Scott Taylor

Scott has 45 years in the field of Corrections.  He has worked in juvenile and adult institutions, run a Residential Center, served as counselor, Probation& Parole Officer, Supervisor, and as  a County and State Director of Probation and Parole in Oregon. He is Past Treasurer and President of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA). Recipient of the APPA Walter Dunbar award for contributions to the field, Coordinator of the 2nd World Congress on Probation. Past President of the Luke Center for catalytic change, Past Mayor and city councilor. He has been a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections, The Center for State Courts, SCRAM, and several state and local Probation and Parole Operations.

Ginger Martin

Ginger has 38 years experience in state and local corrections policy, best practices, and addictions treatment.  She has worked as Deputy Director of Multnomah County Community Justice and as assistant director in the Oregon Department of Corrections, directing the Transitional Services Division and the Community Corrections Division. She has consulted on issues related to corrections policy and offender treatment programs at the county, state, and federal levels and has served on a number of state and national boards related to either corrections or treatment.

Ray Wahl

Ray has worked in the field of community corrections for 45 years. He has served as the Director of Utah Adult Probation and Parole and the Utah Juvenile Court Administrator, who oversees the operation of juvenile probation. He has delivered consulting services in several states and internationally. He retired from the Utah Courts in July of 2019 after serving twenty years and most recently as the Deputy State Court Administrator for the last eight years. He served as the President of the American Probation and Parole Association from 1999 to 2001, and received their Walter Dunbar Award in 2008. He also received the National Association of Probation Executives Executive of the Year in 2011. He has served on numerous national committees for the National Institute of Corrections, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the National Center for the State Courts.

Dr. Dee Bell

Dr. Dee Bell is a clinical psychologist and consultant and trainer in the areas of Restorative Justice, Juvenile Justice, Adult Community Corrections, and Behavioral Health, and Correctional Assessments. Additionally she has designed and conducted a number of research projects including statewide caseload analyses, workload analyses, and primary restorative justice and juvenile justice outcome studies. She retired as the Deputy Commissioner of Juvenile Justice at the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Previously, she served for four years as the Administrator of the Community Justice Institute at Florida Atlantic University and the Director of the Balanced and Restorative Justice Project sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Prior to these positions, she has worked 30 + years in Community Corrections for Georgia and Florida State Government. Since retirement, Dr. Bell has continued to work as a consultant and trainer in restorative justice, juvenile justice and re-entry with a number of state and local jurisdictions.

Linda Connelly

Linda has been a leader in community corrections for over 40 years, working with both public and private agencies in the criminal justice field, specializing in reentry, direct service, electronic monitoring, as well as program and policy development. In 1991 she founded Leaders in Community Alternatives (LCA), a community-based organization providing treatment programs throughout California including residential, day reporting and electronic monitoring with case management. In 2017 Ms. Connelly founded Successful Reentry coordinating with partners to offer public education and leading- edge, innovative curriculum, as well as policy change to help impact continuing high recidivism rates. Ms. Connelly has long been an advocate for a more effective criminal justice system which holds people accountable and prioritizes public safety, while providing the needed tools for long term behavior change. She is active in many professional organizations focused on the issues and trends in criminal justice reform, reentry, public safety, substance abuse, and behavioral change.

Sarah Douthit

Sarah has worked in the field of community corrections for over 20 years.  She currently serves as the Chief Probation Officer for the Coconino County Adult Probation Department in Flagstaff, Arizona.  Sarah began her career as a Parole Officer and has served as a Probation Officer and a statewide trainer for the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts.  In her role as statewide trainer, she was responsible for early training and implementation of Evidence-Based Practices, which have produced impressive outcomes in the State of Arizona. In her current role, Sarah is known for transforming the culture of probation work, to include promoting a positive working environment while providing tangible public safety outcomes.  Sarah uses the principles of implementation leadership to achieve a healthy working atmosphere, which supports an energized and effective team.   Sarah has also served in several leadership roles within the American Probation and Parole Association. Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a master’s degree in Education, with an emphasis in counseling and human relations.  

