2008 ACA Election - Candidates and Voting Instructions

This year's slate of candidates was selected by ACA's Nominating Committee during its meeting on Oct. 29, 2007. Candidates were chosen for president-elect, vice president and treasurer positions, along with a full slate of nominees to the Board of Governors, the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections

You are eligible to vote in this year's election if your ACA membership was paid through April 1, 2008. 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 and a return postage-paid mailing envelope are included with this magazine in the plastic-wrapped mailing bag. You can also vote online at https://www.esc-vote.com/aca2008. 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 9026

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-9831

The closing date for the election is June 15, 2008. Paper ballots must be postmarked by June 15. Web voting will close at 11:59 p.m. on June 15.

OFFICERS

President-Elect

Stanley Glanz

Sheriff

Tulsa County, Okla.

Stanley Glanz was first elected sheriff in 1988 after spending 23 years at the Tulsa Police Department. Glanz received a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa and a master's degree from Oklahoma City University. He attended the Southwestern Police Academy, the National Sheriffs' Institute, the Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS) and the 97th Session of the FBI National Academy. Glanz serves on the board of directors for the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) and is chairman of its Accreditation, Detention and Corrections Committee. He is a commissioner on ACA's Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and is an appointee to the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board. In 2007, Glanz received the NSA Triple Crown Award for having achieved accreditation from ACA, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Glanz was selected as Oklahoma's Sheriff of the Year in 1996, and in 2000, he was named Sheriff of the Year by NSA.

Daron Hall

Sheriff

Davidson County, Tenn.

Daron Hall has more than 20 years of correctional experience and a unique perspective on practical work in jails and prisons. After graduating from Western Kentucky University with a degree in criminology, he started his career with the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a pretrial officer. Hall then moved back to his hometown, Nashville, Tenn., and began working for the Davidson County Sheriff's Office (DCSO). In 1990, he left the sheriff's office and began working for Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) as the program director at the Metro Detention Facility. While working for CCA, Hall participated in a management exchange program that sent him to Brisbane, Australia, in 1993. A year later, Hall was appointed chief deputy of DCSO where he oversaw the daily jail operations for eight years. In September 2002, he became the youngest person elected sheriff since the formation of the Metro Nashville government. Four years later, he was the first to run unopposed. Hall was also one of the first people in the U.S. to earn the distinction of certified jail manager. He has served as chair of ACA's Program Planning Committee, as a member of ACA's Adult Corrections Committee, and on ACA's Congress of Correction and Winter Conference host committees. Hall serves on the National Sheriffs' Association's (NSA) board of directors and is a member of NSA's Accreditation, Detention, and Corrections Committee. Currently, Hall serves as ACA's vice president.

Vice President

Patricia L. Caruso

Director

Michigan Department of Corrections

Patricia L. Caruso joined the Michigan Department of Corrections in 1988 and has served in several capacities, including three years as business manager, nine years as warden, two years as regional prison administrator and 10 months as deputy director. In July 2003, she was appointed director of the department. Caruso received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and sociology from Lake Superior State University and a master's degree in comprehensive occupational education from the University of Michigan. In July 2006, Caruso was elected to ACA's Commission on Accreditation for Corrections for a term expiring in 2010, and she has been a member of the ACA Standards Committee since July 2003. Caruso is also serving as treasurer for the Association of State Correctional Administrators. She is a past member of the ACA Program Planning Committee and a past president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, in addition to being active in a number of other professional correctional organizations.

Evelyn Ridley-Turner

Attorney at Law/Director

Youth and Young Adult Initiatives

Indianapolis Private Industry Council

From February 1974 until her retirement in January 2005, Evelyn Ridley-Turner was employed by the Indiana Department of Correction. She was appointed commissioner of the department in 2001, becoming the first female to head the agency, a position she held until her retirement. Prior to her appointment as commissioner, Ridley-Turner was deputy commissioner for the Juvenile Services Division for eight years. She held several other key positions within the department, including supervisor of community correctional services, staff counsel, and director of the Division of Internal Audits and Investigations. Since leaving the department, she has practiced law, taught at Indiana University/Purdue University and worked as a correctional consultant. Ridley-Turner currently works for the Indianapolis Workforce Investment Board where she develops programs that assist at-risk young people returning from prison. She has served on ACA's Standards Committee and is currently ACA's treasurer and a member of the Children's Initiative Committee. She is an associate member of the Association of State Correctional Administrators and is a past president of the Indiana Correctional Association. She holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University, Indianapolis, and a juris doctorate degree from the Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis.

Treasurer

Daniel R. Craig

Deputy Director

Iowa Department of Corrections

Daniel R. Craig began his career in Iowa community corrections in 1985. In September 2000, Craig was appointed assistant deputy director for the Eastern Region. In June 2002, the 1st Judicial District board of directors appointed Craig as director of community corrections. As district director, Craig's responsibilities included probation, parole, pretrial release, operating while intoxicated (OWI) programs and residential facilities. He is currently deputy director for the Iowa Department of Corrections Western Region, which includes five institutions and four community corrections districts. He holds an associate degree and a bachelor's degree in public administration from Upper Iowa University. Craig is a board member of the National Association of Probation Executives. He is a member of the Iowa Corrections Association (past president 1999 - 2000), the American Probation and Parole Association, and ACA. Craig is also a member of the ACA Standards Committee and is currently the chair of the Exemplary Practices Coordinating Council.

Christopher B. Epps

Commissioner

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Christopher B. Epps started his career with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) in 1982. Since then, he has served as chief of staff, deputy commissioner of institutions, deputy commissioner of community corrections, deputy superintendent, chief of security, director of treatment and commissioner as of Aug. 30, 2002. He is a field grade officer in the Mississippi Army National Guard. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and a master's degree in guidance/ counseling. Serving as an auditor for ACA, Epps was elected in June 2004 to the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and to the Nominating Committee in 2006. In 2007, he was appointed to the Executive Committee for the commission. Epps is overseeing the full accreditation of MDOC, including one of only 15 accredited field services divisions in the nation. If elected as treasurer, Epps will conscientiously administer ACA funds and bring a comprehensive knowledge of corrections to the post.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

At-Large Ethnic Minority (1 position)

Raul S. Banasco

Major

Orange County Corrections Department

Orlando, Fla.

Maj. Raul S. Banasco, CPM, MPA, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Iona College, a Masters of Arts degree in public administration from Florida Atlantic University and is a certified public manager. In addition, he is a certified national auditor for ACA. Banasco began his public service 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, Banasco served as a probation officer, probation supervisor, classification supervisor, assistant warden of operations and programs, warden, and director of staff development for the entire agency. On Oct. 1, 2006, he was appointed to the position of major at the Orange County Jail. Banasco served as the state president of the Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency during the 2003-2004 term and is currently serving as president of the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice for the 2006-2008 term. He is also an active member of ACA, the Southern States Correctional Association, the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, and the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel. Banasco is vice chair of ACA's Professional Education Council, a committee member of ACA's Affirmative Actions Committee and served on the Program Planning Committee from 2006 to 2008.

Artis (Ray) Hobbs

Chief Deputy Director of Institutions

Arkansas Department of Correction

Ray Hobbs began his career in corrections as a correctional officer I at the Tucker Unit (Arkansas) in January 1975. He worked in the treatment area of corrections from March 1976 to August 1978. In August 1978, he was promoted to assistant warden of the Benton Unit (Arkansas) and then warden of the same unit in March 1979. In December 1981, Hobbs left Arkansas and was employed as a warden in the Arizona Department of Correction. In August 1984, he returned to his home state, continuing in corrections as a building major of the Maximum-Security Unit. Hobbs was promoted to assistant warden of the Wrightsville Unit in April 1986 and to warden in December 1989. He served in this position until April 1994 when he was promoted to assistant director of institutions. Hobbs continues in this position, which has been renamed chief deputy director of institutions. Hobbs is affiliated with ACA and serves on its Board of Governors and as a certified ACA auditor. He is a member of the Southern States Correctional Association and the Arkansas Criminal Justice Association. He is also a part-time criminal justice teacher/ lecturer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Community Programs (1 position)

Gail M. Heller

Executive Director

CHOICES - Eliminating Domestic Violence

Ohio

Since 1987, Gail M. Heller has been executive director of CHOICES, a comprehensive domestic violence program. Her work includes the development of a curriculum used at the Ohio Reformatory for Women and the Franklin Pre-Release Center; participation on the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's Office of Victim Services councils; and consultation on domestic violence related matters. She received a bachelor's degree in sociology/criminology from The Ohio State University in 1976 and a master's degree in social work in 1984. Heller's early experience was at an Ohio Youth Commission/Department of Youth Services facility for female offenders where she supervised the LEAA-funded Lifestyle Development Program and conducted assessments on admissions to the institution. She joined the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association (OCCSA) in 1979 and has served in all elected officer positions and as ACA liaison. She is currently a member of OCCSA's Adult Community Based Cabinet. As the current crime victim organization representative to ACA's Delegate Assembly, she represents the corrections-related interests of crime victim organizations and continues as an active member of ACA's Victims/Restorative Justice Committee, having served for several years as chair. She is also a member of ACA's Ethics Committee.

John J. Larivee

Chief Executive Officer

Community Resources for Justice

Massachusetts

John J. Larivee joined Community Resources for Justice (CRJ) in 1974, serving as CEO since 1985. CRJ operates halfway houses for adult offenders, group homes for youths and services for intellectually disabled individuals. It also helps correctional agencies implement evidence-based programming. During Larivee's career, CRJ designed and implemented the first day reporting center and worked with agencies across the country to establish similar centers. For ACA, Larivee chairs the Community Corrections Committee, serves on the Constitution and By-Laws Committee and the Corrections Compendium Editorial Advisory Board, and previously served on the Standards Committee. He is chair of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, a past president and founding member of Citizens for Juvenile Justice, and a past president of the International Community Corrections Association. Larivee holds a master's degree in criminal justice from the University of New York at Albany, a Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College.

Correctional Administration - Adult (1 position)

Glenn S. Goord

Commissioner (retired)

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Glenn S. Goord retired on Aug. 30, 2006, after 32 years with the New York State Department of Correctional Services. He began his career in 1973 as a drug abuse rehabilitation counselor and worked his way to the position of deputy commissioner for operations. In April 1996, then-Gov. George Pataki named him acting commissioner, and the state Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination in December 1996. He is the first department employee to rise through the ranks to the position of commissioner. Goord has received numerous national awards, including ACA's 2005 E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award; the Association of State Correctional Administrators' Michael Francke Award for outstanding leadership; the ACA Golden Eagle Award recognizing New York for having all its facilities accredited; and the American Society for Public Administration's Alfred E. Smith Award, its highest honor, for outstanding individual service. Goord is a long-standing member of both ACA and the New York Corrections and Youth Services Association.

George M. Little

Commissioner

Tennessee Department of Correction

George M. Little has been commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDC) since 2005. As commissioner, he is responsible for more than 19,000 inmates in 16 adult correctional institutions - three of which are privately managed. He also oversees an operating budget of approximately $672 million, which employs 5,422 workers. Before becoming commissioner, Little served as director of the Shelby County Division of Corrections in Memphis. In this position, he managed all administrative functions of the department; oversaw departmental operating and capital budgets; and formulated and approved policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the division. Little also previously served as assistant to the executive director of the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole, regional director of TDC, warden at DeBerry Correctional Institute, and assistant commissioner of adult institutions for TDC. In 1980, Little began his career in public service as the assistant to Gov. Lamar Alexander in the Office of State Planning in Nashville. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economic and business administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta and took graduate courses in economics and urban/regional development at the University of Texas in Austin.

