and on the Administrative Council of the Arizona Supreme Court's Commission on Minorities Project on Minority Overrepresentation. Gaspar has experience in training and education within the criminal justice field, and is also an author. He previously served on the board of the National Correctional Trainers Association, and has been an adjunct faculty for a local community college system. He was recognized with the National Public Service Award from the National Association of Public Administrators, as well as the Far West Community Service Award from the League of United Latin American Citizens. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from West Virginia University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mary L. Livers, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Louisianan Office of Juvenile Justice Mary L. Livers, Ph.D., has been an ACA member since 1977, and has served in the corrections agencies of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Maryland and Louisiana, rising through the ranks to agency head. Today she leads the Louisiana juvenile justice agency in a systemic reform effort. Livers holds a bachelor's degree and a master's of social work from Louisiana State University, and a doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma. She has served ACA as a member of the Executive Committee, Board of Governors and Delegate Assembly, as well as a member on numerous committees, including Parole and Post Release Supervision, Adult Institutions, Congress Program Planning, Standards, Juvenile Corrections, Correctional Industries, Correctional Awards, and Resolution and Policy Development Advisory. She has also served as an auditor. She is a member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the Southern States Correctional Association, and a founding member of the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. Livers' platform for ACA leadership is to use "common cents" and to promote the values of the organization for the best interest of the members. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOARD OF GOVERNORS Aftercare or Post-release Supervision--Juvenile (1 position) Lisa J. Bjergaard Director, Division of Juvenile Services North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Lisa J. Bjergaard serves as division director of juvenile services for the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Prior to this role, she served as regional manager and case manager within the division. She is responsible for the administration and management of the state's secure youth correctional facilities, adolescent shelters and domestic violence shelters. Bjergaard has extensive board work and committee experience in the areas of finance, strategic planning and executive-level administration with local, statewide and national boards. She received a bachelor's degree in religion from Concordia College and a master's degree in public safety with a specialization in criminal justice from Capella University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Robert Rosenbloom Deputy Commissioner, Community Services and Intake Division Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Robert Rosenbloom, JD, CPM, began his corrections career in 1976 when, as an attorney, he became interested in counseling offenders. He has held the positions of probation officer, counselor, center director and assistant regional director with the Georgia Department of Corrections. He began work with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice in 1999. As deputy commissioner of community services and intake, he has responsibility for 22 detention centers in Georgia, as well as services to youths in the community. Rosenbloom has served as president of the Georgia Probation Association and the Georgia Correctional Association. He is currently on the Board of Governors and Delegate Assembly, and has presented workshops at ACA conferences on such topics as legal liability and school-based supervision. Rosenbloom has a bachelor's degree from Kent State University and a juris doctorate degree from John Marshall Law School. In addition, he is a certified public manager. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At-Large Ethnic Minority (2 positions) Raul S. Banasco Deputy Chief Osceola County (Fla.) Corrections Department Raul S. Banasco, CCE, CPM, MPA, CJM, began his career in the juvenile justice/corrections field in 1986 with the New York State Juvenile Justice Department. In 1988, he joined the Florida State Department of Corrections (FDOC) as a correctional officer. During his 19 years with FDOC, he served as a classification officer, probation officer, classification supervisor, warden and director of staff development. In October 2006, he was appointed major at the Orange County (Fla.) Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla. In September 2008, he was appointed deputy chief of the Osceola County (Fla.) Corrections Department. Banasco has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Iona College, and a master's degree in public administration from Florida Atlantic University. He is a certified public manager, certified jail manager, certified corrections executive, an auditor for ACA, and a graduate of the Orange County Government Leadership Institute. He is a member of ACA, as well as the American Jail Association, the North American Association of Warden's and Superintendents, and the Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency. He served on ACA's Professional Education Council and its Programs Committee, and is a founding member and past president of the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ekpe D. Ekpe Superintendent New York State Department of Correctional Services Since 1984, Ekpe D. Ekpe has worked for the New York State Department of Correctional Services. He has served as education counselor, program coordinator, deputy superintendent, first deputy superintendent, and, currently, as superintendent. Ekpe serves as a member of the board of directors for New York State Corrections and Youth Services Association and New York State Minorities in Criminal Justice. For the past four years, he has served as an at-large ethnic minority member of the ACA Board of Governors. He is also the liaison for the ACA Mental Health Committee to the Board of Governors. Ekpe plans to continue to use his experience in the corrections field to actively participate in program and policy developments that will not only benefit the organization as a whole but also individual members. Ekpe has several undergraduate and graduate degrees from the State University of Brockport and Rochester Institute of Technology. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kenneth E. Lassiter Correctional Superintendent, Charlotte Correctional Institution North Carolina Department of Corrections Following his enlistment in the U.S. Army in 1989, Kenneth E. Lassiter began his career in corrections as a correctional officer for the North Carolina Department of Corrections. Lassiter was promoted through the ranks and is currently employed as correctional superintendent at Charlotte Correctional Institution. In addition, he is president of the North Carolina Correctional Association, which affords him the opportunity to represent North Carolina on ACA's Delegate Assembly. He also is a member of the ACA Dual Membership Chapters and State and Geographical Affiliates and the ACA Membership committees. Lassiter is also a member of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, Correctional Peace Officer Foundation, and Southern States Correctional Association. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] B. Diane Williams President and Chief Executive Officer Safer Foundation Diane Williams is president and chief executive officer of the Safer Foundation, one of the nation's largest nonprofit providers of employment placement and job readiness training for people with criminal records. Under Williams' leadership, Safer has built a reputation nationally and internationally as an organization that effectively integrates corrections, community and business/employer strategies to ensure public safety. Williams has more than 20 years experience working with the criminal justice population. She has served in consulting roles for several U.S. federal agencies and has served on the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board. As a member of the ACA Delegate Assembly, Williams has been a voice on issues in the areas of community corrections and reentry. She has facilitated and participated in a number of ACA workshops and has published articles and editorials for ACA publications. As chairman of the Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) Task Force, Williams has been a leader in bringing forward the issue of DMC and its impact on corrections. Williams plans to use her experience and expertise in these areas to make significant contributions to the ACA Board of Governors. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Community Programs--Juvenile (1 position) Yolanda Hockett Assistant Superintendent of Programs G4S-Davidson County (Tenn.) Juvenile Detention Center Yolanda Hockett, CCE/Juv, has worked at the Davidson County (Tenn.) Juvenile Detention Center for 15 years, serving as correctional officer, shift supervisor, administrative manager, case-manager/counselor, compliance coordinator, and her current position as the assistant superintendent of programs. She is a member of ACA, the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the National Partnership for Juvenile Services, the Disproportionate Minority Confinement State Wide Task Force, the Tennessee Department of Children Services (TDCS) Standards Revision Committee, the TDCS Advisory Board, the Resolution Committee to improve the educational services for youths in detention centers in Tennessee, Project Return/Project Success Juvenile Assistance Re-Entry Team, and the Tennessee Lives Count Suicide Prevention Task Force. Hockett has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Tennessee State University and a master's degree in public service management from Cumberland University. She is an ACA auditor, a certified correctional executive with a juvenile specialization, and a graduate of G4S Youth Services Leadership Academy. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steve Jett President National Juvenile Detention Association Steve Jett has been the administrator of the 90-bed Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center since 1993. Previously, he was detention corporal in the Canyon County Sheriff's Office. He has been the president and secretary of the Idaho Juvenile Justice Administrators Association (IJJAA). He helped compile Idaho's juvenile detention standards; ran the state's juvenile detention center compliance monitoring project for two years; and still serves on IJJAA's Standards Committee. As a Peace Officers Standards and Training certified instructor, he sits as an ex-officio member of Idaho's Juvenile Training Council and has trained for several state and national academies or organizations. Jett earned a bachelor's degree in forest science from Penn State University. He serves as a hunter's education instructor, city councilman and board member for the National Partnership for Juvenile Services. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Correctional Administration--Juvenile (1 position) Kurt Friedenauer Director Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Kurt Friedenauer has served as the director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice since its creation in July 2006. Prior to that he served as deputy director of the Juvenile Division for the Illinois Department of Corrections. Friedenauer also served in a variety of professional and administrative capacities in the state of Idaho's Juvenile Justice System. In addition, he has served as the assistant secretary for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, where he was responsible for helping implement a major restructuring of the agency. Friedenauer's private sector experience includes serving as vice president of adolescent services for a nationally recognized substance abuse, chemical dependency treatment agency. Friedenauer has served on numerous ACA committees, as well as other national and state cossmmittees. He was president of the National Association of Juvenile Correctional Agencies for two terms and has more than 30 years experience in the field of juvenile justice. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Allen Peaton Deputy Director of Administration Alabama Department of Youth Services Allen Peaton, CCE, MPA, currently works as deputy director of administration for the Alabama Department of Youth Services. He has a number of years of experience in the areas of staff development and training, licensing and standards, public information, and finance. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama and a master's degree in public administration from Auburn University. Peaton has been a member of ACA for more than 25 years. He became a certified corrections executive in 2005, and is currently a member of ACA's Commission on Professional Certification for Corrections. For the past four years, he has also served on the ACA Juvenile Corrections Committee. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Education (1 position) Kim B. Barnette State Education Director Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections In 1991, Kim B. Barnette began her career in corrections as education director at David Wade Correctional Center, the first ACA-accredited institution in Louisiana. Since that year, Barnette has served Louisiana as a department auditor for state correctional education programs, assisting each institution in becoming and remaining ACA accredited. In 2002, she was appointed by former-Secretary Richard Stalder as state education director, a position in which she has been successful in building the state's offender education reporting database, designing a statewide transferable reentry preparation program and obtaining an additional $7 million in competitive funds for the state's correctional education programs. Barnette received a Bachelor of Science degree in math/science, a Master of Arts degree in counseling, a Specialist in Education Administration degree and a cognate in psychology from Louisiana Tech University. She serves on numerous state boards and councils to promote the need for offender education, including serving as president-elect of the Louisiana Association for Public and Community Adult Educators. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Walter A. (Mac) McFarlane Professor University of Richmond Mac McFarlane is retired from public service after 44 years. He is a professor on the adjunct faculty at the University of Richmond, where he has taught in the university's School of Continuing Studies and its Law School. McFarlane retired in January 2010 from the Virginia Department of Correctional Education (DCE) as its director for more than 15 years. At the same time he served DCE, he also was a consulting attorney for three different Virginia governors. Prior to coming to DCE, he was chief counsel and director of policy for then-Gov. Douglas Wilder's administration. Prior to that he served for 21 years with the attorney general's office, 17 years were as deputy attorney general to seven different attorneys general. He was the A.L. Philpott Distinguished Professor at the University of Richmond in 2002. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Health Care (1 position) Robert D. Jones Medical Director Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Robert Jones, M.D., has a 25-year history of working in correctional settings. He has served as the clinical director for the Utah Department of Corrections, medical/mental health director for the Montana DOC and deputy director of Health Services for the Arizona DOC. He also served as the deputy county public health officer and the director of Biodefense Preparedness and Response for Maricopa County, Ariz. He is a past president of the American Correctional Health Services Association and was awarded its Distinguished Service Award, and Jones is a charter member of the Society of Correctional Physicians. Jones is a retired U.S. Army colonel and was awarded the Legion of Merit and Meritorious Service medals. He continues to serve on ACA's Health Care, Substance Abuse and Juvenile Corrections committees and was a Delegate Assembly member. He has presented numerous times at ACA conferences. Jones plans to draw on his extensive correctional and medical expertise in furthering development of the health care activities and programs of ACA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] David L. Thomas Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery, Division of Correctional Medicine Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine David L. Thomas, M.D., JD, is professor and chairman of Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine's Department of Surgery, Division of Correctional Medicine. He previously served as deputy secretary for health services and director of health services for the Florida Department of Corrections. He is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. He served in the U.S. Army from 1971-73, and was a commanding officer of a 30-bed hospital unit. He currently serves on ACA's Board of Governors, and is a member of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections (CAC). He previously served as CAC chair. Thomas is a part-time and voluntary police officer with the Florida Marine Patrol. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Member at Large (1 position) Joyce Fogg Public Relations Manager Virginia Employment Commission Joyce Fogg worked in the field of corrections for more than 35 years in adult community corrections, youth services, correctional administration, and the governor's office. She served as assistant secretary of public safety for the commonwealth of Virginia and deputy director for the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. She served on several task forces in Virginia including Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Detention Crowding, and Juvenile Justice Reform. She is past president and past treasurer of the Virginia Correctional Association; served on ACA's Delegate Assembly for four terms; is a member of the Women Working in Corrections Committee; and has been an active member of ACA for more than 16 years. She currently serves on ACA's Board of Governors and is chair of ACA's Workforce/Human Resource Issues Committee. