Welcome to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office of Public and Employee Communications

Expert Panel To Design CDCR's Roadmap For Rehabilitation

Panel Members

The panel is chaired by the Chief Deputy Secretary, Adult Programs, Marisela Montes, and co-chaired by Director, Center for Evidence-Based Corrections, University of California, Irvine, Joan Petersilia, Ph.D.

Panel members include in alphabetical order:

  • James F. Austin, Ph.D. of JFA Associates
  • Jeffery A. Beard, Ph.D., Director, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  • Barbara Bloom, Ph.D., Professor Criminal Justice, California State University, Sonoma
  • Mark Carey of the Mark Carey Group
  • Elyse Clawson, Executive Director, Crime and Justice Institute
  • James H. Gomez, Director (Ret.) California Department of Corrections
  • Marty Horn, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, New York City
  • Kermit Humphries, Reentry Specialist, National Institute of Corrections
  • Steve Ickes, Deputy Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
  • Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., President, VERA Institute of Justice
  • Barry Krisberg, Ph.D., President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
  • Joe Lehman, Secretary (Ret.) Washington State Department of Corrections
  • Mimi Silbert, Ph.D., President and CEO, Delancey Street Foundation
  • Faye Taxman, Ph.D., Professor at Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
  • Reggie Wilkinson, Ed.D., Director (Ret.) Ohio Department of Corrections.