Detention - Adult (1 position)

James E. Coleman

Jail Director

Shelby County Sheriff's Office

Memphis, Tenn.

James E. Coleman began his career in 1972 with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) in Nashville, Tenn. His career has been blessed with great mentors and the opportunity to work with some of the best local, state and federal corrections professionals. During the past six years, he has been honored to work with the men and women of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office in Memphis. Together they have embarked upon a journey many in the field thought unthinkable - accreditation from ACA. Today they are proud to display their certificates of accreditation in both their male and female institutions. Coleman's career development has been additionally enriched through employment as director of training with the Tennessee Corrections Institute and the Tennessee Board of Paroles; director of the Union County, N.J, Division of Corrections; and an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointment with NIC's Academy Division. He has given presentations at several professional conferences, including ACA's. Coleman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Tennessee State University.

David M. Parrish

Commander

Department of Detention Services

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

Tampa, Fla.

Col. David M. Parrish has been with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for more than 33 years. He became a division commander in 1978 and has held his current position in the county jail system since 1981. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Arts degree in criminology and corrections from Sam Houston State University in Texas. In addition, Parrish graduated from the 119th Session of the FBI National Academy and, in 1999, received an honorary doctorate degree in humanities from Central Methodist College in Missouri. A long-time member of ACA, Parrish has served as treasurer and on the Delegate Assembly, the Board of Governors and numerous committees. In 1997, Parrish received ACA's E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award. Most recently, he was appointed by former Attorney General John Ashcroft to serve as a member of the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board.

Detention - Juvenile (1 position)

Leonard Dixon

Executive Director

Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility

Department of Children and Family Services

Detroit

Leonard Dixon is executive director for the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, Department of Children and Family Services in Detroit; the past president of the National Juvenile Detention Association (NJDA); and a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice and NJDA. Dixon holds a master's degree in program administration from Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology/psychology from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo. Dixon was a member of the ACA Standards Committee from 2002 to 2006. He has received numerous awards and honors and has given speeches around the country on juvenile justice issues. Dixon has more than 27 years of juvenile justice experience in residential and nonresidential, commitment, case management, and detention, as well as experience in facility planning and development and negotiating federal consent decrees. Dixon also worked for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Miami Dade County for 16 years. In addition, Dixon served as director for Michigan's Bureau of Juvenile Justice from 2004 to 2007. In February 2006, Dixon was featured in Ebony magazine as NJDA's first African-American president.

Lawrence E. Hicks

Director

Oklahoma County Juvenile Bureau

Oklahoma

Lawrence E. Hicks began his career in corrections in 1973 after graduating with a business degree and a master's degree in guidance and counseling. Initially, he was a state of Kansas parole officer. During the next 15 years, he served as a parole supervisor, institution unit manager, training coordinator, community corrections consultant and director of classification for the Kansas State Penitentiary. From 1987 to 1992, Hicks was deputy warden in Santa Fe, N.M. For more than eight years, he served as the facility administrator for the Oklahoma County Juvenile Detention Facility. In July 2005, he was promoted to juvenile bureau director. For five years, he taught as an adjunct professor in the Criminal Justice Department of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Hicks is a Vietnam veteran and has been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He is an ACA auditor and has served on the Human Resources Committee. Hicks has a wealth of experience and commitment to the profession of corrections.

Institutions - Adult (1 position)

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 more than 20 years. Beginning as a teacher, LaPolt later worked as a volunteer services coordinator, a corrections counselor and an education supervisor. She has been deputy superintendent of programs since 2005. LaPolt received a master's degree in business education from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, studied educational administration at SUNY Pittsburgh, and is certified in school administration and supervision. An active member of the New York Corrections and Youth Services Association (CAYSA) since 1988, LaPolt served as conference chair and executive board member for 10 years. In 2002, she became president-elect. Since then, LaPolt has also served as a CAYSA representative to the ACA Delegate Assembly. LaPolt's expertise in the field, experience as an accreditation manager, commitment to the profession, and active participation in statewide and national organizations make her an ideal adult institutions candidate for the ACA Board of Governors.

Mark H. Saunders

Warden

Southeastern Correctional Institution

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

Mark H. Saunders began his corrections career in 1977 as a military police officer on military stockade duty at Fort Bliss in Texas. He joined the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as a classification specialist, advancing to unit manager, administrative assistant and deputy warden before being named warden in February 2000. Saunders has served in Iraq as a prison adviser to the Iraqi Correctional Service. He has held office in numerous organizations, including the Ohio Corrections and Court Services Association, the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the Correctional Education Association - Ohio, and the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice. In addition, he was a charter member of the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice. An ACA Delegate Assembly member since 1996, Saunders is serving his second term on ACA's Board of Governors. He has also served on the Membership, Congress Program Planning, Staff Safety and International Relations committees. Saunders has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Institutions - Juvenile (1 position)

Michelle Staples-Horne

Medical Director

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

Michelle Staples-Horne, M.D., has been the medical director of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (GADJJ) since 1994 and is responsible for the provision of medical services to more than 2,600 youths each day in 30 facilities served by GADJJ. She has been a member of ACA's Health Care Committee since 1998 and currently serves on the Delegate Assembly representing correctional health. Staples-Home has provided correctional health care consultation and training in several states as well as for the National Institute of Corrections and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She also serves on the Juvenile Health Committee of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and is president of the Society of Correctional Physicians. Staples-Horne is the author of several articles and book chapters relating to correctional health care, including articles in ACA's Corrections Today magazine.

Shannon D. Teague

Administrator

Reentry, Faith and Community Initiatives

Ohio Department of Youth Services

Shannon D. Teague has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for 12 years. Currently, she serves as the administrator of reentry, faith and community initiatives. She has worked in the fields of juvenile and adult corrections, mental health, and substance abuse services. Prior to her current position, Teague served as superintendent of three juvenile correctional institutions, assistant administrator in the Office of Substance Abuse Services, unit manager and social worker. Her corrections career began in 1996 as a social worker for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. She holds a bachelor's degree in criminology (1992) and a master's degree in counselor education/rehabilitation (1994) from Ohio University in Athens. She maintains a license in social work (LSW) and is a licensed independent chemical dependency counselor (LJCDC). league's professional affiliations include serving as an ACA Delegate Assembly representative for correctional administration (juvenile) and a board member of the Ohio Community Service Council. She is also a member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the Ohio Wardens and Superintendents Association, and the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.

Member At Large (1 position)

Mary V. Leftridge Byrd

Assistant Secretary

Washington State Department of Corrections

Mary V. Leftridge Byrd, a corrections professional of 30 years, serves as assistant secretary of the Division of Offender Treatment and Reentry Programs for the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC). She is responsible for initiatives providing chemical dependency interventions, family-centered programs, and institution-based academic and vocational opportunities, as well as religious services and sex offender treatment. She also leads the department's reentry initiative. Prior to this position, she led Washington State's Community Corrections Division and was responsible for 1,100 personnel who supervised 27,000 offenders. In this positon, she also directed the operations of work release facilities, community justice centers, "cop shops" and field offices in 132 sites statewide. Before coming to Washington, she served with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the Maryland Division of Corrections and the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. Her experiences in these systems include serving as deputy secretary, superintendent and assistant warden in medium- and maximum-security institutions housing male and female populations. Byrd is published in corrections periodicals and has been a guest author in a number of books about the profession. She is frequently invited to deliver keynote addesses around the country, often speaking on leadership, recruitment and retention, collaboration, and community engagement.

Gloria Hultz

Deputy Superintendent for Administrative Services

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Gloria Hultz started her career in 1967 with the NYS 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 Committee and the Dual Chapters and State and Geographical Affiliates Committee. She is also on ACA's Women Working in Corrections Ad Hoc Committee. Hultz is the executive treasurer for the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents. 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.

Probation - Adult (1 position)

Robert Lee Guy

Director

Division of Community Corrections

North Carolina Department of Correction

Robert Lee Guy has a distinguished 30-year career in probation, parole and community corrections. He began as a line probation officer and has risen through the ranks to his present position as director of the North Carolina Division of Community Corrections, a position he has held since 1997. Guy led the division through a decade of change, which included reorganization and the development and implementation of a comprehensive community corrections strategy to support North Carolina's 1994 Structured Sentencing Act. Guy presently serves as North Carolina's commissioner for interstate compact, as chair of the National Interstate Compact for Adult Offenders (ICAOS) "Sex Offender" Committee and as a member of the ICAOS Compliance Committee. He is also a member of the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission and serves on the Substance Abuse Services Task Force for the North Carolina Institute of Medicine. Guy is as a program associate with the Vera Institute of Justice. He also serves on a Public Safety Performance Project with The Pew Charitable Trust and on the Norval Morris Project, Keystone Group with the National Institute of Corrections. His is a past member of the (NIJ) Corrections State Technology Council and New York's Project Greenlight National Advisory Board. Guy has received numerous honors, including the George W. Randall Award in 1982 as an Outstanding Probation/Parole Officer in North Carolina; the 2004 East Carolina University Outstanding Alumni Award; and the James Moody Award for leadership in gang and community threat group work in 2007.

Eugenie (Genie) Powers

Director

Louisiana Division of Probation and Parole/Adult

Genie Powers has worked in corrections since 1974, serving for several years as a correctional officer, probation and parole officer, and in other positions in probation and parole. She has served as director of the Louisiana Division of Probation and Parole/Adult since 1999. Powers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Louisiana State University. She has worked with ACA standards since the division was accredited in 1993 and has served as an ACA auditor and an auditor for local detention facilities in Louisiana (using standards patterned after ACA standards). Powers is also a member of the Southern States Correctional Association and the American Probation and Parole Association. She has served in several positions for the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision and is currently its vice chair. Powers plans to use her experience in community corrections and the ACA accreditation process to represent probation on the Board of Governors. She is honored to be nominated for this position.

COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR CORRECTIONS

Correctional Health - Physician (1 position)

Lannette Linthicum

Director

Health Services Division

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Lannette Linthicum, M.D., CCHP-A, FACP, graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Mass., in 1979 with a double major in biochemistry and French literature and language. Following college, Linthicum returned home to Baltimore to attend medical school at the University of Maryland. She graduated in 1983, and by 1986, she completed her internship and residency training in internal medicine. After finishing her residency training, Linthicum went to Texas as a U.S. Public Health Service Physician with the National Health Services Corps. She currently serves as medical director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She is the first African-American and the first female to hold this position in Texas. Linthicum oversees a health care system that provides services to approximately 153,000 offenders. She is recognized nationally as a leader and expert in correctional medicine and serves on many national correctional health care committees and boards. She has written many articles and publications and has co-authored a chapter in a correctional medicine textbook. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, an advanced certified correctional health professional and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Lester N. Wright

Deputy Commissioner/Chief Medical Officer

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Lester N. Wright, M.D., MPH, has been chief medical officer in New York since 1995. Prior to that, he served in public health and international health, which brings a public health orientation to his work. He believes correctional health is really public health provided for a population with many risk factors in a place where it is easier to find patients than in the community. He has served ACA in a number of roles, including as a member of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections from 2000 to 2006; the Standards Committee from 2000 to 2002; the Health Committee, including serving as chair; and the Mental Health Committee. He is currently chair of ACA's Pandemic (Influenza) Task Force. His mantra is: "People who need health care should have the care they need." He feels accreditation is a powerful means to assuring that quality care is available.

