Executive Staff

Secretary:

Undersecretaries:

  • JENNIFER BARRETTO – Undersecretary – Administration
  • JASON JOHNSON – Undersecretary – Operations
  • Dr. DIANA TOCHE – Undersecretary – Health Care Services

Assistant Secretaries:

  • SEAN CONNELLY – Assistant Secretary – Office of Public and Employee Communications
  • ALEX NORRING – Assistant Secretary – Legislative Affairs
  • JENNIFER NEILL – Assistant Secretary/Chief Counsel – Legal Affairs

Directors:

OPERATIONS

  • BRYAN BISHOP – Director – Division of Adult Parole Operations
  • AMY CASIAS – Director – Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • GENA JONES – Director – Division of Adult Institutions

ADMINISTRATION

  • EDMOND BLAGDON – Director -Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • CHRIS CHAMBERS – Director – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • SARAH LARSON – Director – Division of Facility Planning, Construction and Management
  • MADELYNN MCLAIN – Director – Division of Administrative Services

HEALTH CARE

  • BRITTANY BRIZENDINE – Director – Division of Correctional Health Care Services – California Correctional Health Care Services

Deputy Directors:

OPERATIONS

  • JENNIFER BENAVIDEZ – Deputy Director, Facility Operations – Division of Adult Institutions
  • THERESA BIBY – Deputy Director (A), Program Support – Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • PATRICK EATON – Deputy Director (A), Facility Support – Division of Adult Institutions
  • SYDNEY TANIMOTO – Deputy Director, Program Operations – Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • HEATHER BOWLDS – Deputy Director, Adult Parole Operations – Division of Adult Parole Operations

ADMINISTRATION

  • DAVID CHRISS – Deputy Director, Internal Affairs – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • JOANNA CAGLE-Deputy Director, Office of Employee Health Management
  • CATHY CRUZ-JEFFERSON – Deputy Director, Office of Research – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • JEFFERY FUNK – Deputy Director, Integrated Business & Technology Solutions – Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • CYNTHIA MENDOZA – Deputy Director, Fiscal Services – Division of Administrative Services
  • JAMIE MOSS – Deputy Director, Business Services – Division of Administrative Services
  • DANYAL NOEL – Deputy Director, Human Resources – Division of Administrative Services
  • SHANNA PADILLA – Deputy Director (A), Infrastructure and Operations – Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • GINA SAVALA-Deputy Director, Peace Officer Selection and Employee Development – Division of Administrative Services
  • MICHELLE WEAVER – Deputy Director (A), Facilities – Division of Facility Planning, Construction and Management
  • MARC WILSON – Deputy Director, Audits and Court Compliance – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight

HEALTH CARE

  • Dr. AMAR MEHTA – Deputy Director, Mental Health Services – Division of Health Care Services
  • Dr. KEVIN MYERS – Deputy Director, Dental Services – Division of Health Care Services

Associate Directors:

ADMINISTRATION

  • SARINA CALDERON – Associate Director, Office of Civil Rights Operations
  • Dr. BRIANA ROJAS-Associate Director, Office of Employee Wellness

OPERATIONS

  • TRAVIS PENNINGTON – Associate Director (A), Region IV – Division of Adult Institutions
  • BRYAN PHILLIPS – Associate Director, Region III – Division of Adult Institutions
  • KATHLEEN RATLIFF – Associate Director, Region II – Division of Adult Institutions
  • JOSESPH TUGGLE – Associate Director (A), Region I – Division of Adult Institutions

ADMINISTRATION

  • HOWARD MOSELEY – Associate Director, Office of Appeals – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • YING SUN – Associate Director, Regulations and Policy Management – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • AMBER LOZANO-Associate Director, Office of Public Records Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight

Assistant Deputy Directors:

OPERATIONS

  • DAWN LOREY – Assistant Deputy Director, Program Operations – Division of Adult Institutions
  • LYNNE ISHIMOTO – Assistant Deputy Director, Facility Support – Division of Adult Institutions

Superintendents:

  • GENEVIE CANDELARIA – Superintendent, Office of Correctional Education, Division of Rehabilitative Programs

Chiefs:

OPERATIONS

  • MARIAM EL-MENSHAWI – Chief – Office of Victim and Survivor Rights & Services
  • ERIC JOE – Chief – Office of the Ombudsman
  • JAMES HARDEN – Chief, Office of Correctional Safety

ADMINISTRATION

  • ROBERT RAMIREZ – Chief – Office of Labor Relations

Executive Officers:

  • BILL DAVIDSON – Executive Officer/General Manager – California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA)
  • SCOTT WYCKOFF – Executive Officer – Board of Parole Hearings

ADMINISTRATION

  • TINA BAYLES– Executive Director, Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight

* within each executive title category, listings are alphabetized by last name