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Executive Staff

Secretary:

Undersecretaries:

  • KATHLEEN ALLISON, Undersecretary, Operations
  • JEFFREY MACOMBER, Undersecretary, Administration
  • DIANA TOCHE, Undersecretary, Health Care Services

Assistant Secretaries:

  • KRISTOFFER APPLEGATE, Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs
  • JEFFREY CALLISON, Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Employee Communications
  • JENNIFER NEILL, Assistant Secretary/Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs

Directors:

  • BRANTLEY CHOATE, Director, Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • CONNIE GIPSON, Director, Division of Adult Institutions
  • DEBORAH HYSEN, Director, Division of Facility Planning, Construction and Management
  • RUSSELL J. NICHOLS, Director, Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • JENNIFER OSBORN, Director, Division of Administrative Services
  • JEFFREY GREEN (A), Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations
  • CHARLES SUPPLE, Director, Division of Juvenile Justice
  • GUILLERMO VIERA ROSA, Director, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • VACANT, Director, Division of Correctional Health Care Services

Deputy Directors:

  • JENNIFER BARRETTO, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions – Facility Support
  • JULIE BASCO, Deputy Director, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight – Research
  • DEAN BORG, Deputy Director, Facility Planning, Construction and Management – Facilities
  • HEATHER BOWLDS, Deputy Director, Division of Juvenile Justice – Operations and Programs
  • MATT ESPENSHADE, Deputy Director, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight – Audits and Court Compliance
  • DEVIN FONG, Deputy Director, Division of Administrative Services – Business Services
  • BRENDA CROWDING, Deputy Director, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight – Internal Affairs
  • KEVIN HOFFMAN, Deputy Director, Division of Rehabilitative Programs – Rehabilitative Programs
  • JEFFREY GREEN, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations – Adult Parole Operations
  • KATHERINE MINNICH, Deputy Director, Division of Administrative Services – Human Resources
  • KRISTIN MONTGOMERY, Deputy Director, Enterprise Information Services – Field Operations & Infrastructure Support
  • DONALD PAGE, Deputy Director, Enterprise Information Services – Enterprise Applications and Maintenance Support
  • MORTON ROSENBERG, Deputy Director, Division of Health Care Services – Dental Services
  • RYAN SOUZA, Deputy Director, Division of Rehabilitative Programs – Community Reentry Services and Program Support
  • ERIC SWANSON, Deputy Director, Division of Administrative Services – Fiscal Services
  • DR. EUREKA DAYE (A), Deputy Director, Division of Health Care Services – Mental Health Services
  • KIMBERLY SEIBEL, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions – Facility Operations

Associate Directors:

  • SANDRA ALFARO, Associate Director, Division of Adult Institutions – High Security Mission
  • STACY LOPEZ, Associate Director, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight – Peace Officer Selection and Employee Development
  • AMY MILLER, Associate Director, Division of Adult Institutions – Female Offender Programs and Services
  • VACANT, Associate Director, Division of Adult Institutions – Reception Centers Mission
  • YING SUN, Associate Director, Division of Administrative Services – Regulations and Policy Management
  • VACANT, Associate Director, Division of Adult Institutions – General Population Males Mission

Chiefs:

  • NOLICE EDWARDS, Chief, Victim and Survivor Rights & Services
  • KHANH NGUYEN, Chief (A), Civil Rights Operations
  • MARIA HUDSON, Chief Financial Officer, Juvenile Administration and Operations
  • RALPH JACKSON, Chief, Division of Adult Institutions – Office of Policy Standardization
  • DERRICK MARION, Chief, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight – Office of Correctional Safety
  • CANDACE MURCH, Chief, Office of Labor Relations
  • SARA SMITH, Chief, Office of the Ombudsman
  • PATRICIA RAMOS, Chief, (A), Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight – Office of Appeals

Press Secretary:

  • Dana Simas, Press Secretary, Office of Public and Employee Communications

Executive Officers:

  • JENNIFER SHAFFER, Executive Officer, Board of Parole Hearings
  • RACHEL STERN, Executive Officer, Division of Juvenile Justice – Board of Juvenile Hearings
  • SCOTT WALKER, Executive Officer, Prison Industry Authority
  • STEPHANIE WELCH, Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health

Assistant Deputy Directors:

  • JOE MOSS (A), Assistant Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions – Facility Support
  • VACANT, Assistant Deputy Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations
  • KELLY MITCHELL, Assistant Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions – Program Operations

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