At-Large Correctional Health (1 position)

Kathleen Bachmeier

Director of Medical Services

North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Since 1994, Kathleen Bachmeier has worked for the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the position of director of medical services. She served previously as director of medical services for the North Dakota State Penitentiary and the Missouri River Correctional Center and presently serves in that position for the department's Adult Services Division and Juvenile Services Division. Bachmeier holds a nursing degree from Rapid City Regional School of Nursing in South Dakota, a Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State University and a Master of Science in adult health nursing from The University of North Dakota. She is currently a member of the ACA Health Care Committee and the Coalition for Correctional Health Authorities. She has been a contributing health care author for ACA's Corrections Today magazine and participated in an ACA pilot project field testing performance-based health care standards as a health care auditor. Bachmeier is also an ACA adult correctional institutional auditor. She plans to use her experience in adult and juvenile correctional health care, as well as her experience as an ACA health care auditor, to represent and actively participate in the area of health care on the ACA Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.

Scott A. Haas

Medical Director

Kentucky Department of Corrections

Scott A. Haas, M.D., is a 1992 graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and holds clinical appointments at the University of Louisville Department of Psychiatry and the University of Kentucky Department of Family and Community Medicine. As a dual-certified forensic and general psychiatrist, he has worked for the Department of Corrections for more than 14 years. Haas was initially hired as the chief of psychiatric services and then promoted to medical director in 2004. He advocates for the use of creative, cost-containment solutions. Haas has served as a technical assistance consultant for ACA, the Association of State Correctional Administrators, the National Institute of Corrections, the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Criminal Justice Institute. Haas plans to continue promoting the use of innovative technological and organizational approaches as a mechanism to increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of correctional health care.

American Jail Association (1 position)

Robert L. Green

Warden

Montgomery County Correctional Facility

Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation

Maryland

Robert L. Green is a native of Maryland, having spent his entire career in local corrections within the state. Green is responsible for the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, a 1,029-bed direct supervision facility in Boyds, Md. The Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation is one of the 50 largest county correctional systems in the U.S. The system is recognized as a national model in the areas of institutional programming and offender reentry. Having just completed 23 years in local corrections, Green is committed to the principles of community collaboration and a system that engages the full scope of human need as a successful formula for change and return to the community. Green is a highly regarded instructor and speaker in the areas of leadership development and management. He is a past member of the American Jail Association's board of directors, as well as a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections and ACA.

Marilyn Rogan

Captain

Central Booking Bureau

Detention Services Division

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Marilyn Rogan works for the Clark County Detention Center, which has a population of 3,400 inmates and is accredited by ACA and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). Rogan began her 25-year career as an officer, and she is presently a captain, managing the booking of 74,000 inmates and releases annually. Previous assignments include oversight of a direct inmate supervision facility; negotiating and monitoring a $13 million medical contract to maintain NCCHC accreditation; and monitoring lawsuits and food, psychological, religious and laundry services. She initiated a diversion program for the mentally ill, a crisis intervention unit and an "Angel Tree" program. She serves on the Sheriff's Task Force for the Mentally Ill, the American Jail Association (AJA) Conference Planning Committee, the AJA Awards Committee and has been on AJA's board of directors since 1999. She is also a member of the Nevada Competency Court Committee and the Regional Justice Committee. Rogan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass.

Association of Paroling Authorities International (1 position)

L. Gale Buckner

Vice Chair

Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles

Gale Buckner was appointed to Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2005, serving as vice chair since 2006. She has prior service experience as executive director of the Governor's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (2000 - 2005) and in a sworn capacity with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). She has been instrumental in the accreditation and certification process for the parole board and the GBI. Buckner received a master's degree in public administration from Brenau University and a Bachelor of Science degree in urban life from Georgia State University. She is a graduate of the 169th Session of the FBI National Academy; was a 2003 delegate to Israel for the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange program; and is a past president of the International Association of Women Police. She currently serves as chair of the Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI) Standards Committee. Buckner will use her accreditation experience to further the continued collaboration between ACA and APAI.

Cynthia Mausser

Parole Board Chair

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

Cynthia Mausser was appointed as chair of the Ohio Parole Board in April 2006. She began her career with the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in 1994 as a parole board hearing officer. She has also served as chief hearing officer and a parole board member. As chair of the Ohio Parole Board, which has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections since 1994, Mausser oversees all parole board operations, including compliance with ACA standards for adult parole authorities. She is also an active member of the Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI) and holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a juris doctorate degree. Mausser plans to use her familiarity with ACA standards and her legal background to contribute and actively participate as the APAI representative.

American Probation and Parole Association (1 position)

Gary Hinzman

Director

6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services

Iowa

Gary Hinzman has more than 38 years experience in criminal justice in Iowa. He is the current president of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) and a member of ACA and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He has served as a police helicopter pilot, director of a Regional Law Enforcement Academy and police chief in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has several degrees in criminal justice and business administration and a master's degree in public administration from Iowa State University. In 2002, he chaired a statewide Commission on Corrections Mental Health Issues. He has served on several statewide task forces appointed by Iowa's governors and attorneys general, including chairing Iowa's Community and Restorative Justice Task Force. In 1992, Hinzman was instrumental in founding the Community Corrections Improvement Association, a nonprofit foundation to further the efforts of community corrections practices. He also serves on the board of directors for APPA and is a past vice president of the National Association of Probation Executives (NAPE). Hinzman has authored and co-authored critical monographs on best practices. In 2004, Hinzman was named Probation Executive of the Year by NAPE and Sam Houston State University. In 2005, he was recognized by APPA for "Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship in Community Corrections." During July 2007, he sponsored a visit by a Polish delegation to the probation departments in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago and Cedar Rapids. He is currently working with Polish probation officials to set the agenda for an international conference in Poland in May 2008.

Justin Jones

Director

Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Justin Jones has 30 years of criminal justice experience. He has served in numerous leadership capacities since beginning his career with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in September 1977, including district supervisor of probation and parole; deputy director of probation and parole state services; warden; regional director of institutions; deputy director of community sentencing; and deputy director of the Division of Community Corrections. He was appointed director by the Oklahoma Board of Corrections on Oct. 27, 2005. Jones serves as chair of the ACA Probation and Parole Committee and the Reentry and Community Corrections Committee of the Association of State Correctional Administrators. He also serves on several local governor- and legislative-appointed boards and task forces. Jones holds degrees in sociology and communications.

Association of State Correctional Administrators (1 position)

J. David Donahue

Commissioner

Indiana Department of Correction

David Donahue started in corrections 27 years ago as a correctional officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and has held a variety of positions in corrections, including warden and deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections. As commissioner in Indiana, Donahue leads a work force of 9,000 employees who supervise nearly 39,000 offenders. He has made significant improvements in the areas of public safety, facility security, staff professionalism, operational efficiency, offender reentry, stockholder partnerships and offender programming. Donahue graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in police administration. He has served as an auditor for ACA since 1990 and has successfully completed ACA's Correctional Certification Program to become a certified corrections executive. He is an active member of both ACA and the Indiana Correctional Association and serves on the boards of directors for the National Major Gang Task Force and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. At the request of the U.S. Army, Donahue recently helped train military leaders on fundamental correctional practices and toured and inspected detainee operations in Iraq.

Robert P. Houston

Director

Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

Robert P. Houston started his career as a county corrections officer before becoming a counselor at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in 1974. In the years that followed, his assignments included unit manager, unit administrator, associate and deputy warden, warden at three institutions, deputy director, and two years as director of the Douglas County (Omaha) Department of Corrections. Houston is an ACA auditor; a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections; president of the University of Nebraska Criminal Justice Education Fund; and past president of both the Deputy Warden's Association and the Nebraska Correctional Association. He serves on the Nebraska Jail Standards Board, the Nebraska Crime Commission, the Community Corrections Council and the Interstate Compact. He has taught criminal justice for 20 years at the University of Nebraska, where he earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in criminal justice.

International Community Corrections Association (1 position)

Cristi M. Payne

Director

Adult Community-Based Marketing

Cornell Companies Inc.

Texas

Since 1996, Cristi M. Payne has worked within the criminal justice industry, serving six years as the lead substance abuse program supervisor at Illinois Youth Center-Murphysboro; three years as director of Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center in East St. Louis; two years as director of Corporate Development in Houston; and most recently as director of Adult Community-Based Marketing for Cornell. Payne received a Bachelor of Arts in social work from the University of Illinois. She is recognized as a certified alcohol and drug counselor, a mental health substance abuse professional, and a criminal justice addictions professional. Payne is currently serving as regional vice president-Region 6 for the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA). She is highly recognized for her contributions as an advocate in the addictions and criminal justice fields. Payne plans to use her aforementioned experience to represent ICCA.

Denise M. Robinson

President/CEO

Alvis House

Ohio

Denise M. Robinson is the president and CEO of Alvis House and is also a past president of the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA). Alvis House is a private, nonprofit community corrections agency that annually serves more than 3,000 individuals and families affected by incarceration. All of the agency's residential correctional programs are accredited by ACA. The agency, which operates in Columbus, Chillicothe, Dayton and Toledo, has grown more than 20 percent in the three years that Robinson has served as its president. She has served the past four years as a commissioner on the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections; she serves on the board of the International Association of Reentry; and she also serves as the ICCA representative to ACA's Delegate Assembly. Robinson is a past president of the Ohio Community Corrections Association and a founding member of the Correctional Accreditation Association of Ohio. She has served on the Governor's Task Force for Incarcerated Women, the Parole and Probation Council for Community Justice Initiatives for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and on numerous other panels and committees. Robinson has received awards for leadership from the Ohio Community Corrections Association and the Ohio Justice Alliance for Community Corrections. She is also a member of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, the Franklin County Criminal Justice and Community Corrections Planning Board, the Alliance for Women in Community Corrections, the Ohio Court and Correctional Services Association, and the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association. Robinson holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from The Ohio State University.

North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents (1 position)

Kevin Myere

Managing Director of Operations Division V

Corrections Corporation of America

Tennessee

Kevin Myers has served the wardens and superintendents of North America for the past four years, and he hopes to continue to serve them for an additional four years. His 16 years of experience with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections - starting as a correctional officer and working his way through the ranks - and his 17 years of experience in the private sector of corrections, in addition to his formal education, allows him to understand the challenges front line staff face each day. Myers has been engaged in the accreditation process on various levels since the late 1970s and has witnessed the maturation of this process. He hopes to continue to serve wardens and superintendents for the next four years.

John D. Rees

Commissioner (retired)

Kentucky Department of Corrections

John D. Rees began his career in Kentucky in 1969 at the Kentucky State Reformatory and worked in several positions, including as a caseworker and as director of the Division of Special Institutions. In 1976, he left the state to work for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and then returned to Kentucky in 1980 as warden of the Kentucky State Reformatory. From 1986 to 1998, Rees worked for Corrections Corporation of America, managing institutions in several states before becoming vice president of business development. Rees has also worked as a private consultant, providing services for corrections and criminal justice administrations. He received a bachelor's degree in sociology and political science from the University of Kentucky and a master's degree in criminology and correctional administration from Florida State University. Rees has maintained professional memberships with state and national correctional associations and, in 2003, was named a certified corrections executive by ACA. He currently chairs ACA's Adult Corrections Committee. Rees retired from his position as commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections on Jan. 31.

National Association of Juvenile Correctional Agencies (1 position)

Patrick J. Curran III

Superintendent

Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center

Tennessee

Patrick J. Curran III, CJM, is employed by Group 4 Securicor in Richmond, Va. He is currently the superintendent of the Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center in Nashville, Tenn., a position he has held since December 1999. Curran received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Belmont University in Nashville. His career in corrections began in 1973 with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. He worked as a counselor in the correctional rehabilitation division and later in pretrial release. During his career with the sheriff's office, Curran was the work release coordinator, work release director and director of compliance. He has been an active member of ACA since 1982 and is an auditor. Curran is also a member of the American Jail Association and a certified jail manager, as well as a member of the National Partnership for Juvenile Services.