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gloria Hultz Deputy Superintendent for Administrative Services (retired) New York State Department of Correctional Services Gloria Hultz started her career in 1967 with the New York State (NTS) Narcotic Addiction Control Commission. Three years later, she went to work for the NYS Department of Correctional Services in the finance office as an account clerk. Through promotions, she worked her way to deputy superintendent for administrative services. Hultz became an ACA member in 1979 and was part of the formation of the New York Corrections and Youth Services Association (NY CAYSA) in 1982. She served as treasurer and is a past president of NY CAYSA. She is a member and former chair of the ACA Membership and the Dual Membership Chapters and State and Geographical Affiliates committees. She is also on ACA's Women Working in Corrections Committee. Hultz is the executive treasurer for the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, and coordinates the ACA Student Affairs Committee poster session awards at both conferences. She is also a member of the Correctional Accreditation Managers Association and the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice. Hultz plans to use her working knowledge from the committees she serves on to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Board of Governors. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Parole or Post-release. Supervision--Adult (1 position) Patricia Barnes-Goodwyn Offender Transition Coordinator Southampton Correctional Center After serving five years in the U.S. Navy, Patricia Barnes-Goodwyn began her corrections career with the Virginia Department of Corrections in 1988 as a corrections officer. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree in psychology at Old Dominion University in 1997. In 1999, she became a case management counselor at Southampton Correctional Center and was promoted to her current position as an offender transition coordinator in 2003. She has initiated the Virginia Department of Corrections reentry program at three local jails, and is currently the coordinator at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Va. Barnes-Goodwyn is president of the Virginia Correctional Association, an elected member of ACA's Delegate Assembly, the chair of the 140-th Congress of Correction Program Planning Committee, a member of the Clean and Green Committee, and a member of the Disproportionate Minority Contact/Confinement Task Force. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eugenie (Genie) Powers Director, Division of Probation and Parole/Adult Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Genie Powers has worked for corrections since 1974, serving as correctional officer and probation and parole officer, among other positions, until she became director in 1999. She has worked with ACA standards since the probation and parole division was accredited in 1993; has served as an ACA auditor; and has served as an auditor for local detention facilities in Louisiana (using standards patterned after ACA standards). She is also a member of Southern States Correctional Association and the American Probation and Parole Association, and she has served in several positions on the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, including vice chair. Powers plans to use her experience in community corrections and the ACA accreditation process to represent parole and post-release supervision agencies on the Board of Governors, and is honored to be nominated to run for this position. Powers received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Louisiana State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation--Juvenile (I position) Ana Aguirre Corrections Consultant Austin, Texas Ana Aguirre is a corrections consultant with more than 27 years experience in the juvenile justice arena in the state of Texas. She has served as assistant chief juvenile probation officer, management auditor and senior trainer, as well as on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Risk Assessment Review Committee and the Council on Sex Offender Treatment Interagency Advisory Committee. Aguirre currently serves on ACA's Executive Committee and as vice president and founding member of the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice. She is also a member of the ACA Women Working in Corrections Committee, the Correctional Accreditation Managers Association, the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, and the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents. Aguirre has a master's degree in criminal justice management from Sam Houston State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dianne L Gadow Superintendent, Juvenile Detention Center City of Richmond (Va.) Dianne L. Gadow was appointed superintendent at the juvenile detention center for the City of Richmond's Department of Justice Services in March. She previously served as director of integrated services for the Texas Youth Commission. Prior to that, Gadow served as deputy director for operations and programs at the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, where she helped successfully resolve complaints from the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1992 through 2004, she was superintendent of Ferris School in Wilmington, Del., which was cited by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice as a model juvenile justice program because of its integration of rehabilitation, education and treatment. Gadow chairs and serves on several important committees of national juvenile justice organizations. Gadow holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University Chicago and a master's degree from the University of Oregon. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Commission on Accreditation Corrections (CAC) At-Large Correctional Health (4 positions) Richard Ellers Director of the Bureau of Health Care Services Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Richard Ellers is a dedicated health care professional with 25 years of diverse health care management experience in federal, state and self-regulated environments, including ACA accredited institutions. He began as a licensed nursing home administrator, managing proprietary Medicaid skilled nursing facilities. He also worked as a nursing home consultant and computer training consultant throughout the U.S. In June 1996, Ellers joined the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections as chief of quality improvement for the Bureau of Health Care Services. In January 2002, he transferred to the State Correctional Institution at Rockview as the corrections health care administrator. In October 2007, Ellers was appointed director of the DOC's Bureau of Health Care Services. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Angela Goehring Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations Armor Correctional Health Services Angela Goehring has 23 years experience as a registered nurse, 14 of those years in correctional health services in both jails and prisons. She was most recently appointed to the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections to serve in a vacated, at-large health services commissioner position. In her position of senior vice president of clinical services, she provides companywide oversight of accredited jail and prison health services programs in 20 facilities. Goehring received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., and her Master of Science in health services administration from Central Michigan University. Goehring demonstrates a passion for correctional health nursing and promises to utilize her expertise in program development and the use of outcome measures in quality assurance to assist facilities and programs in achieving the highest standard of inmate health care services and professionalism. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pamela Hearn Medical Director David Wade Correctional Center In 2000, Pamela Hearn, M.D., began employment as the medical director for Wade Correctional Center. In addition, she has served as the health care authority at a local detention center since 2001 and has previously worked as a contract provider for a state correctional center for youths. Past service includes chairperson of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; panel member of an "Aging in Corrections" panel discussion with state correctional health care administrators; and a workshop speaker on geriatric inmates for the 2008 ACA Congress of Correction. For the past four years, Hearn has served as the at-large health services commissioner of accreditation for ACA. A Louisiana native, Hearn received a bachelor's degree in zoology at Louisiana Tech University and a medical degree at Louisiana State University. In Hearn's service on the commission, and in her daily work in the trenches of juvenile and adult corrections, she strives to represent all aspects of corrections in a professional manner, utilizing her knowledge and experience in fulfilling the goals and objectives of the accreditation process. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wendy Kelley Deputy Director for Health and Correctional Programs Arkansas Department of Correction Since February 2006, Wendy Kelly, JD, has served as the deputy director of health and correctional programs for the Arkansas Department of Correction. In her previous work at the Arkansas Attorney General's Office, the Department of Correction was one of her main litigation clients for 11 years. She was the deputy attorney general supervising the Civil Department the last four years of her 14 years in that office. She earned her juris doctorate degree in 1987 from the William Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Ark., and a bachelor's degree in 1984 from the University of Arkansas. Kelley joined ACA in 2006, and has served on the Adult Corrections and Legal Issues committees since 2008. She has been an active member of the Coalition of Correctional Health Authorities since its inception in 2007. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lester L. Lewis Jr. Medical Director Tennessee Department of Correction Lester Lewis Jr., M.D., MBA, has served more than 17 years in various correctional positions in both the private and public sector. As a provider, Lewis has worked in large urban jails as well as multiple prison facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Tennessee, serving both male and female institutions. He has been the medical director for the departments of correction in Pennsylvania and Tennessee, which maintain 100 percent institutional ACA accreditation. He completed his training in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and received a master's degree in business administration from Loyola College, in Baltimore. Lewis serves on the Coalition of Correctional Health Authorities, and is a member of the Society of Correctional Physicians. He serves with the rank of colonel in the Tennessee Army National Guard having completed two tours in Iraq and more than 29 years of service. Lewis plans to use his training and experience to continue his advocacy for appropriate care for the incarcerated population, focusing on continuous assessment of standards. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] M. Kay Northrup Correctional Health Care Consultant Compliance Inspector, MGT of America Inc. Kay Northrup, RN, CCHP, retired from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction after serving as staff nurse, health care administrator, deputy warden, warden and deputy director for health care. She earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Capital University. A 20-year ACA member, Northrup served eight years as an ACA auditor and two terms as elected health care representative to the Delegate Assembly. She served as a member of the ACA Mental Health and Women Working in Corrections committees and chaired the ACA Health Care Committee. She was involved in revising--the ACA's Performance-Based Standards for Correctional Health Care and the American Nurses Association's Corrections Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Northrup is past-president of the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association; is on the Corrections Compendium Editorial Advisory Board; and is serving her first term as a CAC commissioner. As a commissioner, Northrup would continue to use her experience and commitment to accreditation to support the mission of ACA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Debbie Roth Regional Nursing Director, Region III Michigan Department of Corrections Debbie Roth, RN, served the U.S. military from 1977 through 1989 as a medical specialist. In 1986, Roth began with the Michigan Department of Corrections as a contractual licensed practical nurse on the surgical floor at Duane L. Waters Hospital. She was hired as an MDOC employee in 1988. Roth worked six years on the surgical floor at Duane L. Waters, five years in post-anesthesia care, five years in education, three years as the state health care training coordinator, three years as health unit manager and three years as director of nursing. Roth obtained a registered nurse degree in 1992 from Jackson Community College; a Bachelor's of Science in 2005 from Siena Heights University; and is currently attending Central Michigan University for a master's degree. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joanie Shoemaker Director Clinical and Mental Health Services Colorado Department of Corrections Joanie Shoemaker, RN, MBA, is director of clinical and mental health services for the Colorado Department of Corrections. She has broad professional experience with CDOC, serving as manager for facility clinics, warden of the Denver Complex and deputy director of prison operations. Shoemaker is past president of the Colorado Nurses Association and an appointee for Colorado's Legislative Task Force on the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System. She is chair of ACA's Health Care Committee and an active member of the Coalition of Correctional Health Authorities and the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. Shoemaker is an experienced ACA auditor, and, if elected, is committed to ensuring ACA health care standards reflect current thinking and best practices. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Member at Large (2 positions) VaNessa P. Adams Assistant Director of the Program Review Division Federal Bureau of Prisons VaNessa P. Adams currently serves as assistant director for the Program Review Division at the Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) headquarters in Washington, D.C. She directs the division responsible for analyzing programs and guiding BOP managers in the assessment of their operations. Adams also serves as the BOP's competition advocate and limited English proficiency coordinator. Adams began her career with the BOP in 1978 as a correctional officer and had held positions of increasing responsibility in the agency, including teacher, assistant principal, principal, evaluation specialist for the Program Review Division, executive assistant of the Information, Policy, and Public Affairs Division, associate warden, and warden. She became senior deputy assistant director of the Program Review Division in 2007, and was promoted to assistant director in June 2009. Adams received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Gettysburg College and a master's degree in correctional special education and behavioral disorders from Lenoir-Rhyne College. She has received several awards for her dedication, service and professionalism, including the Attorney General's Mary C. Lawson Lifetime Service Award. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ronald Budzinski Corrections Practice Segment Leader PSA-Dewberry Ronald Budzinski, FAIA, is a registered architect with 40 years of experience, specializing in criminal justice architecture. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, with a degree in architecture. In 2007, Budzinski was elected to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows for his achievements in correctional architecture, specifically for restoring correctional facilities in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. Budzinski has designed correctional facilities in 14 states, Canada and Bermuda. He has served and chaired numerous AIA criminal justice committees, and in 2006 was elected as AIA's representative on the ACA Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and appointed to the ACA Standards Committee. As an at-large member to the commission, Ron will apply his expertise in support of ACA's advancement of correctional standards and the accreditation of correctional facilities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mark H. Luttrell Jr. Sheriff Shelby County (Tenn.) Sheriffs Office Mark Luttrell Jr., MP A, is in his second term as sheriff of Shelby County, in Tennessee. During his tenure, the Shelby County Jail received accreditation from ACA. The department's law enforcement division received accreditation from Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Those designations led to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office receiving the Triple Crown Award from the National Sheriffs' Association. Luttrell received the Ferris E. Lucas Award for Sheriff of the Year-2009 from the National Sheriffs' Association. He previously served 22 years with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the last 10 as warden of three facilities, each of which received ACA accreditation. Luttrell has also served in the U.S. Army and as a public school teacher. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Union University and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Memphis. He is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] David R. McKune Warden, Lansing Correctional Facility Kansas Department of Corrections David R. McKune has been with the Kansas Department of Corrections for more than 34 years, in positions of corrections officer, corrections counselor, director of classification, deputy warden and deputy secretary of corrections. For the past 19 years, he has been warden of Lansing Correctional Facility, a complex with maximum-, medium-, and minimum-security units and a population of 2,500 inmates. McKune has been an active member of ACA, serving on the Delegate Assembly and committees such as Adult Corrections, Congress Program Planning, and the Host Committee for the Kansas City, Mo., Congress of Correction. He has served as an auditor for nearly 20 years, conducting well in excess of 100 audits, more than half of which he served as chair. In 2003, he received the prestigious Chairman's Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation/Parole--Adult (1 position) G. David Guntharp Director Arkansas Department of Community Correction David Guntharp, director o! the Arkansas Department of Community Correction (DCC), has a long and storied career in corrections that began in 1970 as a juvenile probation officer. It is ending as he completes a decade of leadership of an agency noted nationally for its innovations in community supervision. In those nearly 40 years, he also served as a prison warden, as assistant, deputy and chief director in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, and finally as director of DCC. During his tenure at DCC, Guntharp has created programs for parole technical violators to ease prison and county jail crowding; created a specialized section for supervising sex offenders; and pushed for greater opportunities for probation and parole staff. He served twice as chair of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision. Guntharp is a member of ACA, as well as the Southern States Correctional Association and the American Probation and Parole Association. He brings this experience and a love of the correctional system and innovation. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jeaneene E. Miller Director, Division of Adult Parole, Community Corrections and Youthful Offender System Colorado Department of Corrections Jeaneene Miller currently serves as director of Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and Youthful Offender System for the Colorado Department of Corrections. Miller began her career as one of the first female parole officers for the department. She is a recognized leader in the criminal justice system with more than 30 years of experience in policy development; designing and implementing innovative programs; and managing the staff and resources to support all state-supported community-based offender programs in Colorado. Miller obtained the first ACA accreditation of the DOC's Parole Division. She is currently a member of ACA, the Colorado Criminal Justice Association, and the American Probation and Parole Association; the commissioner of the State Council for Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision; and she serves on the Governor's Community Corrections Advisory Council, the Juvenile Clemency Advisory Board, and the Colorado Association of Community Corrections Board. She received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from San Francisco State University and earned her Master of Arts in psychology, counseling and guidance from the University of Northern Colorado. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation/Aftercare?--Juvenile (1 position) Tim Howard Deputy Director Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice For the past 11 years, Tim Howard has served as deputy director of community programs for Virginia. As deputy director, he is responsible for the management of juvenile probation, parole and intake services in 32 courts in Virginia, as well as the provision of community-based contract services and oversight of 24 detention centers. Howard has more than 30 years of public service in both administrative and direct service positions. Prior to coming to Virginia, Howard held various juvenile justice positions in Ohio and participated in successful ACA certification audits of parole services for the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Howard has served as a member of the ACA Delegate Assembly and actively participated on ACA's Juvenile Corrections and Probation and Parole committees. Howard plans to use his administrative and direct service experience in serving as a member of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thomas J. Stickrath Director Ohio Department of Youth Services Thomas J. Stickrath has dedicated the past 30 years to a career in corrections. He has served in many roles including warden, deputy director and assistant director for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He currently serves as director of the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS). Stickrath has served a four-year term on the ACA Standards Committee and since 2006 has served as a commissioner on ACA's Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. In 2007, he was appointed to the Council of State Governments Justice Center Board of Directors. Under Stickrath's leadership, DYS achieved full accreditation and was awarded ACA's highest honor for commitment to excellence, the Golden Eagle Award. In addition, Stickrath is a 2009 recipient of the E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award. He received a degree in business administration from The Ohio State University in 1976, and graduated from Ohio State's College of Law in 1979. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] American Institute of Architects (1 position) Mary Galey Project Manager DLR Group Mary Galey's breadth of experience spans both private and public sectors making her an ideal AIA representative for the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. In March 2007, Galey, AIA, retired as projects administrator with the Federal Bureau of Prisons after more than 32 years of service. She was responsible for the maintenance of the design program guidelines and concept drawings for the model correctional facility designs used by the Design and Construction Branch in its design-build contracts. She has overseen an internal program of post-occupancy reviews and recommended adjustments to the design criteria. Galey was also responsible for the design and oversight of construction for more than 30 new facilities now operating in the federal prison system. Since her retirement, Galey has served as an architectural project manager at DLR Group, in Phoenix. She is a member of ACA, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice, for which she served as standing committee chair 2005-2006. Galey received a bachelor's and a master's degree in architecture from Tulane University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Glen Hodgson Principal Hodgson Associates Architects Glen Hodgson, AIA, is a principal with Hodgson Associates Architects in Springfield, III. Hodgson's nearly 30 years experience in the justice field has included master planning, programming, design, security consulting and program managing. Hodgson was the principal architect for the Illinois Department of Corrections for 21 years, overseeing nearly 33,000 beds added to that system. He received a Bachelor of Arts in architecture from Iowa State University and has been a licensed architect in Illinois since 1983. He has been a member of the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Justice and ACA since the mid-1980s, and he has been a member of the ACA Facility Design Committee for the past 10 years. With his experience in both the public and private sectors, Hodgson will actively work to represent the American Institute of Architects on the ACA Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. Association of State Correctional Administrators (1 position) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James (Jimmy) M. Le Blanc Secretary Louisiana Department of Public Safety and corrections Devoted to the corrections profession in Louisiana for 36 years, Jimmy Le Blanc has held various positions in the department, including chief budget analyst, interim director of probation and parole, undersecretary and warden. His degree in business administration serves him well as secretary as he works to maintain employee and offender morale and public safety in these challenging budget times. Le Blanc currently serves on both the ACA Standards and Adult Corrections committees; is a member of the Association of State Correctional Administrators; and has served as an ACA auditor. He received the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents' Warden of the Year honor in 2008, largely for his passionate commitment to expanding opportunities for offenders through reentry programming--a cause that continues to grow more important and successful as time progresses. Le Blanc's day-to-day operational experience in an ACA fully-accredited system, coupled with his knack for program and policy development, will undoubtedly be beneficial to the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections if he is elected. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jim Rubenstein Commissioner West Virginia Division of Corrections Jim Rubenstein was appointed commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections in June 2001. Rubenstein has more than two decades experience in the corrections profession. He has served as correctional officer, recreation coordinator, counselor, corrections case manager, superintendent and deputy commissioner of institutional operations. His career in corrections has prepared him with the management abilities, training and development skills, and interpersonal communication expertise necessary to promote programs, technology and training. Rubenstein is an ACA member and affiliated with the following organizations: member of the Association of the State Correctional Administrators and the Southern States Correctional Association; secretary for the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board; and member and former president of the West Virginia Association of Correctional Employees. Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (1 position) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joyce Burrell Deputy Commissioner New York State Office of Children and Family Services Joyce Burrell is the deputy commissioner of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and directs the Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth, which includes the state's 26 residential facilities, six community-based group homes, eight day-placement centers and two reception center programs, as well as intake and 37 community offices for reentry. Among the many evidence-based interventions she has implemented or expanded in New York are Functional Family Therapy, Multi-Systemic Therapy, dialectic behavior therapy and the promising trauma-focused initiative "Sanctuary." She previously directed juvenile justice agencies in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Burrell received the Albert Elias award for outstanding leadership in juvenile justice in 2008 and the James E. Gould Award honoring vision and leadership in juvenile justice in 2007. She is a past president of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators and served proudly as the director of the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Robert (Gene) E. Christian Executive Director Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs Gene Christian, JD, is serving as the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs' (OJA) fourth executive director since its creation. He joined 0.1A in 2006. Previously, Christian served as a district attorney, an assistant district attorney and a staff attorney for the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma and his law degree from the University of Oklahoma School Of Law. Christian serves on the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators' Mutual Aid Committee, the Governor's Transformation Advisory Board, and as a commissioner on the Oklahoma Commission of Children and Youth. Christian wants to use his experience as a juvenile justice administrator and professional, both in juvenile corrections and prosecution, to ensure the continued relevance of the ACA accreditation process. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DELEGATE ASSEMBLY Correctional Administration--Adult (1 position) Brenda Johnson American Correctional Association Manager and Trainer Winston-Choctaw County Regional Correctional Facility In 2008, Brenda Johnson began employment with the Winston-Choctaw County Regional Correctional Facility as the ACA manager and trainer. The position allows Johnson to help instill changes in the lives of many incarcerated individuals, as well as facilitate the ongoing training and development of facility staff. Johnson worked in the Intensive Care Unit at Winston Medical Center for five years. For 23 years she was employed by Sta-Home Health Agency as a home health aide. Johnson attended St. Dominic School of Nursing, and she is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of--Colored People. She is a lifelong resident of Winston County, Miss., and an active member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Melody Turner Managing Director, Facility Operations Corrections Corporation of America Melody Turner brings more than 26 years of correctional experience in federal, state, local and private corrections. She is a managing director for Corrections Corporation of American and her duties include the full operational oversight of multiple prison and jail facilities throughout the U.S. Her background includes leadership roles in adult (male and female) and juvenile systems. Her career began with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and she served as one of the first female wardens of a male close-max facility with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Turner currently serves on the ACA Delegate Assembly and has chaired the ACA Membership Committee. She is past president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and is a lifetime board member. Turner is also past president of the Ohio Wardens Association, and she is on the Association of Women Executives in Corrections board. Turner holds a bachelor's degree from Miami University and a master's degree from Wright State. Correctional Administration--Juvenile (1 position) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Peria Duncan Regional Administrator Washington Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration Peria Duncan has worked in progressive roles in corrections, including as a juvenile corrections officer and detention shift supervisor, and a corrections supervisor and custody manager in the adult system. Duncan worked at Washington Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA) as a community facility administrator. Duncan chaired the criminal justice program at ITT-Technical Institute, where she taught courses, advised students, and hired and had oversight of instructors. She works currently with JRA as a regional administrator. Duncan holds a master's degree in criminal justice from Washington State University. Duncan was just re-elected for a second term as secretary for the Washington Correctional Association. She is the author of the award winning Correctional Officer Resource Guide, Fourth Edition, published by ACA. Duncan plans to use her education and experience to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Linda McWilliams Institution Superintendent Senior Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice Linda McWilliams has worked for the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice since 1978. She has served in the capacity of corrections officer, case manager, case manager supervisor and program manager. For the past 12 years she has held the position of institution superintendent senior. She currently directs operations for a 280-bed, coed facility. McWilliams has extensive experience in policy, procedure and standards development. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. McWilliams plans to use her experience in policy development and institutional operations to represent and actively participate as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation--Adult (1 position) Kenny Holloway Deputy Director of Treatment and Rehabilitative Services Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Kenny Holloway is deputy director of treatment and rehabilitative services for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. During his 23-year tenure with corrections, Holloway has served as a correctional case manager and a probation and parole officer before accepting various positions in management. Holloway served seven years as the district supervisor for the Oklahoma City area of probation and parole. He has served as the classification coordinator for the Division of Community Corrections where he was responsible for ACA accreditation, policies and procedures, offender classification, and information technology program implementation. In 2006, Holloway was appointed administrator of probation and parole where his responsibilities included functional oversight of probation and parole field operations. Holloway is currently responsible for oversight of medical services, mental health services, programs, education, reentry, religious and volunteer services, and victim services. Kenny serves as a governor-appointed member of the Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness, and is an appointed board member of the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council. Holloway is an active member of both ACA and the American Probation and Parole Association. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joy W. Horton Branch Manager, Western Region Probation and Parole Kentucky Department of Corrections Joy W. Horton has served as branch manager for Western Region of the Probation and Parole Division of the Kentucky Department of Corrections since 2006. In this position, she supervises district supervisors in seven probation and parole districts, spanning 44 counties. Horton also acts as community liaison and promotes community relations in Western Kentucky. She maintains relationships with courts and all law enforcement agencies and serves on various committees for corrections policies and procedures, training, and ACA accreditation. Horton began her corrections career as an institutional parole officer in 1990. She went on to serve as a probation and parole officer in District 13 (Daviess County), assistant district supervisor and district supervisor. Horton holds a bachelor's degree in education from Kentucky Wesleyan College and a master's degree in education from Western Kentucky University. Horton has been a member of ACA since 2005. She is also a member of the Kentucky State Probation and Parole Officers Association, the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association, and the Kentucky Council for Crime and Delinquency. She has been recognized by the Kentucky Department of Corrections with the Adjustment for Continuing Excellence Award; as Probation and Parole Supervisor of the Year; and as Probation and Parole District 13 Employee of the Year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation--Juvenile (1 position) John Ronald Haws Commissioner Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice John Ronald Haws was named the acting commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice in February 2008 and has since taken over the role full time. Prior to being named the head of the department, Haws was the Western Kentucky regional director for DJJ and a former facilities regional administrator with the agency. In addition, he has served in several capacities with the Illinois Department of Corrections' Juvenile Division, including superintendent and district parole supervisor. Haws has extensive experience in group counseling, case management, behavior modification, community ' relations, budget preparation, and supervision with widespread knowledge in in-service training, grant writing, proposed legislation, writing and implementation of personnel procedures, labor relations, and standard operating procedures. A graduate of Bradley University with a master's degree in guidance and counseling, Haws has taught school, coached football and served as director of youth services in Peoria, III. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Doris D. Moseley Director City of Richmond Department of Social Services As director of social services for the city of Richmond, Va., Doris D. Moseley oversees an agency of approximately 500 city employees, and is responsible for operations, strategic planning and policy development in the social services arena. She leads and manages the Social Services Department to ensure program compliance for mandated and nonmandated federal, state and local programs such as foster care, food stamps and child protective services. Moseley is also responsible for developing departmental procedures in response to disaster preparedness; providing housing and other treatment services to the homeless community; deploying staff to police precincts to cover human service needs; and enrolling children in health insurance. Moseley was a youth counselor with the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center before joining the Department of Social Services in 1989. She previously served as child protective services worker, social work supervisor, acting human services coordinator, and human services manager. Moseley received a bachelor's degree in administration of justice and public safety from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master's of Management/Human Resources Management from University of Phoenix. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation: Line Level--Adult (1 position) Thomas James McCoy III Probation and Parole Officer III Division of Probation and Parole Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Since 1997, Thomas McCoy has worked for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Division of Probation and Parole. He is probation and parole officer III and assistant to the community resource supervisor. McCoy received his Master of Arts in criminal justice in 2001. He retired from the U.S. Navy Reserve as a master at arms petty officer first class in April 2004. In July 2007, he received the Scotia Knouff Line Officer of the Year Award from the American Probation and Parole Association. McCoy has initiated numerous programs to assist individuals on probation and parole to help reintegrate them back into the New Orleans metropolitan area. McCoy plans to use his knowledge, training and experience in the probation and parole field to develop programs and policies for ACA as a member of the delegate assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bill Payne Parole Reentry Coordinator Rensselaer County (N.Y.) District Attorney's Office Bill Payne worked as a probation officer and senior probation officer in the Dutchess County (N.Y.) Office of Probation and Community Corrections from 1970 to 1984. He went on to work for the New York State Division of Parole for the next 21 years as a facility parole officer I and II; a field parole officer in the interstate bureau; and a senior parole officer in the Staff Development Unit, where he completed the first full revision of the Parole Policy and Procedure Manual in 20 years and the first-ever digital version. His efforts were recognized as instrumental to the Parole Division achieving its first ACA accreditation, and he was awarded the Executive Director's Accreditation Award in May 2005. Payne received a master's degree in sociology (probation and parole practice) from Fordham University in 1982. He is currently the parole reentry coordinator at the Rensselaer County (N.Y.) District Attorney's Office, and for the last year, has collaborated with other state agencies to assist prison and jail releasees and probationers in their efforts to remain in the community without re-offending. Payne is a member of ACA, the New York Corrections and Youth Services Association, and the New York State Parole Officers Association, and he is the upstate vice president of the Reentry Association of New York. If elected, Payne plans to use his experience in community-based corrections to help develop programs and policies for ACA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probation: Line Level--Juvenile (1 position) Lisa DiSabato-Moore Crossroads Probation Supervisor Summit County (Ohio) Juvenile Court Lisa DiSabato-Moore is a probation supervisor at Summit County Juvenile Court in Akron, Ohio. DiSabato-Moore oversees a specialty court docket intensive probation program for youthful offenders with co-occurring mental health and/or substance abuse/dependence disorders, as well as a dedicated docket program that serves families of children who have a developmental disability. DiSabato-Moore has 21 years experience in the criminal justice field. Prior to her public employment, she spent 18 years in the private and nonprofit sectors. Work experience includes administrative oversite of adult and juvenile residential community corrections facilities. DiSabato-Moore also works as an adjunct professor at Stark State College in Canton, Ohio. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology/corrections from the University of Akron and a master's degree in justice administration from Tiffin University. DiSabato-Moore serves as a board member of the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association, and is a member of several national and state criminal justice professional organizations. She currently serves ACA as a visiting auditor. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Corinne Jackson Juvenile Probation/Parole Specialist II Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Corinne Jackson has worked for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) since July 2006, as a case manager. Jackson received her Bachelor of Science in criminology from the University of West Georgia in December 2005. While employed with DJJ, Jackson received her certification as a juvenile sex offender counselor from the University of Louisville, and currently works a specialized caseload with primarily juvenile sex offenders. Jackson received a commendation from Gov. Sonny Perdue for Excellence in Customer Service in September 2009, when she was honored at a DJJ board meeting. Jackson would be honored to serve as the juvenile representative for ACA's Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Parole or Post-release Supervision--Adult (1 position) Patti Loukides Chief, Contract Administration New Jersey State Parole Board Patti Loukides, MSW, LCSW, has more than 25 years experience in the counseling and criminal justice fields. Loukides came to New Jersey in the late 1990s with more than 10 years of experience counseling offender populations and supervising jail-based treatment programs. She began her work experience in New Jersey with the New Jersey Department of Corrections Office of Community Programs. Loukides worked as a supervising community program specialist with the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission for six years prior to joining the New Jersey State Parole Board (NJSPB) in 2007. While at the commission, she was grants manager for juvenile offender reentry programs. Since joining NJSPB, she has worked with the Community Programs Division and was appointed by the governor to serve two consecutive sessions as an acting state parole board member. Currently Loukides supervises the Contract Monitoring and Accountability Unit that conducts routine reviews of the contracts between NJSPB and community-based service providers. Loukides has been a member of ACA's New Jersey Chapter for more than 10 years and for the past two years she has served as a member of the New Jersey board. She is a member of ACA's Women Working in Corrections Committee. Loukides is a licensed clinical social worker and a certified mental health first responder. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Priscilla Tenner Probation/Parole Officer Mississippi Department of Corrections Priscilla Tenner began her tenure with the Mississippi Department of Corrections in 2002 as a probation/parole officer in Jackson. In 2004, Tenner was promoted with the Hinds County District Attorney Office as a pre-trial intervention supervisor. Currently, she works as an interstate compact officer for adult offenders. She received a master's degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminal justice from Jackson State University in 1998. In 2003, she graduated from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer Training Academy and in 2008 from the Certified Investigators Program. She is an active and dedicated member of the following professional organizations: ACA, Southern States Correctional Association, The National Association of Blacks in Government, and The Certified Investigators Program Association. She has served as an elected member of the Delegate Assembly, and has been a member of ACA's Community Corrections and Probation and Parole committees. Tenner's experience as a probation/parole officer and a member of the Delegate Assembly will help her in working to develop programs and policies for ACA. Aftercare or Post-release Supervision--Juvenile (1 position) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Andrew J. DeAngelo Deputy Chief Probation Officer (retired) Pennsylvania Department of Juvenile Probation Since 1976, Andrew J. DeAngelo has worked as a detention child care counselor, juvenile probation and aftercare officer, supervisor, and deputy chief. Following his retirement in July 2007, he assumed the position of community justice planner for Lehigh County and director of program development for Community Solutions Inc. During his career, DeAngelo has been involved in the development of aftercare services, including community counseling programs; balanced and restorative justice initiatives; and the implementation and supervision of the first school-based probation program in the country. Statewide, DeAngelo has co-chaired the Juvenile Justice Personnel Safety Task Force and chaired the Public Relations and Education Committee. He has participated in research projects on aftercare and school-based probation and has presented at numerous local, state, national and international conferences. DeAngleo is a member of the American Probation and Parole Association's Victims Committee and numerous state and local committees, and he served five years as secretary of the Middle Atlantic States Correctional Association. DeAngelo is the recipient of local, state and national awards for his work in the juvenile justice system. He has authored numerous articles and served as editor of the Pennsylvania Special Edition newsletter on juvenile justice services and practices. In addition, DeAngelo is executive producer of the video Achieving Balanced and Restorative Justice in the Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice System. He has served on ACA's Delegate Assembly for the last six years. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ian Fraser Juvenile Parole Services Supervisor Ohio Department of Youth Services Ian Fraser came to work for the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) in 1994 and was employed as a parole officer responsible for the reentry planning, community supervision and treatment of a specialized population of adolescent sex offenders. After serving in this capacity for 10 years, Fraser supervised an inner-city caseload of adolescent parolees before assuming his current supervisory position. In his current capacity, Fraser has overseen the development and implementation of a specialized transitional reentry program for juvenile female offenders; the development and implementation of a similar program for young, low-risk male offenders; and the implementation of a specialized reentry court docket. Fraser has served on the DYS ACA parole accreditation team for 16 years. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master's of Education in counseling from the University of Toronto. If elected to the delegate assembly he would like to assist ACA in updating the parole standards, developing a Web-based means for the dissemination and monitoring of the ACA parole standards, and work with others to establish a compendium of evolving best practices for the field of juvenile reentry and community supervision. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Parole or Past-release Supervision: Line Level--Adult (1 position) Isaac (Duke) Albert Hearing Examiner and Senior Analyst U.S. Army Clemency and Parole Board Duke Albert is a hearing examiner and senior analyst at the U.S. Army Clemency and Parole Board. He has held that position since March 1993. Prior to that, Albert served as a police officer for 18 years in Maryland and Georgia. He was the valedictorian of the Anne Arundel Police Academy in 1972 and valedictorian of the Harford County (Md.) Sheriff's Academy in 1977. He served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps, including a 13-month combat tour in Vietnam as a machine gunner in 1967 and 1968. He is a member of ACA and its Military Corrections Committee, the Association of Paroling Authorities International, and the Correctional Accreditation Managers Association. He has an associate degree in criminal justice from Catonsville Community College and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Western Illinois University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William (Bill) Martin Brand Community Corrections Associate Director Mississippi Department of Corrections Since September 1989, Bill Brand, CCS, has worked for the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) in probation and parole. Brand started his career as a police officer in 1980 and joined corrections in 1989 as a field officer; he now serves as an associate director. He is a certified ACA auditor and conducts audits in residential facilities and field services. From 1998 to 1999, Brand served as president of the Mississippi Association of Professionals in Corrections. In 2008, he received the Commissioner's Distinguished Service Coin Award. In January 2009, he became the first employee of MDOC to become an ACA-certified corrections professional. If elected, Brand plans to use his experience in probation, parole and post-release supervision work to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Aftercare or Post-release Supervision: Line Level--Juvenile (1 position) Renee A. Blashak Juvenile Parole Officer Ohio Department of Youth Services Since 1994, Renee Blashak has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in several positions. She worked for four years as a juvenile correctional officer, four years as a social worker, and the past eight years as a juvenile parole officer. Blashak has been a trainer for unarmed self-defense, verbal strategies, first aid and CPR, and victim awareness. She has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Kent State University and is licensed by the state of Ohio as a social worker. She would like to use her experience and background to assist with the development and implementation of programs within the ' juvenile system that are in accordance with ACA policies. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Rogers Juvenile Probation/Parole Specialist II Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Since 2006, John Rogers has worked with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Rogers worked for one year as a juvenile probation/parole specialist I on the Intensive Supervision Team, and the last two-and-a-half years as a juvenile probation/parole specialist II in the Court Services Office. Rogers received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from American Intercontinental University, in Atlanta. Rogers served 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps where he received extensive training in planning, developing policies, and substance abuse training. Rogers plans to use his experience from the military and juvenile services to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member and a delegate. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Crime Victim Organization (1 position) Trudy Gregorie National Consultant and Senior Director Justice Solutions Trudy Gregorie has 31 years experience in criminal and juvenile justice, specializing in victim services at the local, state and national levels. She was director of a prosecutor victim services unit in Charleston, S.C.; developed the State Crime Victim Ombudsman Program in the South Carolina Governor's Office; and was a director at the National Center for Victims of Crime. Since 2002, she is a senior director with Justice Solutions, a national nonprofit agency providing training and technical assistance on justice and victim issues. As a national consultant, she has been involved in the development of numerous training programs, curricula, and resources on emerging issues for the victim services field and allied professions, especially corrections. She is a founding member of the National Association of Victim Service Professionals in Corrections and has served on the ACA Restorative Justice/Victims Committee since 1996. Currently, she is a lead consultant with the National Criminal Justice Association for the BJA-funded Statewide Automated Victim Information Network Training and Technical Assistance Center. In 1999, Gregorie was awarded the National Crime Victim Services Award by the U.S. attorney general. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brent Myers Director, Registration and Victim Services Division Indiana Department of Correction Brent Myers is director of the Registration and Victim Services Division at the Indiana Department of Correction. Since his appointment, Myers has led department efforts for sex and violent offender registration in addition to victim notification. Myers was prominent in the creation of Indiana's sex and violent offender registration system and served in a leadership role in the development of Indiana's automated victim notification system. Before joining the department in 2005, Myers spent nine years with the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute in capacities ranging from director of research to the agency's strategic planner. In his time at the institute, Myers had extensive experience in victim services, sex offender registration and information technologies. Myers has held leadership roles with state-level initiatives and committees focusing on the courts, criminal law and sentencing, corrections, law enforcement, and technology-related public safety efforts. Myers received a Master of Arts in political science and a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice and political science from Ball State University. Myers has also spent three years in advanced graduate studies in public policy and administration at Northern Illinois University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At-Large Ethnic Minority (3 positions) Jacquelyn Banks Warden Wilkinson County (Miss.) Correctional Facility Jacquelyn Banks was named warden at Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (WCCF), a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) facility, in April 2006. WCCF is an adult, male correctional facility with 1,000-bed capacity, housing minimum-, medium-, and close-custody-security offenders. She previously served as assistant warden at CCA's Correctional Treatment Facility, Washington D.C.; Leavenworth Detention Center, Leavenworth, Kan.; Delta Correctional Facility, Greenwood, Miss.; and Dawson State Jail, Dallas. Banks joined CCA in May 1997 as assistant warden after working 11 years with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She began her career in corrections as a correctional officer in 1986 and was promoted through the ranks to case manager, chief of classification and assistant warden. Banks is a member ACA, the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the Southern States Correctional Association, and the Mississippi Association of Professionals in Corrections. She received associate degrees from Lamar University and Alvin Community College. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Patricia Dean-Wilson Bureau Director Mississippi Department of Corrections Patricia Dean-Wilson has more than 23 years of experience in criminal justice. During her tenure at the Fulton County (Ga.) Sheriff's Department, she held ranks from deputy to lieutenant and served with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. She joined the Mississippi Department of Corrections in 1997 and served in the positions of operational management analyst, ACA accreditation manager for community corrections, and director of private and regional facilities. She is currently the director of loss prevention. Dean-Wilson is a current at-large ethnic minority assembly delegate and hopes to remain in this capacity to serve the association as an active member of the Delegate Assembly. With her agency's support, Dean-Wilson is currently working on a doctoral degree of philosophy at Jackson State University, in Mississippi. She received a Master of Science degree from Georgia State University and Bachelor of Arts-Science Degree from Michigan State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] David Kaleolani Haasenritter Assistant Deputy, Corrections Oversight Army Review Boards Agency David Kaleolani Haasenritter has served as assistant deputy of corrections oversight since the creation of the position in the Army Review Boards Agency in 2004. This summer the position was expanded to include serving as the board manager of the Army Clemency and Parole Board. Haasenritter retired from military service in 2003, having served in numerous corrections positions, including operations officer, deputy warden, director of army corrections and parole board member. Haasenritter is currently the at-large ethnic minority representative to the ACA Delegate Assembly; a member of the ACA Standards Committee; and president of the Correctional Accreditation Managers Association. He is an ACA auditor and is often requested to speak at Asian Pacific Islander functions. He has had articles published in Corrections Today and given presentations at corrections and victim witness conferences. Haasenritter is the recipient of the 2000 Military Affairs Committee Austin MacCormick Award and the 2004 ACA Walter Dunbar Award. He earned a master's degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lynn Johnson Director of Nursing Davidson County (Tenn.) Juvenile Detention Center Since 2002, Lynn Johnson has worked for the Davidson County (Tenn.) Juvenile Detention Center as the director of nursing, assisting in the development and implementation of the facilities' policies and procedures. Johnson has 24 years of nursing experience, having previously served as supervisor of three facilities in Tennessee, including the Deberry Special Needs Correctional Facility Medical Clinic. She is a nurse consultant for the Tennessee Vaccine Distribution Department. Johnson has served as an ACA auditor for six years. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Belmont University. Johnson plans to use her experience in juvenile services and the correctional arena to actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as the at-large ethnic minority representative. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James Terrones Deputy Director Johnson County (Kansas) Department of Corrections Juvenile Detention Center James Terrones began his career with the Kansas Department of Corrections in 1979. He served as a correctional officer, parole officer, institutional parole officer, interstate compact administrator, director of the eastern parole region, and community program consultant. In 1996, Terrones became deputy director of programs for the Johnson County Juvenile Detention Center. His primary duties include training and staff development, activities and volunteer/intern programs, classification, support services and the accreditation process. In mid-2009, Terrones became deputy director. He is past president of the Kansas Correctional Association, and a member of ACA, the Olathe Human Relations Commission, the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission, the Governor's Task Force on Racial Profiling, the National Association of Hispanics in Criminal Justice (committee chair), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Johnson County Chapter), the Kansas Correctional Association, and the Olathe Police Foundation. Terrones received a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice/police administration from Parkville University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] S. Elwood York Jr. Director Pretrial Services 16th Judicial Circuit, Monroe County, Fla. Since 2006, Elwood York Jr. has been the director of pretrial services for the 16th Judicial Circuit of Florida. He currently serves as the southeastern regional director of the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (three years) and as the regional director for the Florida Pretrial Professionals Association (four years). He has served on the ACA Congress Program Planning Committee for the last five years, facilitated the accreditation process for his agencies and has been an active member of the ACA for more than 10 years. Prior to his employment with the 16th Judicial Circuit, York was both the legal counsel for and director of corrections in Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. His has also held positions as municipal judge, criminal district attorney and law professor. York received a bachelor's degree in zoology/chemistry from Howard University and a juris doctorate degree from Texas Southern University. He plans to use his experiences and expertise to best represent our members and actively participate in the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Correctional Education Services--Adult (2positions) Eileen Baker Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Old Saybrook, Conn. Eileen Baker serves as an educator, consultant and expert witness to industry, education and government agencies both public and private, including the National Institute of Corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons and departments of correction across the U.S. She has expertise in issues surrounding hearing loss specific to a correctional setting per the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Department of Justice. Baker has presented workshops at ACA conferences--most recently at the 2009 Winter Conference in Kissimmee, Fla., on legal implications for deaf and hard-of-hearing offenders. She makes other presentations on related topics nationally and internationally. She has had articles published in professional literature, and developed the manual American Sign Language for Law Enforcement & Corrections Communication and Correctional Health Care Professionals. Baker is an active member of ACA and serves as a member of the Delegate Assembly and the Legal Issues and Health Care committees. She is the recipient of a master's degree in education of the deaf from Smith College. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jessica Edmond Community Program Supervisor II South Carolina Department of Corrections Since 2004, Jessica Edmond has worked for the South Carolina Department of Corrections in several areas, including security, education and case management. Edmond serves on the Membership Committee for the South Carolina Correctional Association and has been a member of the Women's Task Force for the past two years. Outside of her professional career, Edmond tutors inner-city youths who fall under the No Child Left Behind campaign. Edmond received her bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Phoenix, and is Currently pursuing her master's degree in business administration to represent, enhance and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Adult Education Committee. John Hopkins Director, Division of Treatment and Programs Mississippi Department of Corrections John Hopkins has been with the Mississippi Department of Corrections since 1981. He is now serving as director of the Division of Treatment and Programs. He has served as treatment director since 2002 and prior to that position, served the agency as administrator of the Administrative Remedy Program. As treatment director, he manages various programs that focus on alcohol and drug treatment, education, inmate legal assistance, pre-release, and religious programs. Hopkins served as general counsel to the Mississippi Department of Corrections from 1981-1991. He is a member of ACA, the Southern States Correctional Association, the Mississippi Association of Professionals in Corrections and the Mississippi Bar Association. Hopkins holds a juris doctorate degree from Samford University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Susan Lockwood Director of Juvenile Education Indiana Department of Correction Susan Lockwood, Ed.D., is director of juvenile education for the Indiana Department of Correction. She has worked for the department for nine years, both as a classroom teacher and a school administrator. Prior to that, she taught in the public schools of central Indiana for 17 years. Lockwood has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Ball State University and Oakland City University in music education and educational leadership. She and her colleague, John Nally, Ed.D., have been invited presenters at several state and national conferences regarding their research of the impact of formal education and employment on recidivism, she is actively involved with the correctional Education Association and the Committee of Practitioners (Title I) for the Indiana Department of Education. She has participated in the Marion County (Indianapolis) Leadership in Action Program facilitated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Correctional Education Services--Juvenile. (2 positions) James (Jack) Franklin Catrett Associate School Superintendent Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Jack Catrett has served as special education teacher, high school counselor and principal in public education. He has served as a teacher, regional principal, director of special education and associate school superintendent for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Catrett also worked during undergraduate school as a juvenile correctional officer. He holds a doctorate degree in educational leadership; an educational specialist degree in leadership, a Master of Education in counseling and a bachelor's degree in psychology. He has presented on many educational topics at ACA conferences and is president of the Georgia Correctional Education Association. As a professional educator and a member of the Delegate Assembly, Catrett will promote quality education, security, mental health and medical policies that work for the ACA membership. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brenda Cronin Executive Assistant to the Director Ohio Department of Youth Services Brenda Cronin has worked in the field of juvenile corrections for the past 24 years. She began as a juvenile parole officer for the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS), and has worked in a number of areas within the agency. Cronin currently holds the position of executive assistant to the director for DYS. Throughout her career, Cronin has been involved in nearly every aspect of DYS operations, from overseeing the state's juvenile parole services, to spearheading the state's compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002. In her current role, she assists the director in managing the day-to-day administrative operations of DYS, including supervising the DYS Buckeye United School District. In this capacity, Cronin has overseen significant reform of the DYS education system. Cronin is an active member of ACA, and serves as the DYS representative for the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators. She holds a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Bowling Green State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ellen M. Kehoe Title I Reading teacher Richmond Juvenile Detention Center's Binford Education Center Ellen Kehoe is the Title I reading teacher at the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center's Binford Education Center. Kehoe has taught English in private and public high schools for 30 years to students in grades six through 12. For the last 15 years, however, she has focused on ninth grade English both for honors-level students and "at-risk" students. It was her interest in teaching the "at-risk" students that led her to the position at the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center. Kehoe is a member of the Virginia Education Association's training cadre, and through this position provides teacher training in Virginia public schools. Kehoe is past president of the Delta Chapter of Virginia Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary organization for female educators. She has been involved with ACA for nearly 40 years, regularly attending the congresses of correction and the winter conferences. Kehoe received a Bachelor of Arts from Duchesne College, in Omaha, Neb., and a Master of Arts from Michigan State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Stewart Chief Executive Officer Bright Spot Educational Enterprise LLC John Stewart currently serves as an educational consultant in Alabama and Georgia. From 1983 to 2009, he was the superintendent for the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) School District. Stewart served as the director for Correctional Education Region VIII; an ACA Delegate Assembly member; and chair of the ACA Academic/Vocational Education and Training Committee. He is a qualified auditor with ACA, the Correctional Education Association (CEA), AdvancED and other educational organizations. While superintendent, the DYS School District was awarded accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and CEA. In addition, he served as a representative from the Council of Directors of Correctional Education, on the CEA Executive Board and the CEA Standards Commission. He is an adjunct professor for the managing human resources program at Faulkner University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Detention--Adult (2 positions) Danny Downes Chief Deputy Detention Branch Lubbock County (Texas) Sheriffs Office Since 1994, Danny Downes, CJM, has served three jurisdictions in Texas including McLennan, Dallas and Lubbock counties. He was assistant jail administrator in McLennan County and assistant chief deputy in Dallas. Downes is currently the jail administrator in Lubbock. He is a past president of the Texas Jail Association and has served as mentor/facilitator for the National Jail Leadership Command Academy. Downes holds an Associate of Applied Science in electronics from the National Education Center, San Bernardino, Calif. He plans to use his experience in detention administration and his support of state and national correctional issues to give back to the industry and actively participate in the grams and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] E. Keith Neely Major, Assistant Director of South Operations Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office E. Keith Neely, CJM, joined the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office in July 1987 as a detention deputy and has worked and supervised in the mental health, booking, classification, accreditation and transportation units. He has also served as an investigator and supervisor in internal affairs. Neely is the assistant director of south operations and is responsible for the Broward County Sheriff's Office main jail, booking, intake/release and classification. Neely holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from Barry University. He is a graduate of the 2001 Executive Leadership Program, 2004 Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, Southern Police Institute, and he is a certified jail manger through the America Jail Association. Neely plans to use his experience in adult corrections to be an effective participant in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kim Peery Director of Standards Davidson County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Office Kim Peery began her career at the Davidson County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Office (DCSO) as a correctional officer for female offenders in 1984, and also worked as a transportation officer, finance division inventory manager, and food services director. Peery left DCSO in 1992 and joined Corrections Cooperation of America (CCA) as food service director. Two years later, Peery returned to DCSO in that same position. Since that time, she has worked in many areas of DCSO, including food service monitor, CCA monitor, commissary monitor, and interim chief of security at the Correctional Work Center (now the Correctional Development Center-Male), and Title VI and ADA coordinator. She is currently director of standards. Peery is a member of ACA and the Correctional Accreditation Managers Association. She is certified in occupational safety and health standards. Peery attended the University of Tennessee at Martin. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Belinda Y. Wells-Major Director of Administration and Court Services Hampton (Va.) Sheriff's Office Belinda Y. Wells-Major, CJM, is director of administration and court services for the Hampton (Va.) Sheriff's Office. She has served in the criminal justice field since 1993, holding positions that include deputy sheriff; director of intake, classification, records and inmate services; accreditation manager; training supervisor; and commander of support services. Wells-Major is a certified general instructor for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. She is an ACA auditor and an American Jail Association certified jail manager. Wells-Major received a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Old Dominion University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Detention--Juvenile (2 positions) Glenn Cook Assistant Superintendent/Operations and Security G4S Youth Services, Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center Glenn Cook is employed with G4S Youth Services as assistant superintendent for security and operations at the Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center (DCJDC), located in Nashville, Tenn. Cook began his career in corrections in 1992 working with adult offenders at Corrections Corporation of America's Metro Davidson County Detention Center. He started as a correctional officer and then held the rank of senior officer, assistant shift commander and shift commander. Cook has been assistant superintendent at DCJDC since October of 1996. Cook has experience in staff training and public speaking in the areas of special operations and response teams, defensive tactics and use of force, and gang awareness. The Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center remains the only ACA-accredited juvenile detention facility in Tennessee, and has been since 1996. Cook received his Bachelor of Science in criminal justice administration from Middle Tennessee State University in 1991. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Claudia Engelhardt Executive Director Samaritan Shelters Inc. Since 1979, Claudia Engelhardt has held the position of executive director of Samaritan Shelters, a regional nonsecure juvenile detention program. She currently serves as the legislative chair of the Juvenile Detention Association of New York state and has served as vice president and president. Engelhardt is an active member of the Corrections and Youth Services Association and has served on the Region III planning group since 1997. She is also a member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and the Northeast Juvenile Detention Coalition. Engelhardt is a recipient of the Anthony J. Cuccurullo Memorial Award for excellence in juvenile justice. She holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in political science. She has served as a Delegate Assembly representative in the area of juvenile detention for two terms and will continue to use her experience in the development of programs and policies for ACA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Andrea Morbitzer Release Authority Board Member Ohio Department of Youth Services In June 2008, Andrea Morbitzer was appointed to the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) Release Authority as a board member. After more than 20 years in administration of both juvenile detention and correctional facilities, she now has increased contact with youths and direct influence on their programming and reentry plans. She has served ODYS in many leadership roles; and from 2001 to 2005, Morbitzer served Franklin County, Ohio, as its deputy director of juvenile detention services. She led juvenile detention and juvenile correctional facilities in ACA accreditation/reaccreditation, implemented unit management, increased awareness of conditions of confinement, and improved due process in holding youths accountable. Morbitzer earned a master's degree in management from Ohio Dominican University and a Bachelor of Science in public administration from the University of Scranton. Morbitzer will use her experiences in juvenile justice and policy change as a representative of juvenile detention in the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William B. Sweat Jr. Facility Administrator Oklahoma County (Okla.) Juvenile Detention Center Since 2007, William Sweat has been working for the Oklahoma County (Okla.) Juvenile Detention Center. He served one year as director of the Oklahoma City Community Intervention Center; five years as the assistant director of the Canadian County Juvenile Detention Center; five years as chief of security for the Central Oklahoma Woman's Correctional Facility; and three years as chief of security for the Carver Correctional Facility. Sweat received a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Eastern Kentucky University. He plans to use his experience in juvenile and adult corrections to represent and actively participate in the development of policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Institutions--Arlnlt (2 positions) Clayton Catoe Human Resource Manager I South Carolina Department of Corrections After graduating in 1992 from the University of South Carolina and a short stint in the business community, Clayton Catoe was hired by the South Carolina Department of Corrections as human resources manager I. In 1997 and again in 2007, he was selected as Institutional Supervisor of the Year. In 2003, he received South Carolina Correctional Association's (SCCA) Executive Committee Award. Currently, he is a member of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the South Carolina Jail Administrators Association, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association, the Southern States Correctional Association, and SCCA, where Catoe currently serves as treasurer and is a past president. Clayton has served ACA in numerous capacities, including the Delegate Assembly, Dual Chapter Membership Committee, Workforce/Human Resources Committee, Membership Committee, Staff Safety Committee and Special Election Sub-Committee. While serving on the Delegate Assembly, Catoe plans to use his experience to help develop programs and policies for ACA members. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathleen S. Green Warden, Eastern Correctional Institution Maryland Division of Correction Since 1974, Kathleen S. Green has worked for the Maryland Division of Correction in several positions, including classification counselor, case management supervisor, facility administrator, assistant warden and DOC headquarters special liaison. She is currently warden of Eastern Correctional Institution, Maryland's largest correctional facility, which comprises medium, minimum and prerelease custody levels. She received a bachelor's degree in criminology from the University of Maryland. Her professional training, from the University of Maryland, the National Institute of Corrections, the University of Baltimore, the Maryland Police and Training Commission, and Washington College in Chestertown, Md., includes civil liability, administrator's training, hostage negotiations, managing for results, team building, cognitive restructuring, leadership development, leadership challenges, addictions, and managing difficult employees. She is a member of ACA, the Maryland Criminal Justice Association and the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Karen LaPolt Deputy Superintendent of Programs New York State Department of Correctional Services Karen LaPolt has worked for the New York State Department of Correctional Services in adult institutions for almost 25 years. Beginning as a teacher, LaPolt later worked as a volunteer services coordinator, a correction counselor and an education supervisor. She has been deputy superintendent of programs since 2005. An active member of the New York Corrections and Youth Services Association (CAYSA) since 1988, LaPolt served as conference chair for 10 years and an executive board member for more than 20 years. In 2002, she was voted in as president-elect. LaPolt has also served for many years as a CAYSA representative to the ACA Delegate Assembly. She received a master's degree in business education from the State University of New York Albany, studied educational administration at SUNY Plattsburgh, and is certified in school administration and supervision. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Darrel Vannoy Deputy Warden Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Darrel Vannoy, CCE, has been serving in Louisiana corrections for more than 33 years. At one of the oldest and largest penitentiaries in the U.S., Vannoy has been recognized for his role in apprehending escaped inmates, uncovering drug smuggling operations and achieving ACA accreditation. He is the first vice president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and a member of the Louisiana Association of Wardens and Superintendents. Under the tenure of Warden Burl Cain, Vannoy has enabled great change to occur that has transformed the prison to one that is now known for its successes. Vannoy has helped grow the Angola Prison Rodeo, which attracts more than 10,000 spectators. In 2009, Vannoy was nominated and named as one of 12 state civil servants to receive the highest award presented to state employees in Louisiana, the Charles E. Dunbar Award. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Institutions--Juvenile (2 positions) Albert G. Dawson Sr. Superintendent, Woodland Hills Youth Development Center Tennessee Department of Children's Services Albert G. Dawson Sr., is a juvenile justice advocate with more than 25 years experience in the development, implementation and administration of programs for juvenile offenders. He has held his current position as superintendent of the 120-bed Woodland Hills Youth Development Center since 2007. For 14 years, Dawson was director of community residential programs and assistant director of foster and group homes where he directed the operation of 14 community-based group homes for juvenile offenders, as well as an observation and assessment center and a day treatment program. Previously, he worked at the Spencer Youth Center in various positions including tutor counselor, counselor II and assistant director of counseling. He is a member of ACA, the Tennessee Corrections Association and Southern States Correctional Association. He has been an ACA auditor since 1991. Dawson has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Fisk University. Johnnie Jones III Facility Administrator, Atchison Youth Residential Center G4S Youth Services Johnnie Jones III has spent more than 30 years in corrections for the U.S. Army. His tours and assignments have taken him to Europe, Korea, Cuba and numerous stateside assignments. He received the Legion of Merit during his retirement in August 2009. After retirement, Johnnie joined G4S Youth Services as facility administrator for the Atchison Youth Residential Center in Atchison, Kan. Jones has a dual master's degree in management and human resources from Webster University. Carla J. Leveque Commander Western South Dakota Juvenile Services Center Since January 1999, Carla J. Leveque has worked as commander of the Western South Dakota Juvenile Services Center, a 100-bed, seven-county compact detention facility that incorporates secure detention, staff-secure detention and a home detention program. She is responsible for developing, implementing, and revising policies and procedures for all aspects of operations, as well as managing budgets related to operations. She ensures that all personnel and volunteers are trained, and she reports to the Pennington County Sheriff and the Western South Dakota Juvenile Services Compact Board. In 1999, Leveque was responsible for obtaining initial ACA accreditation, and she currently oversees the ACA accreditation manager. She began working at the center as assistant administrator in June 1996. Prior to coming to the center, Leveque served as a parole agent, a child care worker at a juvenile facility, and a deputy sheriff in Jerauld County, S.D. She holds a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from the University of South Dakota. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ronnie Woodard Director, Office of Secure Campuses Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Ronnie Woodard began his career in juvenile justice in 1981 when he accepted the position of youth development worker with the Eastman Regional Youth Detention Center. He later served as court service worker and court service worker senior in the Cordele Judicial Circuit. In 1985, Woodard became assistant director at the Eastman Regional Youth Detention Center and became director in 1998. Woodard was promoted to regional administrator for the Office of Campus Operations in 2004, where he was responsible for the direct supervision of four youth development centers. Woodard was recently appointed as director of the Office of Secure Campuses, providing direct supervision to six youth development centers with a population capacity of 900 beds. Woodard received a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Georgia Southern College in 1981. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Institutional Line Operating Personnel--Adult (2 positions) Tony Fountain Correctional Supervisor, Ml Pleasant Correctional Facility Iowa Department of Corrections Tony Fountain has worked for the Iowa Department of Corrections since 1994. He started at the maximum-security unit before coming on board with the relatively new clinical care unit in Fort Madison that works with adult offenders with special needs. He has attended numerous in-service classes dealing with the mentally ill, effects of medications and anti-social behavior personalities. Most recently, Fountain was promoted to correctional supervisor for the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility and is currently a coordinator for the facility's Staff Victimization and Support Services. Fountain has served as a member of the Iowa Department of Corrections' Employee Recognition Committee and as a board member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (local #2989), and the Iowa Corrections Association. He has been on the ACA Delegate Assembly since being elected in 2006. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mel Grieshaber Executive Director Service Employees International Union/Michigan Corrections For more than 22 years, Mel Grieshaber has worked for the organization representing Michigan's state correctional officers, currently as its executive director. In this role he advocates for correctional officers, supporting education, training and standards for them. Grieshaber has held positions as a forensic officer and trainer of new officers. He was a board member of the International Association of Correctional Officers (IACO), including several years as its president. Grieshaber has been a member of the ACA Workforce Committee and for the last eight years has been a member of the Legislative Committee, including one term as vice chair. He was IACO's member on ACA's Delegate Assembly for three terms. He has also presented workshops at ACA conferences. He received a bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Todd Rabideau Senior Training Officer New York State Department of Correctional Services Todd Rabideau is in his 27th year of dedicated service to the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Rabideau is a seasoned corrections officer and is currently the senior training officer. He has diverse correctional experience, having worked in camp, minimum-and medium-security level facilities. Rabideau worked at Bedford Hills, a nationally recognized leader in female corrections rehabilitation and reentry initiatives. Rabideau currently serves at the largest male, maximum-security facility in New York, Clinton Correctional Facility. Rabideau's receipt of the Outstanding Achievement Award for his service as media coordinator testifies to his commitment to ACA and the New York Corrections and Youth Services Association. Rabideau regularly attends ACA conferences and desires to continue advancing ACA's positions on local and national issues on the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michelle R. Watson Corrections and Custody Officer 2, Washington Corrections Center for Women Washington State Department of Corrections Michelle R. Watson began working for the Washington State Department of Corrections in 2002, serving as sales secretary to the correctional industries sales team. She was promoted to the executive support series for the Community Corrections Division. Watson became a member of the Correctional Peace Officer Foundation in 2006. She was asked to join the Washington Correctional Association (WCA) in 2006 as the budget and finance chair. She was then elected as the WCA vice president, and now serves as the conference and training chair. Watson is now a corrections and custody officer for the Washington Correction Center for Women. She received the Special Award from WCA on behalf of her service and commitment to correctional staff. Watson is in the process of completing her bachelor's degree in criminal justice. She plans to use her experience and training to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Institutional Line Operating Personnel--Juvenile (2 positions) Richard L. Bean Superintendent Richard L. Bean Juvenile Services Center Richard L. Bean has been an employee of the Knox County (Tenn.) government since 1962, starting in the Domestic Relations Court. In 1965, he went to work for the Knox County Juvenile Court, and in 1972, he became superintendent of the East Tennessee Regional Juvenile Service Center. On Dec. 7, 2001, the Knox County Commission renamed the facility in his honor--the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Services Center. He continues to serve there in the position of superintendent. Bean is retired from the U.S. Naval Reserves, with 36 years of service. He served on the ACA Children's Initiatives Committee from 2000 to 2002, and is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Tennessee Juvenile Court Services Association. Bean will bring his 36 years of experience in the area of juvenile detention to the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Roger Chute Treatment Manager, John S. Wilder Youth Development Center Tennessee Department of Children's Services Roger Chute, M.Ed., has been employed in the juvenile justice system since 1977. He has provided direct services to juveniles as a counselor 1, counselor 2, counselor 3 and classification coordinator. Currently, he serves as treatment manager within a juvenile institution. Chute has experience with indirect service positions in the institutional setting, including assistant principal, training coordinator I and accreditation manager. During his 33 years of service, he has actively participated in numerous departmental policy development projects. Chute has a bachelor's degree in social science and a master's degree in education with a concentration in guidance and personnel services, as well as additional graduate hours in criminal justice. He is an active member of ACA, serving as an auditor for the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. He has also served on ACA's Resolutions and Policy Development and Juvenile Corrections committees. He has previously served as an elected member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Terry J. Martinek Assistant Director Berrien County (Mich.) Juvenile Center Since 1971, Terry J. Martinek has served in the juvenile corrections and adult mental health fields. He has held positions as a youth counselor (three years), group leader (nine years), supervisor (one year), administrator (2.5 years) and assistant director (22 years). Martinek currently serves on the executive board of the Michigan Juvenile Detention Association and is the north region vice president of the National Juvenile Detention Association. He is a past president of the South Dakota Corrections Association and winner of the association's 1977 Outstanding Service Award. Martinek has extensive experience in staff training and program implementation using the rational behavior training model in the juvenile field with experience at the state levels in training schools, detention and residential treatment. Martinek received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and sociology from Dakota Wesleyan University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LaShonda Watson Accreditation/Case Manager, Davidson County (Tenn.) Juvenile Detention Center G4S Youth Services LaShonda Watson is the accreditation/case manager for Davidson County (Tenn.) Juvenile Detention Center, which is currently the only ACA-accredited juvenile detention center in the state. She has worked at the detention center for 10 years and previously held positions as an intake officer and case manager. Watson has a bachelor's degree in political science. While completing her degree, she was able to study politics and human rights in The Gambia, in West Africa. She also has a paralegal certificate and is currently completing her master's degree in public service management. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Institutions of Higher Learning (4 positions) Curtis R. Blakely Assistant Professor, Justice Systems Department Truman State University Curtis R. Blakely, Ph.D., served as a member of ACA's Academic/Vocational Education and Training Committee. For more than a decade, he has served as a manuscript reviewer for Corrections Today. He has had three articles, 23 book reviews and nine of his students published by ACA. Blakely has held positions with the Missouri Board of Probation/Parole, the Penitentiary of New Mexico and the Jackson County (Mo.) Jail. He is the resident penologist at Truman State University and has published two books, the latest of which is Prisons, Penology and Penal Reform. His most recent manuscripts have been featured in Federal Probation and the Internet Journal of Criminology. He is a member of the American Criminal Justice Association and is executive advisor to the corrections section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Georgette A. Bradstreet Statewide Forensic Coordinator State of West Virginia Since February 2009, Georgette A. Bradstreet has served as head of forensic mental health for the state of West Virginia. She also serves as clinical instructor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at West Virginia University. Bradstreet received a Master of Arts in mental health counseling at University of Cincinnati and in June will receive a Master of Science in criminal justice. She is a doctoral candidate at University of Cincinnati in the Counseling Department with an expected completion date of October 2010. She is a member of both ACA's Professional Education Council and its Mental Health Committee. Prior to her current position, she was director of mental health at a 900-bed urban jail in Ohio. Bradstreet plans to use her experience on the Professional Education Council and Mental Health Committee to strengthen the relationship between academics and ACA by her participation in the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Doug Dretke Executive Director, Correctional Management Institute of Texas Sam Houston State University Doug Dretke, MPA, has served as executive director of the Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT) at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) since July 2006. His oversight at CMIT includes training, professional development and research across the spectrum of corrections. He has a Bachelor's of Science in criminology/corrections from SHSU along with a master's degree in public administration (concentration in criminal justice) from Texas A & M University Corpus Christi. He is a 26-year veteran of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, serving his last three years as director of the Correctional Institutions Division with oversight of 105 prison facilities. An active ACA member, Dretke currently chairs the Professional Education Council and Professional Certification Commission and is a member of the Program Planning Committee. His professional and academic experiences within corrections provide him with strong insight into the complex challenges facing correctional leadership today, which he believes will enable him to serve effectively as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Calvin R. Edwards Professor and Department Chair, Justice, law and Public Safety Studies Lewis University Calvin R. Edwards, DPA, has worked in corrections since 1974, when he began his career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as a case manager at the U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kan. He served in numerous roles with the BOP, including warden, regional director and assistant director. He later served as executive deputy director and interim director of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. He has been teaching in higher education for the past seven years. Edwards received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Elmhurst College, a Master of Social Work from Washington University, and a Master of Public Administration and a Doctor of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He has served on the ACA Professional Education Council, the Workforce/Human Resources Issues Committee and the Work Force Project Advisory Council. Edwards currently serves as a member of the Delegate Assembly and wishes to continue to use his experience in corrections and academia to contribute to program and policy development. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edward E. Rhine Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Offender Reentry Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Edward E. Rhine, Ph.D., is deputy director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's Office of Policy and Offender Reentry. He was formerly the chairperson of the Release Authority and deputy director of Parole, Courts and Community Services for the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Prior to that, he served as the director of field operations for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Rhine has written and edited numerous publications addressing the history and practice of paroling authorities; the impact of due process on prison discipline; offender reentry; and "best practices" in corrections. He served as the community corrections features editor for Corrections Management Quarterly, and is currently on the Editorial Committee for the American Probation and Parole Committee (APPA) publication Perspectives. He served as the chief editor of Transforming Probation Through Leadership: The 'Broken Windows' Model, and Best Practices: Excellence in Corrections, and as a co-author of Putting Public Safety First: 13 Parole Supervision Strategies to Enhance Reentry. He is an instructor in sociology at Ohio State University. He is a member of APPA and the American Society of Criminology. Finally, he served as chair of ACAs Exemplary Practices Coordinating Council. He is the recipient of the 2004 E.J. Henderson Award bestowed by the International Community Corrections Association, and the 2005 Bennett J. Cooper Award bestowed by the Ohio Community Corrections Organization. Rhine received his doctorate degree in sociology from Rutgers University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Richard Tewksbury Professor of Justice Administration University of Louisville Richard Tewksbury, Ph.D., currently serves as professor of justice administration at the University of Louisville. He has been an active member of ACA for nearly 20 years, and has served on the Research Council since 1996 (chair, 2007-2008), the Professional Education Council since 1996 (chair, 2002-2004) and the Workforce/Human Resources Committee since 2004. Tewksbury is also recipient of ACA's Peter P. Lejins Correctional Research Award and a frequent workshop presenter at ACA conferences. He is actively engaged in teaching and research concerning correctional culture, staff job satisfaction, sex offender registration policies and procedures, and institutional program evaluations. Tewksbury previously worked for both the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the Kentucky Department of Corrections, and has consulted with numerous state and local agencies across the nation. He is the author/editor of 13 books and more than 200 articles, chapters and reports. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jim Thomas Distinguished Teaching Professor (emeritus), Department of Sociology Northern Illinois University With the exception of a short break in the mid-1990s, Jim Thomas has been an ACA member since 1983. He has served on several ACA committees, and is former vice chair and current member of ACA's Student Affairs Committee. In addition to teaching in Stateville and Dixon correctional centers for many years, he has served as a prison monitor with the Illinois prison watch-dog agency, the John Howard Association, since 1980. As a professor in sociology/criminal justice at Northern Illinois University (NIU) and visiting professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), he has published extensively on prisons, and is currently the faculty advisor of both the NIU and UIC student chapters of ACA. As a member of the Delegate Assembly, he would expand his current efforts to provide increased opportunities for students and their institutions to develop partnerships with ACA as a way of understanding the complexity of corrections and preparing students for a corrections career. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Barbara H. Zaitzow Professor of Criminal Justice Appalachian State University Barbara H. Zaitzow conducts a variety of research projects in men's and women's prisons and has been involved in local, state, and national advocacy work for prisoners and organizations seeking alternatives to imprisonment. Zaitzow has served on various editorial boards for nationally recognized journals, and she has had published a co-edited book, articles and book chapters on a variety of prison-related topics, including HIV/AIDS and other treatment needs of female prisoners. A member of ACA since 1985, Zaitzow has provided her expertise as a guest speaker for ACA, the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association, the North Carolina Correctional Association, and North Carolina unit management training. She currently serves as an elected Delegate Assembly member representing institutions of higher learning. She is also a member of the Student Affairs Committee and the Professional Education Council and is faculty advisor for the student chapter of ACA at her university. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Private Community-Based Correctional Organizations (4 positions) Debra Buccilla Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Alvis House Debra Buccilla is the executive vice president and chief operations officer of Alvis House, a private, nonprofit human services agency. Alvis House was established in 1967 and operates programs in several Ohio cities, including Columbus, Dayton, Lima, Chillicothe and Toledo. The agency serves nearly 400 residential clients at a time and annually serves in excess of 4,000 men, women, young adults and children. Buccilla has more than 30 years experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities in both the private and public sector. Buccilla worked at the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities for more than 12 years, most recently serving as a deputy director, responsible for Ohio's developmental centers. Immediately prior to coming to Alvis House, Buccilla was the chief executive officer of Triad Home Health Services and served as the volunteer director for the Disability Resource Network Inc. As an advocate for individuals with disabilities, Buccilla has presented locally and nationally on all aspects of service delivery to individuals with developmental disabilities, including administrative and regulatory issues. Buccilla is a member of ACA, the International Community Corrections Association, the Ohio Community Corrections Organization, the Professional Association for Retardation in Ohio and the Ohio Justice Alliance for Community Corrections. Buccilla holds a master's degree in education from Ohio State University and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ohio Dominican University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kevin Duckworth Regional Director Community Education Centers Kevin Duckworth has more than 20 years of experience in community-based correctional organizations. He currently works as the western region director for Community Education Centers, with oversight responsibilities of community corrections programs, reentry facilities, day reporting centers and in-prison treatment units. Facilities are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming. Duckworth has previously worked as director of community corrections facilities in Colorado and Texas and served as a probation officer in Texas. Duckworth received a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice. He plans to use his experience in community corrections and reentry services in multiple states to actively participate as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dale Hale Divisional Correctional Services Secretary The Salvation Army Northern Division Since 1971, Date Hale has been a Salvation Army officer (ordained minister), with the rank of major, having served appointments in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. It was in Wisconsin that Hale organized the Salvation Army's first prison programs in its state facilities. Hale joined ACA as an active member in 1986 and has served on the Membership Committee, Probation and Parole Committee and Victims/Restorative Justice Committee, which he currently chairs. He served as president of the American Protestant Correctional Association and currently is first vice president of the American Correctional Chaplains Association. Most recently, he was appointed as co-coordinator of the ACA conference prayer and meditation room. In 2008, he was elected to the Delegate Assembly representing private community-based organizations. Hale wants to use both his education and experience on behalf of private community-based organizations to exhibit excellence in ACA policies, resolutions and standards. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Asbury College in Kentucky, a master's degree in criminology from Indiana State University, and a master's degree in biblical counseling from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jan M. Kempf Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dismas Charities Inc. Jan M. Kempf is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Dismas Charities Inc., a Louisville-based human service organization specializing in residential community corrections centers. In the 36 years she has been in the social service and criminal justice arenas she has worked toward bettering the lives of those less fortunate and improving the community. She is the recipient of the Commitment to Corrections Award, presented annually by the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency, and she has also been recognized with the Arthur McDonald Leadership and Service Award from the International Community Corrections Association. She is also the recipient of the Father Diersen Award, the highest honor bestowed by Dismas Charities, in 1984 when Kempf joined Dismas, the organization had five centers in three states and a staff compliment of less than 100. Today, 26 years later, she has shepherded the nonprofit entity to nearly 600 employees working at 36 centers or offices in 12 states. She is a member of ACA, the Southern States Correctional Association, the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency, the American Probation and Parole Association, the Personnel Managers Association and is past secretary of International Community Corrections Association. Kempf received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Louisville. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kerry L. Knott Chief Executive Officer G4S Youth Services LLC Kerry L. Knott has more than 18 years of experience in the field of juvenile corrections. Knott has worked for G4S Youth Services since 2000 and has held the positions of facility administrator, regional operations director, vice president of operations, and chief operating officer before being appointed chief executive officer of the company in 2008. He has actively served on various committees for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and is currently an ACA Juvenile Corrections Committee member, a member of the Florida Juvenile Justice Association, as well as an advisory board member for the Youth Outreach Foundation. Knott will use his passion for working with youths and his experience in juvenile justice to be an active member of the ACA Delegate Assembly in the area of private community-based correctional organizations. Knott earned his bachelor's degree in public administration from Shippensburg University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cristi M. Payne Corporate Director, Program Accountability and Support Division State Director, Texas Community Education Centers inc. Cristi M. Payne has worked within the criminal justice industry for more than 15 years. She joined Community Education Centers Inc. in August 2008 as corporate director of the Program Accountability and Support Division and in June 2009 took on a dual role as the state director of CEC's Texas substance abuse felony punishment facility and in-prison therapeutic community programs. Prior to joining CEC, Payne worked for Cornell Companies Inc., as the corporate director of adult community-based marketing as well as the corporate director of business development. She entered the criminal justice field as a substance abuse counselor at Illinois Youth Center, where she was responsible for the administration of the fully dedicated Juvenile Criminal Justice Addictions Program. Payne received a Bachelor of Science in social work with special emphasis in psychology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. She is nationally recognized as a certified alcohol and other drug counselor, a mental health substance abuse professional, criminal justice addictions professional and criminal addictions trainer of trainers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bernie Rochford Executive Vice President of Administrative Services and Business Relations Oriana House Inc. Since 1985, Bernie Rochford has worked for Oriana House, Inc., which provides chemical dependency treatment and community correction services. As executive vice president, he oversees the administrative functions of the agency and is the community liaison to outside criminal justice agencies, courts, businesses and the community. He has been president of the Ohio Corrections and Court Services Association, and a member of the ACA Delegate Assembly in addition to serving on several local committees dealing with jail crowding and mentally ill offenders. Rochford is a licensed attorney and member of the Akron Bar Association. He is president of the Akron Leadership Alumni Association, and serves on the boards of Project Learn, First Friday Club and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] S. Anne Walker Executive Director Alston Wilkes Society Since 1987, Anne Walker, CCE, has been executive director of the Alston Wilkes Society. She previously worked for the society from 1972 to 1979. From 1979 to 1981, Walker was self-employed in the speaking/training field and went on to work in higher education from 1981 to 1987. She is an active member of the South Carolina Correctional Association, a past president of the South Carolina Probation and Parole Association, and a past president of the International Community Corrections Association's board of directors. She is also a member of the Association for Woman Executives in Corrections. Walker is a past appointed member of ACA's Board of Governors and has previously served as an elected member of the Delegate Assembly. She has served as chair of ACA's Congress Program Planning Committee. She was a member of ACA's Professional Development Committee, and is currently a member of its Community Corrections and Constitution and Bylaws committees. Walker is a 2006 recipient of ACA's E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award. She received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Lander University and a master's degree in education from the University of South Carolina. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Correctional Health (2 positions) John M. Casebolt State Physician and Health Care Coordinator Nebraska State Penitentiary John M. Casebolt, M.D., has been an employee of the Nebraska State Penitentiary for six years. Casebolt was in active practice for 30 years and then served as medical director for Aetna and Mutual of Omaha and as a medical consultant. He is active in multiple professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the Nebraska State Medical Association, the American College of Medical Quality, the American Board of Medical Quality, the American Academy of Family Practice and the Society of Correctional Physicians. Casebolt serves in multiple correctional committees including ACA's Health Care Committee. He has a medical degree from the University of Missouri and a master's degree in medical management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford. Casebolt plans to apply his knowledge and clinical skills to assist ACA in delivering the best quality health care within the limits of available resources. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Terre K. Marshall Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Clinical Services Massachusetts Department of Correction Terre K. Marshall, MPH, began in corrections during graduate studies in public health at the University of Illinois Medical Center, focusing coursework within the Illinois Department of Corrections and local nonprofit criminal justice agencies. She has held key positions within both the public and private sectors of correctional health/mental health services. Her public correctional health roles include director in Tennessee, administrator (statewide) in Illinois, deputy commissioner in Connecticut, director of health services administration/contract monitor in Florida, and, now, assistant deputy commissioner in Massachusetts. Marshall's private sector positions include regional vice president and director of government relations and quality and compliance for two large contract correctional companies. During her lengthy career, Marshall has been involved in numerous ACA conference presentations and committees; a member of the Delegate Assembly; and has participated in the Coalition for Correctional Health Authorities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stephen K. Valle Licensed Psychologist and Addiction Counselor President and Chief Executive Officer, AdCare Criminal Justice Services Inc. Stephen K. Valle, Sc.D., MBA, is president and chief operating officer of AdCare Criminal Justice Services. He is a recognized leader and international expert in the addiction, criminal justice and mental health fields. In 1993, Valle was nominated by Sen. Harold E. Hughes to serve as director of the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the Clinton administration. In 2009 he was invited to address the British Parliament regarding prison reform and addiction issues in the United Kingdom. Valle is the founder of Accountability Training, a behavior change model for offenders with addiction; author of more than a dozen journal articles and the text Alcoholism Counseling: Issues for an Emerging Profession; and editor of Drunk Driving in America: Strategies and Approaches to Treatment Valle has served as associate editor of the Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, and holds several editorial review assignments for leading professional journals. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cecilia Velasquez Director of Correctional Services Gaudenzia Inc. Cecelia Velasquez has worked in the human services field since 1974, and since 1981 has held an array of positions with Gaudenzia Inc., a nonprofit organization. She ensures the provision of drug treatment services to offenders in the Maryland and Pennsylvania state prison and community corrections systems. Velasquez holds a Master of Human Services degree from Lincoln University, is a certified addictions counselor and a certified criminal justice addiction professional. Velasquez has trained on a national level and worked with the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment on the therapeutic community model. Previously, she was adjunct professor at Harrisburg Community College, Lincoln University and is currently adjunct professor for Eastern University. Velasquez has been a member of ACA since 2001. She is also a member of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice, the Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole and Corrections, the Middle Atlantic States Correctional Association, and the American Probation and Parole Association. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mental Health (2 positions) John Baxter Director, Mental Health Services Corrections Corporation of America John Baxter, Ed.D., joined Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in March 2008 to provide clinical and administrative leadership as director of mental health services. Prior to joining CCA, he served as the psychology services administrator (chief psychologist) for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Baxter's correctional mental health career spans 28 years of state, federal and private sector service. He has worked in jails and prisons, and has served in both direct patient care and administrative mental health roles. Baxter graduated from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University with a doctorate in education (human development counseling). He also holds a master's degree from Harding Graduate School of Religion, and a bachelor's degree from David Lipscomb University. Baxter has served ACA as a member of the Mental Health Committee, and will work actively to improve the quality of mental health services and standards as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Deborah L. Bell Technical Director Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar Deborah L. Bell, LCSW, CCE, has directed correctional and mental health services for 25 years, working in correctional mental health services most of those years. She has also worked in substance abuse, family advocacy/child protective services, behavioral health services and as senior correctional director in a military correctional facility. An Air Force Reserves colonel, she is a medical inspector on the Air Force Inspection Team to accredit hospitals/clinics. She received a Bachelor of Science in social work from Virginia's Longwood University and a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University. Bell completed Air Command and Staff College, Air War College, the National Institute of Corrections Executive Excellence Program, and is a certified corrections executive. She is currently appointed as mental health representative to ACA's Delegate Assembly; is on the ACA Mental Health Committee; and has served on the Congress Program Planning, Health Care, and Military Affairs committees. She has been an ACA auditor for more than 10 years and serves on the United Through Reading board of trustees, advising on their correctional program. Bell plans to use her extensive correctional leadership and mental health experience to continue actively developing and examining special needs policies and programs in the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dennis Waite President Waite Consulting LLC Dennis Waite, Ph.D, provides consultation in metal health and related services to residential facilities and juvenile justice systems. He was the chief psychologist for the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Behavioral Services Unit for 30 years. His primary job was to direct the mental health and related treatment services provided within juvenile correctional centers. Waite received his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Dayton and both his master's and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from Purdue University. He is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified sex offender treatment provider and certified forensic evaluator. Waite has been on the ACA Mental Health Committee for the past five years representing juvenile services. Waite plans to continue his involvement with ACA to improve the delivery of mental health services within the juvenile system. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dedric Williams Human Services Coordinator IV South Carolina Department of Corrections Since 2000, Dedric Williams has worked in several capacities within the mental health arena, including a program supervisor in adolescent services, a program coordinator in inpatient services and the last three years as a human services coordinator for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC). Williams is also a member of the Situational Control Team as a hostage negotiator. Williams received a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Benedict College and a Master of Arts in counseling from Webster University. Williams serves as a member of ACA, Toastmasters International, the South Carolina Correctional Association and Columbia Young Professional Association. Williams also serves on several boards and committees within SCDOC. Williams plans to use his experiences in mental health services to actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Constitution and Bylaws Proposed Amendments New and amended language appears in red. I. Article II Elections--Section 1. Election of Board of Governors and At-Large Members of the Delegate Assembly Amendment # 1 Current Language: A plurality of votes cast shall elect a candidate. Proposed New Language: A plurality of votes cast shall elect a candidate. In the event of a tie vote, a winner will be determined by a coin toss conducted by the President, in the presence of a majority of the Executive Committee. Amendment #2 Current Language: In considering persons for nomination, the Nominating Committee shall take into account the qualifications, discipline, race, sex, and geographical location of the prospective candidates. Proposed New Language: In considering persons for nomination, the Nominating Committee shall take into account the qualifications, discipline, race, sex, ethnicity, gender and geographical location of the prospective candidates. II. Article III The Board of Governors--Section 1. Composition (Subsection B, Item 1) Current Language: The nineteen (19) elected governors shall generally reflect the association's disciplinary structure, the geographical distribution of its membership, and representation of ethnic minorities and women. Proposed New Language: The nineteen (19) elected governors shall generally reflect the association's disciplinary structure, including adult and juvenile components, the geographical distribution of its membership, and representation of ethnic and racial minorities, women, and management and nonmanagement staff. III. Article IV Delegate Assembly--Section 1. Composition (Subsection C. At-Large Representation, Item 1) Current Language: At-Large Members shall be elected from the following disciplines of the correctional continuum: Proposed New Language: The forty-two (42) elected at-large delegates shall generally reflect the association's disciplinary structure, including adult and juvenile components, the geographical distribution of its membership, and representation of ethnic and racial minorities, women, and management and nonmanagement staff. IV. Article VI Committees and Councils--Section 11. Committee on Ethics Current Language: There shall be a Committee on Ethics with members appointed by the President from the Board of Governors and Delegate Assembly. Proposed New Language: There shall be a Committee on Ethics with members appointed by the President from the Board of Governors, Delegate Assembly and representatives from the field of corrections. V. Article VI Committees and Councils Proposed New Section--Committee on Correctional Health Care Current Language: None Proposed New Language: There shall be a Committee on Correctional Health Care, which shall be appointed by the President and be broadly representative of the field of correctional services. The Committee shall promote the integration of adequate, comprehensive health services for offenders and detainees, both pre- and post-adjudication, specific to their age and gender from arrest through reentry. The Committee shall advise the President and the members of the association of the constitutional and other legal requirements for the provision of acceptable correctional health care services. The Committee shall develop materials on correctional health care topics useful to the field. The Committee shall work collaboratively with the President, governing bodies, committees, affiliate organizations, related associations, and the public health sector to ensure the relevancy and ethical soundness of standards, polices, resolutions, and position statements. |
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