MACK JENKINS

Mack Jenkins is a visionary criminal justice professional with more than 40 years of experience in the area of community corrections. His experience includes working with local, state, and national level policy makers in the development and support of legislation to serve the goals of the criminal justice system. His expertise includes evidenced based practices for community corrections. Mack has skills in administration and management, communications and media, critical thinking, law and government, judgement and decision-making, interdisciplinary collaboration, personnel and human resources, public speaking, public safety and security, and systems analysis. Mack served as chief probation officer for San Diego County from 2007 to 2016.  He has extensive experience working as a consultant and served as president of the American Probation and Parole Association.  He holds a masters degree in criminal justice.

Paula J. Keating

Paula retired from the Massachusetts Probation Service in June of 2016 after a 32 year career. She has worked with juvenile and adult populations, and has additional expertise in a variety of supervision technologies including application of GPS monitoring, substance abuse detection and monitoring, drug treatment courts and evidence based treatment modalities such as MRT and CBT. Paula Has been a board member of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) for more than 32 years. She was awarded the APPA Member of the Year in 2013. She has also been the Executive Director of the New England Council on Crime and Delinquency for more than 25 years and has served on a number of local and national committees. Paula graduated with an MA in Justice Studies/Homeland Security from Southern New Hampshire University.

Truls Neal

Truls served as the Director of Multnomah County Department of Community Justice (DCJ) prior to retiring in October of 2018. He worked as a corrections professional for more than 30 years which included 14 years in community corrections management. During this time, Mr. Neal worked in various capacities in the criminal justice field including as a community service coordinator, corrections counselor, juvenile counselor, and parole and probation officer. Mr. Neal was instrumental in developing and implementing the Reentry Enhancement Coordination Program (REC), a successful prison reentry program which is still being utilized today. He currently serves on the board for the American Probation and Parole Association. Locally, Mr. Neal served as an executive member of the Multnomah County Managers of Color. His life mission is to build community at work, home, and in his neighborhood.

Francine Perretta

Francine is the current Executive Director of the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. Prior to this position, Ms. Perretta served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Westchester County Probation Department in White Plains, NY. For 7 years. Prior to assuming that position in late 2010, she was the Director of Probation for St. Lawrence County Probation in Canton, NY for 23 years. Francine has been an active member of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), serving on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Francine is a founding member of and served as a Past President of the Association of Women Executives in Correction (AWEC). She has also served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Probation Executives as both Secretary.

Mark Royal

Mark has over 30 years of experience within the Community Corrections field.  For 20 of those years, Mr. Royal was the acting Director of Umatilla County Community Justice in a small/medium sized County in Oregon, serving between 700-900 clients at any one time.  Within Umatilla County’s Community Justice model, Mr. Royal managed the operations of adult and parole and probation, juvenile program services, and drug and alcohol treatment services. Mark was Chair of the Local Alcohol and Drug Planning Committee (LADPC) and Vice-Chair of the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC).  He currently is a consultant living in eastern Oregon.

kathy waters

Ms. Waters has over 36 years of criminal justice experience.  Ms. Waters has served as the Division Director of the Adult Probation Services Division for the Administrative Office of the Courts, Arizona Supreme Court since January 2001.  She began her career with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections as a Probation and Parole Officer and served in numerous capacities for the next 17.5 years to include District Supervisor over 24 counties of Western Oklahoma and Deputy Director of Probation and Parole and Community Corrections. 

Ms. Waters has lead the initiative of Evidence Based Practices in Probation and Pretrial in the state as outlined in the Supreme Court’s Strategic Agendas with outstanding and promising results. She received the Arizona Supreme Court’s Strategic Agenda Award for her efforts in implementing Evidence Based Pretrial Services, the Courts Administration of Justice Award recognizing her many contributions and impacts to Arizona Probation and the Courts, the George M. Keiser Award from the National Association of Probation Executives for exceptional leadership, and the Susan M Hunter Award from the Association of Women Executives in Corrections.