Christopher R. Stetzar

Superintendent

William Marion Stevenson Detention Center

Delaware

Since 1995, Christopher Stetzar has worked for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services, secure Care. He has held several positions, including one year as a supervisor, three years as a program manager, three years as an assistant superintendent and five years as a superintendent, all in level 5 secure care facilities for juveniles. Stetzar's prior experience includes 10 years in psychiatric services, both in the community and for inpatient hospitalization. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health and human services from the University of Scranton. He plans to utilize his education and experience in juvenile services to actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA, representing the National Association of Juvenile Correctional Agencies

National Juvenile Detention Association (1 position)

Greg Lyons

Superintendent

Union County Juvenile Detention Facility

New Jersey

A lifelong professional, Greg Lyons has spent more than 35 years in the field of juvenile detention. He began his career in 1971 as a line worker and, through the years, has worked his way up, becoming superintendent of the Union County facility in 2003. He is the current treasurer of the New Jersey Juvenile Detention Association; chairman of New Jersey's Juvenile Training Conference; an ad hoc representative for the National Juvenile Detention Association; and a founding member of the Northeast Coalition for Juvenile Detention. If appointed, Lyons will use his many years of experience to represent the best interests of the National Juvenile Detention Association.

William (Bill) H. Thompson

Deputy Director

Harris County Juvenile Probation

Texas

Bill H. Thompson has worked in juvenile services since 1970. His Harris County experience includes two years as a probation officer, 17 years as a supervisor/administrator and 11 years as deputy director. His service also includes four years as assistant chief probation officer for Dallas County Juvenile Probation. Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, a master's degree in guidance and counseling, and a Master of Public Administration from Texas Southern University. He is a licensed child care administrator in the state of Texas. Thompson has served as president of the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, as well as on the national board. He is the recipient of the First Humanitarian Award from the TSU Social Work Department and the Medgar Evers Outstanding Service Award from NABCJ. Thompson will use his vast experience in juvenile services and community corrections to actively represent the National Detention Association.

Delegate Assembly

Correctional Administration - Adult (1 position)

Bobby Lumpkin

Deputy Director of Operations Monitoring

Private Facility Contract Monitoring/Oversight Division

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Bobby Lumpkin has been employed with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice since 1990. He began as a correctional officer and climbed the correctional ranks to the position of assistant warden. In 2003, he assumed the position of ACA accreditation manager and was responsible for the coordination of accreditation in all state-operated units. In 2006, Lumpkin obtained the additional responsibilities of the agency's Use of Force program and Monitoring and Standards program. In 2007, he was promoted to deputy director of operations monitoring in the Private Facility Contract Monitoring/Oversight Division. He currently oversees the operations monitoring of all private secure correctional facilities. Lumpkin holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice/ corrections from Sam Houston State University. He has been a member of ACA since 1998 and is a member of the Texas Corrections Association and the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association. Lumpkin plans to use his experience in adult corrections and accreditation to promote networking among corrections professionals in all fields.

Melody Turner

Managing Director

Facility Operations

Corrections Corporation of America

Tennessee

Melody Turner brings more than 26 years of correctional experience in federal, state, local and private corrections. As a managing director for CCA, her duties include the full operational oversight of multiple prison and jail facilities throughout the U.S. Turner's career began with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and her background includes leadership roles in adult (male and female) and juvenile systems. She has 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 Affiliate Committee. She is a past president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and is a lifetime board member. Turner is also a past president of the Ohio Wardens Association and serves on the Association of Women Executives in Corrections board. She is active in Zonta International and in her church. Turner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Master of Arts degree from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Correctional Administration - Juvenile (1 position)

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 nine 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 development. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. During the past year, McWilliams and her administrative team received the Director's Award for Excellence. She is currently an elected member of the ACA Delegate Assembly.

Clarence Williams Jr.

Director

Louisville Metro Youth Detention Services

Kentucky

Since 2001, Clarence Williams Jr. has been the director of youth detention services for the Louisville Metro Government, which supports the largest juvenile detention center in Kentucky. He is also responsible for community-based services, including a 14-bed emergency shelter and detentionalternatives programming for up to 80 youths. Williams received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. He serves on the Louisville Disproportionate Minority Confinement Advisory Board, studying and addressing overrepresentation of minority youths in the local detention center. Williams is a member of the Louisville Criminal Justice Commission Board and serves as chair of the Louisville Alliance for Youth, providing funding to community-based/faith-based organizations working with at-risk youths. Williams plans to use his more than 15 years of juvenile services experience to serve in the ACA Delegate Assembly in the area of Juvenile Correctional Administration.

Probation - Adult (1 position)

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 oversees district supervisors in seven probation and parole districts, spanning 44 counties. Horton also acts as community liaison and promotes community relations in Western Kentucky. 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 of Arts degree in education from Kentucky Wesleyan College and a Master of Arts degree in education, with a minor in psychology, 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 in 2007; as Probation and Parole Supervisor of the Year, 2001 - 2002; and as Probation and Parole District 13 Employee of the Year, 1993-1994.

Verne I. Speire

Chief Probation Officer

Sacramento County Probation Department

Sacramento, Calif.

On Sept. 1, 1995, Verne L. Speirs was sworn in by the Sacramento County Superior Court as the chief probation officer for Sacramento County. In December 1988, Speirs was named by the Fresno County Superior Court as its chief probation officer. Prior to his position in Fresno, Speirs was appointed by former President Reagan as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1986. Before becoming administrator of OJJDP, Speirs was administrator of the Office of Victims of Crime in the DOJ. Immediately prior to joining the DOJ, Speirs was executive assistant to the chairman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. Before his service in Washington, D.C., Speirs held positions in a number of criminal justice agencies in California, including the California State Board of Corrections and the California State Office of Criminal Justice Planning. He was a probation supervisor with the Sacramento County Probation Department and also worked with the Sacramento County Law and Justice Agency. Speirs received a Master of Science degree in correctional counseling from California State University, Sacramento, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in corrections and psychology from California State University, San Jose.

Probation - Juvenile (1 position)

Dianne Gadow

Administrator

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

Dianne Gadow currently serves as administrator under the director of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. She is responsible for long-term strategic planning, agency accreditation and special project initiatives. From April 2004 to October 2007, Gadow was deputy director of the agency. During this period, the department entered a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Justice under CRIPA (Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act). Gadow was effective in attaining accountability for continuum of services, and she assisted the agency in becoming compliant with special education regulations. In October 2007, the department successfully resolved the issues contained in the memorandum. From 1992 through 2004, Gadow was superintendent of Ferris School in Wilmington, Del. She was recruited to lead the organization through change, from basic institutionalization to progressive programming. In 1998, the school was cited by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice as a model juvenile justice system. Gadow has a history of successfully establishing major staff reforms and enhancing educational and mental health components in youth correctional facilities and the communities attendant to such facilities. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia College in River Forest, Ill., and a master's degree from the University of Oregon.

Estela P. Medina

Chief Juvenile Probation Officer

Travis County Juvenile Probation Department

Texas

Estela P. Medina was appointed chief juvenile probation officer for Travis County by the Juvenile Board in August 1994. In this capacity, she has been pivotal in the development and expansion of services and programs. The Travis County team includes more than 500 employees and professionals. The Travis County Juvenile Probation Department is ACA accredited in probation, detention and residential services. Medina has been an active member of statewide professional organizations such as the Texas Corrections Association, the Texas Juvenile Detention Association and the Texas Probation Association. She serves as past president on the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Justice Association of Texas. Medina's years in public service began in 1976 and have included various positions in juvenile justice. She received an undergraduate degree in criminal justice in 1976 and a Master of Arts degree in management in 1988. She looks forward to the opportunity to serve on the ACA Delegate Assembly as a representative for juvenile justice.

Probation: Line Level - Adult (1 position)

Cyndi Fowler

Probation Officer III

Franklin County Municipal Court

Ohio

Cyndi Fowler began her career in criminal justice in 1993 as a case manager at Traynor Halfway House. In 1994, she was hired as a probation officer at Franklin County Municipal Court. In 1996, she was promoted into the intensive domestic violence unit, where she remains as a probation officer III the senior line officer in the unit. Fowler received bachelor's degrees in criminology and psychology in 1993 from The Ohio State University. She currently serves as secretary of the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association. She is serving her third elected term on ACA's Delegate Assembly, representing line-level probation. She is also a member of ACA's Probation and Parole Committee.

Bill Payne

Parole Reentry Coordinator

Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office

New York

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 1 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 District Attorney's Office and has collaborated with other state agencies to help prison and jail releasees and probationers 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 is the upstate vice-president of the Reentry Association of New York. Payne plans to use his experience in community-based corrections to help develop programs and policies for ACA.

Prohation: Line. Level - Juvenile (1 position)

Lisa DiSabato-Moore

Crossroads Probation Supervisor

Summit County Juvenile Court

Akron, Ohio

Lisa DiSabato-Moore serves as the Crossroads Program probation supervisor at Summit County Juvenile Court in Akron. Crossroads is an intensive probation program for juveniles with co-occurring mental health and/or substance abuse/dependency disorders. Prior to joining the court, DiSabato-Moore worked for 18 years in the private, nonprofit sector as a program manager of adult and juvenile residential community corrections facilities. DiSabato-Moore also serves 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 is a member of several national and state criminal justice professional organizations and currently serves on the board of the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association.

Wendy Thurston

Probation Officer II

Davidson County Juvenile Court

Tennessee

Since 1992, Wendy Thurston has worked for the Metropolitan Government in Nashville, Tenn. From 1992 to 1995 she was an individual and family counselor for a residential program serving children and their families. From 1995 to present, she has worked for the Davidson County Juvenile Court as a probation officer. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in social work and psychology from Olivet University in Illinois. Thurston is currently a probation officer II, supervising a caseload of juveniles on probation. She also supervises a truancy reduction program for elementary children and their families. This is an early intervention program aimed at strengthening school attachment and parent involvement with the school system. Thurston has been a member of ACA since 2007 and plans to use her probation experience to actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA.

Parole or Post-release Supervision - Adult (1 position)

Priscilla Tenner

Probation/Parole Officer

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Priscilla Tenner is currently employed with the Mississippi Department of Corrections in Hinds County as a pretrial intervention supervisor. She began her tenure in 2002 as a probation/parole officer. She received a master's degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminal justice from Jackson State University. Tenner is an active and dedicated member of the following organizations: The Exchange Club of Vicksburg Child Abuse Prevention Center Inc., the Mississippi Association of Professionals in Corrections, the Mississippi Association of Drug Court Professionals, and Professionals in Pre-Trial Intervention. Tenner's experience as a probation/parole officer and a member of the Delegate Assembly will help her in working to develop programs for ACA. Her desire is to collaborate with law enforcement to reduce recidivism by educating and mentoring offenders to reenter society as productive citizens.

Lelia (Lee) VanHoose

Director

Division of Probation and Parole

Kentucky Department of Corrections

Lee VanHoose has practically grown up in the Kentucky Division of Probation and Parole (DPP). She has 23 years of experience with the division, having begun her career shortly after graduating from college. VanHoose served as a probation and parole officer for 13 years before being promoted to assistant district supervisor, district supervisor and director. She holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Georgetown College. During her career, she has been recognized as District Employee of the Year, Assistant District Supervisor of the Year and District Supervisor of the Year. VanHoose also serves as Kentucky Commissioner of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and holds seats on several statewide boards and task forces. VanHoose points to the DPP's initial accreditation by ACA as her agency's greatest accomplishment. Her professional memberships include or have included ACA, the International Community Corrections Association, the Southern States Correctional Association, the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency, and the NIC Probation and Parole Executives Network.

Aftercare or Post-release Supervision - Juvenile (1 position)

Darryl Beatty

Deputy Chief Juvenile Probation Officer

Travis County Juvenile Probation Department

Texas

Darryl Beatty currently serves as deputy chief for the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department (TCJPD), where he oversees the department's pre- and post-secure-adjudication-facility programs. He has served as director of Administrative Services and Facility Operations and director of Detention Services in Travis County. He also served as training specialist for the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. Beatty holds a Master of Public Administration, a Master of Arts degree in sociology and a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice. He currently serves and has served on several local, state and national boards in the criminal and juvenile justice arena, including his current position as past president of the Texas Juvenile Detention Association. Beatty has been involved in and attended numerous ACA conferences. He is the lead point of contact for TCJPD's ACA audits. Beatty has dedicated his career to addressing the needs of juveniles, families and victims of crime while educating others on issues concerning juvenile justice.

Andrew J. DeAngelo

Deputy Chief Probation Officer (retired)

Department of Juvenile Probation

Lehigh County, Penn.

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 positions of criminal/juvenile 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 such as multisystemic therapy; balanced and restorative justice initiatives; and the implementation and supervision of the first school-based probation program. 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 conferences. DeAngleo is a member of the American Probation and Parole Association's Victims Committee, 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.

Parole or Post-release Supervision: Line Level - Adult (1 position)

Patricia Barnes-Goodwyn

Offender Transition Coordinator

Virginia Department of Corrections

After serving five years in the U.S. Navy, Patricia Barnes-Goodwyn went on to work for the Virginia Department of Corrections for 17 years as a correctional officer, corrections institution rehabilitation counselor and, currently, as an offender transition coordinator. In her current position, she is assigned to Probation and Parole District 3, Portsmouth, and coordinates a reentry program. She is also employed part time with the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice as an intake officer. Barnes-Goodwyn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Old Dominion University. She currently serves as the president-elect of the Virginia Correctional Association (VCA) and is a chairperson for the VCA Conference Planning Committee. She is a member of the ACA Disproportionate Minority Contact Task Force, the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice, the Southern States Correctional Association, and the Society of Government Meeting Professionals. As a member of the Delegate Assembly, Barnes-Goodwyn plans to use her diverse experience in corrections and supervision to enhance the development of policies vital to the corrections profession.

Joseph Cannone

Parole Officer/Parole Enforcement Officer II

Kansas Department of Corrections

Since 2006, Joseph Cannone has worked for the Kansas Department of Corrections as a parole officer/enforcement officer. His caseload is specialized for managing child sex offenders in the community. In the past year, Cannone presented on parole services at the Topeka Police Department annual inservice training. In 2003, Cannone completed an Associate of Science degree in criminal justice from San Antonio College, and in 2005, he completed a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Missouri Western University. Since 1996, Cannone has worked for the New Mexico, Ohio and Kansas departments of correction, the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Department, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as well as for the U.S. Army at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks. Cannone plans to use his experience in corrections and parole to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Aftercare or Post-release Supervision: Line Level - Juvenile (1 position)

LaWanda Carswell

Juvenile Probation/Parole Specialist II

Monroe County Court Services Office

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

LaWanda Carswell is a native of Georgia and currently working with the Department of Juvenile Justice's Monroe County Court Services Office as a juvenile probation/parole specialist II. Since 2004, Carswell has worked with the department in several positions, including registrar, secretary I and program assistant. Carswell received her bachelor's degree in October 2007 from Kaplan College/ University in the field of social science (criminal justice). Carswell is currently a nontraditional student of Capella University, expecting to complete a master's degree in social science (criminal justice) in November 2008. She has already made plans to continue her education in a doctoral degree program in counseling with an emphasis in pastoral studies. Carswell is a member of the Georgia Juvenile Service Association and the Women's Ministry Alliance and serves on several other committees/boards within the community. Along with balancing a family, a job and school, Carswell is also a pastor at Rhema Covenant Outreach Ministry in Macon, Ga.

Terry Kennedy Mancini

Release Authority Board Member

Ohio Department of Youth Services

Terry Kennedy Mancini has been in the justice field for more than 30 years in Kentucky and Ohio. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in social work from the University of Kentucky. In 1998, she was appointed as one of the first juvenile parole board members for the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) and is currently serving a second term. She formulates policy and works with the Office of Victim Services, and she also makes all release and discharge decisions for youths committed to ODYS. Her prior experience includes juvenile probation, research, legislative work, managing a state juvenile grant program, serving as director of a law enforcement training and state juvenile training program, developing juvenile classification systems, and supervising parole offices. Mancini has been a member of ACA and the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association for more than 12 years. She previously served on the National Juvenile Service Training Institute's Planning Committee, the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association's board of directors and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention/National Institute of Corrections Training Advisory Committee.

Crime Victim Organization (1 position)

I Tammy Lou Haynes

Victim Advocate III

Office of Victim Services

Kentucky Department of Corrections

Tammy Lou Haynes began her career with the Department of Corrections in January 2001. She worked with the department in several different areas, including probation and parole, adult institutions, classification, and offender reentry, before joining the Office of Victim Services as a victim advocate in April 2006. Haynes is dedicated to helping victims of crime across the state with their many concerns. She is also president-elect of the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency, chair of the Department of Corrections Kentucky Employee Charitable Campaign, and a member of the 2008 National Major Gang Task Force Conference Committee. Haynes' experiences within various areas of the department provide her with a wonderful range of knowledge that will help her represent the needs of victims in ACA programs and policies.

Jean S. Wall

Director

Crime Victims Services Bureau

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Employed with the department since 1984, Jean S. Wall has worked in training, policy and program development; public education/information; and as director of the Crime Victims Services Bureau (CVSB) since its creation in 1993. She served several years as internal auditor for ACA standards compliance and manages twelve central office ACA files. Wall has been a member of ACA's ad hoc Victims/Restorative Justice Committee since 1998. She is a charter member of the National Association of Victim Service Providers in Corrections, a member of the state's Domestic Violence Fatality Review project, an instructor at the State Victim Assistance Academy, and a developer of periodic statewide "training exchanges" between correctional staff and victim assistance providers. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English from Louisiana State University. Wall will bring her awareness of broad correctional issues, strong belief in the importance of meaningful corrections-based victim services, and direct awareness of the worth of the accreditation process to support and enhance the work of the Delegate Assembly.

At-Large Ethnic Minority (3 positions)

Patricia Dean-Wilson

Bureau Director

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Patricia Dean-Wilson received a Master of Science degree in public and urban affairs from Georgia State University in December 1993 and a Bachelor of Arts-Science degree from Michigan State University in December 1984. She also received a police certification in February 1986 from the Clayton County, Ga., police academy. She has more than 23 years of experience in the corrections field. During her tenure at the Fulton County Sheriff's Department in Georgia from 1985 to 1993, she held ranks from deputy sheriff to lieutenant and served as a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. Dean-Wilson joined the Mississippi Department of Corrections in February 1997. She has served in the positions of operational management analyst; director of private and regional facilities; and director/committee chair of Loss Prevention/Employee Retention Program for the agency. In addition, she served as the ACA accreditation manager for community corrections. Dean-Wilson plans to use her experience in jail and prison corrections to diligently serve and actively participate as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

David Kaleolani Haasenritter

Assistant Deputy (Corrections Oversight)

Army Review Boards Agency

Virginia

David Kaleolani Haasenritter has served as assistant deputy of corrections oversight since the creation of the Army Review Boards Agency in 2004. He 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. He earned a master's degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina. Haasenritter is currently the at-large ethnic minority representative to the ACA Delegate Assembly, an ACA audit chair, a member of the ACA Standards Committee and president-elect of the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association. He has published articles in Corrections Today and given presentations at corrections and victim witness conferences, as well as at Asian Pacific Islander functions. Haasenritter is the recipient of the 2000 Military Affairs Committee Austin MacCormick Award and the 2004 ACA Walter Dunbar Award.

John M. Manuel

Criminal Justice Consultant

Washington, D.C.

John M. Manuel began his career in corrections in 1974, having earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati and a master's degree in corrections from Xavier University in Cincinnati. He has more than 30 years of high-level management experience in the corrections field. He has been an auditor for ACA since 1993 and is a former trainer for the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). He worked as the compliance and accreditation administrator for the D.C. Department of Corrections. Previously, he served as a deputy administrator for the D.C. Youth Services Administration. Prior to working in the district, he served as a warden in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Manuel has experience in employee training and has taught several sociology and criminal justice courses as a full-time instructor at the University of Cincinnati. He has delivered training at national conferences and workshops for organizations such as ACA and the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice. He is actively involved in the D.C. Criminal Justice Association.

Lupe Martinez Marshall

Deputy Warden

Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility

New Mexico Corrections Department

Lupe Martinez Marshall is a graduate of New Mexico State University, where she earned bachelor's degrees in criminal justice and social work simultaneously. Martinez Marshall joined the department of corrections in 1985, and during her 22 years of service, she has held various positions ranging from classification officer to warden. She has worked at all security levels with both male and female inmates. Currently, Martinez Marshall is the deputy warden at Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility (SNMCF). She is the first female to hold this position. She is also a founding member and the current vice president of the National Organization of Hispanics in Criminal Justice. She has been an advocate for females and Hispanics in the corrections field, which have earned her the following distinctions: president of New Mexico Women Working in Corrections; elected member of the Delegate Assembly of ACA; national auditor with ACA; presenter at national conferences; author of published articles; member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents; member of the Association on Programs for Female Offenders; and member of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

James Terrenes

Deputy Director for Programs

Juvenile Detention

Johnson County Department of Corrections

Kansas

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 for programs at the Johnson County Juvenile Detention Center. His primary duties include training and staff development, volunteer/intern programs, classification, support services, and the accreditation process. Terrenes received a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice/police administration from Park University in Parkville, Mo. He is the past president of the Kansas Correctional Association and is also involved in 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 Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association, the Kansas Correctional Association, and the Olathe Police Foundation.

Jo Denise Washington

Special Projects Officer III

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Jo Denise Washington relocated to Jackson, Miss., in 2002 to care for her mother, leaving Chicago where she worked as an administrative assistant for Systems Parking for eight and a half years. In August 2002, she started working with the Mississippi Department of Corrections as an accounting clerk at the Flowood Restitution Center, and in October 2002, she started working with the MDOC Records Department as a records scanner. In April 2003, she was promoted to records tech in Probation/Loading and, in 2004, became records tech supervisor. In April 2005, she became a special projects officer IV, and she presently is supervisor of the MDOC Discharge Division. The division handles releases for all 82 counties, including three state facilities, six private facilities, 11 regional facilities and 16 community work centers. Washington has been attending ACA conferences since 2005 and, in March 2007, became a member of ACA.

Correctional Education Services - Adult (2 positions)

Eileen Baker

Educational Consultant

Old Saybrook, Conn.

Eileen Baker, who holds a master's degree in education of the deaf from Smith College in Northampton, Mass., serves as an educator, consultant and expert witness to industry, education and government agencies, 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 per the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Department of Justice. Baker has presented workshops at ACA's conferences, most recently at the 2007 Winter Conference in Tampa on "Legal Implications for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Offenders." She has made other presentations on related topics nationally and internationally. Baker has had articles published and has developed an American Sign Language for Law Enforcement & Corrections Communication and Correctional Health Care Professionals manual. She is an active member of ACA and serves on the Legal Issues, Health Care, and Academic and Vocational Training committees.

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 then, 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 $5 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 offender education, including the Executive Board of the Louisiana Association for Public and Community Adult Educators.

Lee D. Roof

Vocational Instructor

Collins Correctional Facility

New York

Lee D. Roof has worked for the New York State Department of Correctional Services since 1988 - first as an electronics security equipment technician and then as a vocational instructor. Roof recently helped to develop the computer repair curriculum for the department. As a long-time member of ACA, he has served on the Ad Hoc Committee for Academic and Vocational Education for more than five years. Roof is an active member of New York State Minorities in Criminal Justice and serves on its Training Committee, helping to develop quality training programs for correctional staff. As a member of the Delegate Assembly, Roof will use his knowledge as a committee member and educator to assist in developing programs and policies for ACA.

Ange Siemer

Academic Correctional Liaison

Ohio Corrections/Department of Education

Ange Siemer has worked in the Ohio adult correctional system for close to 20 years in various teaching positions and in administrative roles as a school administrator and a principal. Presently, she is the correctional liaison to the Ohio Department of Education, serving both Ohio youth corrections and adult corrections. She earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio Dominican University and a master's degree in educational administration and a principal's certification from the University of Dayton. Siemer is currently serving as an ACA Delegate Assembly member. She was president of the Ohio Correctional Education Association and is on the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association board. She is also a board member of the National Association for Adults with Learning Needs.

Correctional Education Services -Juvenile (2 positions)

Ariene Chorney

Principal

Rhode Island Training School

Since 1989, Ariene Chorney has been employed by the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in the education department of the Rhode Island Training School. Beginning as a reading specialist, she became an assistant principal and then principal in 1995. During her tenure, she was a member of the Upsilon Class of Leadership Rhode Island and served on the DCYF Executive Committee. Her facility is recognized as a Title I model juvenile correctional school and has received full approval from the Rhode Island Department of Education and accreditation from the Correctional Education Association (CEA). Currently, she is on the Expert Panel of The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk (NDTAC). Chorney is the immediate past president of the Council of State Directors for CEA and an auditor for its educational standards process. Her past awards have included the Edward Reilly Memorial Board Award for leadership and service to CEA (2001) and the Outstanding Leadership as an Administrator Award from the Rhode Island Parent Information Network (1999). Chorney is a certified reading specialist, principal and superintendent. In 1991, she earned a doctorate degree in higher professional administration from the University of Connecticut.

Tom O'Rourke

Associate Superintendent

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

Tom O'Rourke, Ed.D., previously served as a classroom teacher, school principal and associate superintendent for instruction in DeKalb County, Ga. He graduated from Morehead State University in Kentucky and holds graduate degrees from Xavier University in Cincinnati, the University of Georgia and Atlanta University. He has served in a leadership capacity with the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He has guided the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice education program to full compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice Memorandum of Agreement. All schools in the system are now accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. O'Rourke counts his work in the DJJ - enabling troubled youths to become productive citizens - as his most rewarding experience as an educator. "Their future is in our hands."

John Stewart

Superintendent

Alabama Department of Youth Services School District

John Stewart, Ed.D., serves as superintendent for the Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) School District. He holds teacher certification in the areas of administration, special education (LD. and E.D.), political science and history. Stewart has served as the director of Correctional Education Association (CEA) 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, CEA and other educational organizations. The DYS School District was recently awarded accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and CEA. In addition, he has served as a member of the special education verification team for juvenile justice programs in California and the advisory committee for the Alabama Unified Prevention System. Stewart currently serves on the CEA Executive Board and the CEA Standards Commission as a representative from the Council of Directors of Correctional Education.

Jane Young

Superintendent of Schools

North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Jane Young, Ph.D., has been the superintendent of schools for the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP) since 2000. Prior to her appointment in the DJJDP, she was director of education for the Division of Prisons in the North Carolina Department of Correction. During her tenure as superintendent, Young has focused on improving services to incarcerated juveniles by providing teachers with extensive training, recruiting talented new teachers and expanding the accountability of juvenile justice education programs to the public. Other components of her vision for improved educational services include a focus on students with special learning needs and strengthening the connection between students and their local schools. Under her leadership, the state legislature appropriated funds to award special scholarships to North Carolina community colleges for students who complete their high school education while incarcerated

Detention - Adult (2 positions)

Anthony Czarnecki

Chief of Staff

Westchester County Department of Correction

New York

Anthony Czarnecki is a criminal justice leader with a long-standing commitment to the work of professional organizations. He is a past president of the New York State Probation Officers Association and the Middle Atlantic States Correctional Association, a regional affiliate of ACA. During his career, Czarnecki has specialized in correctional officer recruitment, selection and training. His agency holds 1,500 pretrial and sentenced prisoners and employs 900 sworn and civilian staff. A graduate of Iona College, Czarnecki earned a master's degree from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a master's degree in public administration from Pace University. Certified as a trainer by the Municipal Police Training Council of New York State, he teaches in both correctional academy and academic settings. Czarnecki is currently chair of ACA's Professional Ethics Committee.

E. Keith Neely

Major

Broward Sheriff's Office

Department of Detention

Broward County, Fla.

Since 1987, Keith Neely has worked for the Broward Sheriff's Office in several areas, including the mental health, booking, classification and transportation units. He has served as an investigator and supervisor in Internal Affairs. Neely holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from Barry University and is a graduate of the 2001 Executive Leadership Program, the 2004 Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute and the 2005 Southern Police Institute. He is also a certified jail manager through the America Jail Association. Neely is currently assigned to the Department of Detention administration, overseeing the Compliance Unit. He is responsible for the department's policies, accreditation, event reports, and medical and accountability programs. Neely plans to use his experience in accreditation and polices to have an impact on the future development of polices for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Mareha Travis

Assistant Administrator/Security

Davidson County Sheriff's Office

Tennessee

Marsha Travis began her career with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) in 1988 and currently serves as assistant administrator for DCSO's female facility. She has extensive experience in program management and facilitation of support functions in the Davidson County jails. Additionally, she assists as an adjunct instructor for the local correctional training academy. With much work completed toward a master's degree in criminal justice, Travis has also furthered her education through leadership and management courses offered by the National Institute of Corrections. She is recognized by the American Jail Association as a certified jail manager and also holds ACA's designation of certified corrections manager. Travis serves as an ACA auditor and is a member of the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association.

Lupe Valdez

Sheriff

Dallas County, Texas

Lupe Valdez was elected Sheriff of Dallas County on Nov. 4, 2004. She has been in law enforcement for more than 30 years, at both the federal and state levels. Valdez earned a Master of Arts degree in criminology and criminal justice and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. She is a retired senior special agent for Homeland Security and served as a captain in the U.S. National Guard and the Army Reserves. Valdez has been extensively involved with civic and community organizations, including the North Texas Police Chief's Association, the North Texas Crime Commission, the Texas Sheriff's Association, the Texas Jail Association, the National Sheriff's Association and Big Brother/Big Sister programs. Since taking office, Valdez has been featured in several books and received awards and accolades from nonprofit and community service agencies for her volunteer and civic involvement.

Detention - Juvenile (2 positions)

Richard L. Bean

Superintendent

Richard L. Bean Juvenile Services Center

Tennessee

Richard L. Bean has been an employee of the Knox County 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 the 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.

Claudia Engelhardt

Executive Director

Samaritan Shelters Inc.

New York

Since 1979, Claudia Engelhardt has held the position of executive director of Samaritan Shelters, a regional nonsecure detention program admitting status offenders and juvenile delinquents. She received a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in political science from the College of St. Rose. She is currently serving as the legislative chair of the Juvenile Detention Association of New York State and has also served as vice president and president. Engelhardt is an active member of the Corrections and Youth Services Association (CAYSA) 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 received the Anthony J. Cuccurullo Memorial Award for excellence in juvenile justice and was named Outstanding Non-secure Detention Worker of the Year by the Juvenile Detention Association of New York State.

Glen E. McKenzie Jr.

Correctional Consultant

Austin, Texas

Glen E. McKenzie Jr. retired from the Texas state government in 2003 after more than 25 years of dedicated service to: the Texas Youth Commission as an ACA statewide accreditation manager/ program administrator assisting in the supervision of juvenile correctional facilities; the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as director of QA/standards compliance, a social worker/case worker and a research assistant/program analyst; the Texas Adult Probation Commission as a management auditor; and the Drug Abuse Prevention Department/Texas Department of Community Affairs as a treatment monitor. Since then, he has provided correctional consultation to MGT of America, Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc., Foremost Forensics and the McCrossan Boys Ranch. McKenzie was previously elected to the ACA Delegate Assembly and served as vice chair of the ACA Juvenile Corrections Committee. He also served as a member of the ACA Standards Subcommittee to revise the performance-based juvenile correctional facilities standards. In addition, he serves as a manuscript reviewer for Corrections Today magazine. McKenzie obtained a master's degree in research from Texas State University in 1980 and a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1974. He has also completed graduate course work in criminal justice.

Andrea Morbitzer

Deputy Director

Division of Institutions

Ohio Department of Youth Services

Andrea Morbitzer was appointed deputy director of institutions for the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) in October 2005. She has served ODYS in several capacities, from assistant chief inspector to correctional facility superintendent, and on agency committees that have activated a residential treatment facility and a gender-specific workgroup with the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. From 2001 to 2005, Morbitzer was deputy director of detention services/superintendent of the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Facility. She has led juvenile detention and juvenile correctional facilities in ACA accreditation and reaccreditation, implementation of unit management, increasing awareness of and responsivity to conditions of confinement, and improvement of due process in holding youths accountable for their actions. Morbitzer received her degree in public administration from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. She brings a unique perspective to the Delegate Assembly with more than 20 years of experience in both juvenile detention and juvenile correctional facilities.

Institutions - Adult (2 positions)

Dennis Breslin

Superintendent

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Dennis Breslin began his career with the New York State Department of Correctional Services in 1972. He has served as a teacher, counselor, deputy superintendent and superintendent. He has also worked in male and female minimum-, mediumand maximum- security facilities. Breslin worked 12 years in work release facilities, where the emphasis was on employment and family issues. He is currently the superintendent of a medium-security, 975-bed male facility. Breslin holds a bachelor's degree from Marist College and a master's degree from the City University of New York. He teaches in the Criminal Justice Program of St. John's University. Breslin has always recognized the importance of educational programs in the reentry process. He has also been involved in the implementation of HIV/AIDS programs for inmates. Breslin has been an ACA member since 1985 and served as an accreditation manager. He is also a member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and the Corrections and Youth Services Association of New York State.

Clayton Catoe

Human Resources Manager

South Carolina Department of Corrections

Since 1997, Clayton Catoe has worked for the South Carolina Department of Corrections as a human resources manager. Catoe received a Bachelor of Arts in education, with a minor in business, from the University of South Carolina. He was awarded the South Carolina Correctional Association (SCCA) 2003 Executive Committee Award and selected as Institutional Supervisor of the Year for 1997 and 2007. Catoe is a current member of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, the South Carolina Jail Administrators Association, the Southern States Correctional Association, and SCCA. Catoe is the current past president of SCCA and has served ACA in numerous capacities, including on the Delegate Assembly and as a member of the Membership Committee, the Dual Chapter Committee, the Staff Safety Committee and the Special Election Subcommittee. Catoe plans to use his institutional experience, as well as his vast committee experience, to help develop programs and policies for ACA's members while serving the Delegate Assembly representing adult institutions.

Kathleen S. Green

Warden

Eastern Correctional Institution

Maryland

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 challenge, addictions and managing difficult employees. She is a member of ACA, the Maryland Criminal Justice Association and the Association of Women Executives in Corrections.

Barbara Wheeler

Warden Senior

Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women

Virginia

Barbara Wheeler has been warden senior at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women since March 25, 2004. She began her career with the Virginia Department of Corrections in 1986 as an office services assistant and, by 1998, reached the level of assistant warden of operations at Buckingham Correctional Center. Wheeler is the current secretary of the Virginia Correctional Association (VCA), a dual membership chapter of ACA. She has been an active board member of VCA since 1996 and has served as its conference chair for the last four years. She is also a member of the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. Wheeler resided in Florida prior to her move to Virginia in 1986. She worked as an assistant manager for a national tax preparation firm and several years as a middle school and high school teacher. Wheeler was born, raised and educated in New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Georgian Court College in New Jersey and a Master of Education from the University of Florida.

Institutions - Juvenile (2 positions)

Joe T. Childs

Program Specialist

Texas Youth Commission

Since May 1988, Joe T. Childs has worked with male and female problem youths. He started as a line staff employee in a 255-bed male institution, followed by promotions to dorm manager and casework manager. He subsequently moved into specific treatment needs as a sex offender therapist for males and was promoted to facility program manager for a 112-bed female institution. He continues in those responsibilities, working specifically with young female offenders. Childs earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Angelo State University. He has been an ACA juvenile auditor since 2001 and has assisted the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) in audit preparations since 2000. Childs helped author agency policy relating to ACA and female offender needs. He also served on numerous statewide committees regarding ACA. This is his first foray into national ACA issues. He embraces volunteerism in a wide array of areas within TYC, the community and his church. This is one of Childs' strong points and one he understands will be important as a member of the Delegate Assembly

Catherine (Cathy) Fontenot

Director

Louisiana Office of Youth Development

Cathy Fontenot began her career with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections shortly after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. In 1992, Fontenot was assigned to the ACA office, and throughout her 16-year career, from a medium-security to a maximum-security adult prison then to juvenile corrections, the one constant has been ACA. She has been an ACA auditor, regional director of the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association, and a member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents. Fontenot has worked on conference/workshop planning and has been named to several committees. She has spoken, been interviewed and published works on a variety of criminal justice and ACA-related topics. Her passion and thirst for gaining knowledge led her to obtain ACA's certified correctional executive credential as well as a Master of Science in criminology. In 2006, Fontenot became the youngest director of a juvenile secure care facility in the state of Louisiana. As a member of the Delegate Assembly, Fontenot will contribute her best in an effort to demonstrate dedication and respect for those who seek to excel through accreditation.

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 100bed, 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.

Allen Peaton

Deputy Director for Administration

Alabama Department of Youth Services

Allen Peaton began his career with the Alabama Department of Youth Services in 1975. He has worked in the areas of staff development and training, licensing and standards, and finance. For the past four years, he has served as deputy director for administration. Peaton has been a member of ACA for 25 years and currently serves on the ACA Juvenile Corrections Committee. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama and a Master of Public Administration from Auburn University. He became a certified corrections professional in 2005. If elected to the Delegate Assembly, Peaton is committed to being a strong voice for juvenile corrections within ACA.

Institutional Line Operating Personnel - Adult (2 positions)

Tony Fountain

Correctional Supervisor

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 deals with adult offenders with special needs. Most recently, Fountain was promoted to correctional supervisor for the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility. He has attended numerous in-service classes dealing with the mentally ill, effects of medications and anti-social behavior personalities. 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 and the Iowa Corrections Association. He has not missed any ACA Delegate Assembly meetings since being elected in 2006.

Ken Newhouse

Intelligence Unit Coordinator

Arlington County Sheriffs Office

Virginia

Ken Newhouse joined the Arlington County Sheriff's Office in 2002 after working several years at the U.S. Department of State as a dignitary protection officer. He also served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1996 to 2004. As a member of the Sheriff's Office, Newhouse has worked all aspects of the Arlington County Detention Facility. He is currently a member of the Sheriff's Office Emergency Response Team and trains staff on the use of force and defensive tactics. Newhouse is a founding member and supervisor of the Sheriff's Office Intelligence Unit, tasked with identifying, interviewing and validating suspected gang members or anyone who may pose a threat to the security of the detention facility or courthouse. Newhouse teaches in-service training at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy. He also teaches gang conferences for local, state and federal agencies, including an ACA-sponsored seminar in 2006. Newhouse plans to actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

T. Francis Rabideau

Corrections Officer

New York State Department of Correctional Services

T.F. Rabideau has served in both male and female maximum-security facilities as well as in both medium- and minimum-security camps for more than 24 years. He has experience in many areas of facility operations and has been an in-service training officer for eight years. In his current position on the Executive Board as the media coordinator for ACA/CAYSA, he edits the CAYSA Chronicles newsletter and the NY CAYSA Web site. Rabideau has attended ACA's summer and winter conferences for years. Having been nominated to serve on the Delegate Assembly representing adult institutional line operating personnel, Rabideau has expressed his earnest desire to work with others across the country to further a shared interest in training excellence and to positively impact corrections policy at every level of local, state and federal jurisdictions.

Stanley M. Walden

Correction Officer

Arthur Kill Correctional Facility

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Since 1982, Stanley M. Walden has served the New York State Department of Correctional Services as a correction officer in Green Haven, Sing Sing and Arthur Kill correctional facilities. He has been the diversity management chairperson since 1996 and has been involved with the Employee Assistance Program for more than 20 years, assisting the EAP coordinator. Walden has been a member of ACA and the Corrections and Youth Services Association (CAYSA) since 2005 and is currently serving as CAYSA vice president, Region V, for New York state. He is looking forward to becoming more involved with ACA and helping fellow officers and employees become more aware of the vital role ACA plays in corrections throughout the entire country, as well as serving the needs of the region.

Institutional Line Operating Personnel - Juvenile (2 positions)

Roger Chute

Team Coordinator

Wilder Youth Development Center

Tennessee

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 team coordinator, a line operating position in a juvenile institution. Chute has experience with indirect service positions in the institutional setting, including assistant principal, training coordinator and accreditation manager. During his 28 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 also serves on ACA's Resolutions and Policy Development and Juvenile Corrections committees. He has previously served as an elected member of the Delegate Assembly.

Cheryl Doyle

CDTP Program Specialist II

Al Price State Juvenile Correctional Facility

Texas Youth Commission

Cheryl Doyle has worked for the Texas Youth Commission for 12 years as a chemical dependency program specialist II. Doyle received a Master of Arts in counseling and guidance from Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She is a member of ACA and has served for six years as a board member for the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission for Substance Abuse Services and for five years as an Advisory Council member for Lamar University Substance Abuse Programs. She is licensed as a social worker and chemical dependency counselor. Doyle pleins to use her experience in juvenile corrections and her service on substance abuse committees to represent and actively participate in the development of specialized treatment programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Terry J. Martinek

Assistant Director

Berrien County Juvenile Center

Michigan

Since 1971, Terry J. Martinek has served in juvenile corrections and the adult mental health fields. He has held positions as a youth counselor (3 years), group leader (9 years), supervisor (1 year), administrator (2.5 years) and assistant director (21 years). Martinek received his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and sociology from Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D. He currently serves on the executive board of the Michigan Juvenile Detention Association and works on several committees in this 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 in the juvenile field, including state training school, detention and residential treatment.

Joy Nyberg

Performance Accountability Specialist, Parole

Texas Youth Commission

A passionate educator, Joy Nyberg spent more than 17 years teaching children of all ages - preschool to college. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in education from Bemidji State University in Minnesota and has continued her education at several universities. She is certified in special education and English as a second language (ESL). Nyberg joined the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) in 2006 as the curriculum integration coordinator for the Rehabilitation Services Division and moved to the Parole Division in 2007 as a performance accountability specialist. In her current position, Nyberg provides training, consultation and technical support to parole administrators, parole officers and administrative support staff. She also assists in designing and generating reports that provide documentation of the measurable objectives of TYC. If elected, her energy, expertise and background will assist her in bringing a fresh outlook to the position of ACA delegate for juvenile institutional line operating personnel.

Institutions of Higher Learning (4 positions)

Calvin R. Edwards

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Justice, Law and Public Safety Studies

Lewis University

Romeoville, Ill.

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 manger at the U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kan. He served in numerous roles in 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 in Illinois, a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, 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 Work Force/HR Committee and the Work Force Advisory Council. Edwards plans to use his experience in corrections and academia to contribute to program and policy development for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Price Foster

Professor of Justice Administration

University of Louisville

Kentucky

Price Foster, Ph.D., has been a criminologist for more than 40 years. During his career, he has served as director of the Office of Criminal Justice Education and Training and director of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, both with the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1981, Foster moved to Louisville to serve first as dean of the School of Justice Administration and then as dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville. Since 1992, Foster has been a full-time professor of justice administration. He recently completed two major jail studies in Kentucky - the first concerning incentives for jails to improve programs for state inmates and the second concerning a statewide strategy for managing Kentucky's jails. Foster holds a doctorate degree in criminology from Florida State University. Foster looks forward to this possible opportunity to serve ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Lisa Hutchinson

Associate Professor

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Since 1994, Lisa Hutchinson has worked in various positions in the juvenile justice system, including delinquency prevention, probation and corrections. She has worked in academia for the last six years. Hutchinson received a Bachelor of Science in social/rehabilitative services and a Master of Science in criminal justice with a juvenile justice emphasis from the University of Southern Mississippi. She earned a doctorate degree in urban affairs from the University of New Orleans. Hutchinson currently serves as secretary of the Juvenile Justice Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; is a founding member of the National Association for Children of Incarcerated Parents; and has served on the board of several nonprofit agencies. Hutchinson is an active member of the ACA Student Affairs Committee, serving as chair for the Student Poster Session. She plans to use her various academic, practitioner and committee experiences to actively participate in the development of programs and policies as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Carol Rapp-Zimmermann

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

Carol Rapp-Zimmermann, Ph.D., received a doctorate degree in criminal justice at Michigan State University, where she works as an assistant professor. Policy implementation, risk and juvenile issues top her research agenda. She has been awarded the Excellence in Teaching Citation from the university. Before pursuing a doctorate degree, Rapp-Zimmermann served as assistant director of the Ohio Department of Youth Services for more than a decade. She is the architect of RECLAIM Ohio, a youth diversion initiative that was honored for innovation in state government by the Kennedy School at Harvard. Rapp-Zimmermann holds a master's degree from The Ohio State University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. ACA and the Delegate Assembly provide her with an opportunity to enhance the level of communication and respect between professionals and academics in addressing the critical issues facing corrections in the 21st century.

Frances P. Reddington

Professor of Criminal Justice

Central Missouri State University

Frances P. Reddington was employed as a juvenile probation officer from 1980 through 1986. In 1992, she received her doctorate degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University in Texas and was employed in the Criminal Justice Department at Central Missouri State University. She has been a member of ACA since 1995 and has been the faculty advisor to the first student chapter of ACA since 1996. She is currently on the board of directors for the Missouri Correctional Association and has served as the chair of ACA's Student Affairs Committee since 2002.

Melvina T. Sumter

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Old Dominion University

Virginia

Melvina T. Sumter, Ph.D., received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Arts in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina and a doctorate degree from Florida State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her current research focus involves studies of religion and crime. Sumter examines strategies to make field experience pedagogically successful in criminal justice and studies key issues relevant to the role of women and minority workers in the field of corrections. Sumter's research articles have recently appeared in Criminology and Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, College Student Journal, and the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration. Sumter also has a background in correctional operations and administration experience. She is a former correctional programs administrator, assistant program director, classification supervisor and caseworker, and correctional officer. A member of ACA since 1989, Sumter is currently chair of the Professional Education Council and serves on the Research Council. She plans to use her practical, academic and research experience to assist in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Richard Tewksbury

Professor of Justice Administration

University of Louisville

Kentucky

Richard Tewksbury currently serves as professor of justice administration at the University of Louisville and research director for the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. 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 is a recipient of ACA's Peter P. Lejins Correctional Research Award. He serves as chair of the Research Council, is a member and former chair of the Professional Education Council, a member of the Work Force Development and Human Resources Committee, and a frequent presenter at ACA workshops. 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.

Barbara H. Zaltzow

Professor of Crim inal Justice

Appalachian State University

North Carolina

Barbara H. Zaitzow conducts a variety of research projects in men's and women's prisons and has been involved in 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 and the impact of prison culture on the "doing time" experiences of inmates and correctional staff. A member of ACA since 1985, Zaitzow has provided her expertise as a guest speaker for the Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association, the North Carolina Regional Meeting of ACA, the North Carolina Unit Management Training, and in various speaking capacities for ACA workshops. She currently serves as an elected Delegate Assembly member representing institutions of higher learning. She is also a member of the Student Affairs and the Council on Professional Education committees and is faculty-advisor for the student chapter of ACA at her university.

Private Community-Based Correctional Organizations (4 positions)

Dale Hale

Correctional Services Secretary

Northern Division

The Salvation Army

North Dakota

Since 1985, Dale Hale has been involved in corrections, and three words describe his passion for the field: education, experience and endurance. He has been an active member of ACA since 1986, serving on the Membership and Parole committees, as well as the Restorative Justice and Victims Committee, which he currently chairs. Hale is a past president of the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association and is the current first vice president of the American Correctional Chaplains Association. He has been a Salvation Army officer for 36 years. For 10 years, he served as the correctional services secretary for the Wisconsin Division of The Salvation Army. From 2002 to 2005, he was on The Salvation Army's National Planning Corrections Committee, and from 2001 to 2004, he was trustee for the Michigan Corrections Association. Since 2004, he has been a member of the North Dakota State Reentry Committee. Hale holds a bachelor's degree in history and master's degrees in criminology (Indiana State University) and counseling (Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary).

Daniel L Lombarde

President/CEO

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley Inc.

Daniel L. Lombarde is the president/CEO of Volunteers of America Delaware Valley Inc. (VOADV), one of 38 agencies comprising Volunteers of America. VOADV provides services to offenders in transition, people who are homeless, individuals with chronic mental illness and other special populations in southeastern Pennsylvania, central and southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Lombardo also has served as the regional vice president of the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA) and was co-chair for the first ICCA "What Works in Community Corrections" conference. He received a gubernatorial appointment to the New Jersey Sentencing Policy Commission and was appointed by the mayor of Philadelphia to the Mayor's Task Force on Management and Productivity to review the city's Office of Human Development. Lombarde was chosen by the governor of New Jersey to serve as a member of the Family Development Advisory Board and the Parole Advisory Board, which he now chairs. He is a member of the board of directors of the International Corrections and Prisons Association and an alumnus of the Leadership New Jersey program. Lombarde volunteers as a board member on several community-based organizations and has received numerous awards for his work in human services and community corrections.

Timothy J. McCormick

Facilities and Corrections Administrator

The Salvation Army

Fort Myers, Fl.

Since 1998, Timothy J. McCormick has directed operations for two correctional programs for The Salvation Army - the Federal Bureau of Prisons Residential Reentry Center and the Florida Department of Corrections Residential Substance Abuse and Treatment Program. Prior to 1998, McCormick worked for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in several positions, including one year as a community control officer, two years as assistant juvenile detention superintendent and four years as juvenile detention superintendent. McCormick received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from St. Leo College. He currently serves on the council for the Lee County Public Safety Coordinating Council. McCormick plans to use his experience in adult and juvenile residential services work to represent and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Bernard A. Rochford

Executive Vice fresident

Administrative Services and Business Relations

Oriana House Inc.

Ohio

Since 1987, Bernard A. Rochford has been the executive vice president of Oriana House Inc., which provides chemical dependency treatment and community corrections services. Rochford acts as the community liaison to outside criminal justice agencies, courts, businesses and the community. He is a licensed attorney in Ohio and is a member of the Akron Bar Association. Rochford is active in numerous criminal justice organizations and has served in many different leadership positions. He is the immediate past president of the Ohio Corrections and Court Services Association. He is also a trustee of the Akron-Summit County Public Library and a member of the board of directors for Project Learn of Summit County. Rochford is a graduate of Leadership Akron, a program for a premier group of area leaders who promote community awareness. He is currently co-chair for the Junior Leadership Akron program. He is committed to working with and improving the communities Oriana House serves.

Steven K. Runyon

Chief Operating Officer

Volunteers of America of Indiana Inc.

Since 1987, Steven K. Runyon has worked in the correctional services field and has served in a various capacities. His career began with the Indiana Department of Correction, where he held several positions, including two years as a correctional officer in work release facilities, two years as a correctional counselor in a work release facility, two years as a training officer and two years as director of the Correctional Training Institute. In 1995, he left the department and joined Volunteers of America of Indiana to be the director of an ACA-accredited, 180-bed work release facility and community-based services center. For the past two years, Runyon has served as the chief operating officer for the organization. In addition, he has been appointed to the Volunteers of America national steering committee for corrections and received the 1999 Volunteers of America national HOPE Award for contributions to the field of corrections. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and psychology from Ball State University and a master's degree in management from Indiana Wesleyan University. He has been on the board of the Indiana Correctional Association and now serves as an accreditation auditor and audit chair for ACA. He was elected to the ACA Delegate Assembly in 2004.

Dianne Tramutola-Lawson

Chair

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants

Colorado

Since 1990, Dianne Tramutola-Lawson has been chair of Colorado-CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants). She also serves as secretary of International-CURE. She received a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in French from the University of Denver. She is a past president of the Colorado Association of Community Corrections Boards and a citizen member of the Denver Community Corrections Board. In December 2007, Tramutola-Lawson was appointed by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to the Governor's Community Corrections Advisory Council. Tramutola-Lawson has served as chair of ACA's Volunteer Services Committee and is currently a member of the Delegate Assembly. She is also a member of ACA's Community Corrections Committee and Resolutions and Policy Development Advisory Committee.

S. Anne Walker

Executive Director

Alston Wilkes Society

South Carolina

Since 1987, Anne Walker 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 then worked in higher education from 1981 to 1987. She received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Lander University and a master's degree in education from the University of South Carolina. She is an active member of the South Carolina Correctional Association and the Association for Women Executives in Corrections, a past president of the South Carolina Probation and Parole Association, and a past president of the board of directors of the International Community Corrections Association. Walker is a past appointed member of the Board of Governors of ACA and has previously served as an elected member of the Delegate Assembly. She has served as chair of ACA's Congress of Correction program, the Credentials Committee and the Community Residential Committee. She was a member of the Professional Development Committee and is currently vice chair of the Community Corrections Committee and a member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Walker is a 2006 recipient of ACA's E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award.

B. Diane Williams

President/CEO

Safer Foundation

Chicago

Since 1996, Diane Williams has served as president/CEO of the Safer Foundation, one of the nation's largest private nonprofit providers of social services, education programs, and employment training and placement exclusively targeting people with criminal records. Under contract with the Illinois Department of Corrections, Safer also manages two large adult transition centers with a total of 550 beds. Williams holds an undergraduate degree in education and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. She is currently serving as chair of the ACA Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force and the National Hire Network Board. She is a member of the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board; the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals; the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority Internal Review Board; the Illinois Task Force on Probation Funding; and the Illinois Workforce Investment Board. Diane plans to use her experience in community corrections and criminal justice to present and actively participate in the development of programs and policies for ACA as a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Correctional Health (2 positions)

Jean Brock

Senior Vice President

Physicians Network Association

Lubbock, Texas

Jean Brock has worked in correctional health care for 15 years, starting as a mental health professional and then moving into management. She has worked in juvenile maximum-security, psychiatric and sex offender units, as well as in jails, prisons, community corrections and sanction facilities. Brock has done every job necessary to operate a medical unit - from writing proposals, policies and treatment guidelines to hiring, purchasing, quality improvement, and working with attorneys, administrators and officials. Brock currently oversees medical units in 23 facilities that provide health care to 17,000 individuals from every federal agency and a dozen jurisdictions. Her emphasis is on client relations, legal affairs, and contract and standards compliance. She has participated in facility accreditation in most ACA and all National Commission on Correctional Health Care categories, as well as in Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Ambulatory Care. Brock's particular areas of interest are: promotion of correctional health care careers, the increased dependence of communities on the criminal justice system to provide medical and mental health services with limited financial participation, and the creation of realistic and usable performance standards.

Beth N. Kennedy

Director of Accreditation and Special Projects

Correct Health

Georgia

Since 1989, Beth N. Kennedy has worked with departments of correction and detention centers in a medical management role. She began her correctional career at Georgia State Prison as the director of nursing. Her career then shifted to the area of administration, and she began working within the parameters of accreditation, community-based standards and policies and procedures in the development of acceptable programs for medical models. She is a current member of the Delegate Assembly and has served on the Professional Development Committee for ACA, encouraging both detention and medical participation in program discussions. Kennedy retired last year - for a whole three months - and has since started working with Correct Health in Georgia as director of accreditation and special projects.

Terre K. Marshall

Director of Health Services

Massachusetts Department of Correction

Terre K. Marshall, MPH, began her career in corrections in 1980 during her graduate studies in public health at the University of Illinois Medical Center by focusing her 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. Her public correctional health service includes director in Tennessee, administrator (statewide) in Illinois, deputy commissioner in Connecticut, director of Health Services Administration in Florida and, now, director in Massachusetts. Her prior private sector positions include regional vice president and director of government relations/director of quality and compliance for two large contract health care companies. During her lengthy career, Marshall has been involved in ACA through numerous conference presentations and now participation in the Coalition for Correctional Health Authorities. She is excited at the opportunity to use her experience to continue to advance the professional recognition of correctional

Paula Y. Smith

Chief of Health Services/Medical Director

North Carolina Department of Correction

Since 1998, Paula Y. Smith, M.D., has worked for the North Carolina Department of Correction. Originally hired as a contractor, she quickly developed an understanding of corrections and set as her goal the development of quality health care services for all inmates. In 1999, she was hired as the deputy medical director and became the chief of health services/medical director in March 2001. As chief of health services, Smith works closely with custody colleagues to resolve health care issues and has developed innovative ideas to help curtail skyrocketing health care costs. After receiving a Doctor of Medicine from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Smith completed her residency in family practice. She is a family physician who enjoys the administrative aspects of health care. As an active ACA member, Smith currently serves on the Health Care Committee and the Coalition for Correctional Health Authorities. As a Delegate Assembly representative, her experiences in correctional health care will help advance the future of ACA.

Mental Health (2 positions)

Deborah L. Bell

Technical Director

Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar

California

Deborah L. Bell has directed correctional and mental health services for 25 years, working in correctional mental health services most of that time. She has also worked in substance abuse, family advocacy/child protective services, general behavioral health services and as senior correctional director in a military correctional facility. A colonel in the Air Force Reserves, Bell is also a medical inspector on the Air Force Inspection Team to accredit hospitals/clinics. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in social work from Longwood University in Virginia and a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also has completed Air Command and Staff College, Air War College, and the NIC Executive Excellence Program. She is currently on the ACA Mental Health Committee; has served on the ACA Military Corrections Committee, Program Committee and Health Care Committee; and has been an ACA auditor for more than 10 years. Bell plans to use her extensive correctional leadership and mental health experience to continue to actively develop and examine special needs policies and programs in the Delegate Assembly.