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Executive Staff

Secretary:

Undersecretaries:

  • KATHLEEN ALLISON Undersecretary (A), Operations
  • JEFFREY MACOMBER Undersecretary, Administration
  • Dr. DIANA TOCHE Undersecretary, Health Care Services

Assistant Secretaries:

  • JEFFREY CALLISON Assistant Secretary, Communications & External Affairs
  • JENNIFER NEILL Assistant Secretary/Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs
  • SANDY URIBE Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs

Special Advisor:

  • VICKY WATERS Special Advisor to the Secretary

Directors:

OPERATIONS

  • HEATHER BOWLDS Director (A), Division of Juvenile Justice
  • BRANTLEY CHOATE Director, Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • CONNIE GIPSON Director, Division of Adult Institutions
  • GUILLERMO VIERA ROSA Director, Division of Adult Parole Operations

ADMINISTRATION

  • DEAN BORG Director, Division of Facility Planning, Construction and Management
  • AMY MILLER Director, Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • RUSSELL J. NICHOLS Director, Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • JENNIFER OSBORN Director, Division of Administrative Services

HEALTH CARE

  • JENNIFER BARRETTO Director, Health Care Policy and Administration – California Correctional Health Care Services
  • Dr. JOSEPH BICK Director (A), Division of Correctional Health Care Services

Deputy Directors:

OPERATIONS

  • HEATHER BOWLDS Chief Deputy Director, Division of Juvenile Justice
  • CHARLES CALLAHAN Deputy Director (A), Facility Support – Division of Adult Institutions
  • DAVID BABBY Deputy Director (A), Adult Parole Operations – Division of Adult Parole Operations
  • KEVIN HOFFMAN Deputy Director, Program Operations – Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • SARAH LARSON Deputy Director, Program Support – Division of Rehabilitative Programs
  • JASON LOWE Deputy Director (A), Operations and Programs – Division of Juvenile Justice
  • KIMBERLY SEIBEL Deputy Director, Facility Operations – Division of Adult Institutions

ADMINISTRATION

  • CHRIS CHAMBERS Deputy Director, Research – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • BRENDA CROWDING Deputy Director, Internal Affairs – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • DEVIN FONG Deputy Director, Business Services – Division of Administrative Services
  • CHRISTOPHER LIEF Deputy Director, Facilities – Division of Facility Planning, Construction and Management
  • STACY LOPEZ Deputy Director, Peace Officer Selection and Employee Development – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • KATHERINE MINNICH Deputy Director, Human Resources – Division of Administrative Services
  • KRISTIN MONTGOMERY Deputy Director, Field Operations and Infrastructure Support – Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • DONALD PAGE Deputy Director, Enterprise Applications and Maintenance Support – Division of Enterprise Information Services
  • KARL PORTER Deputy Director, Audits and Court Compliance – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • ERIC SWANSON Deputy Director, Fiscal Services – Division of Administrative Services

HEALTH CARE

  • Dr. AMAR MEHTA Deputy Director (A), Mental Health Services – Division of Health Care Services
  • Dr. MORTON ROSENBERG Deputy Director, Dental Services – Division of Health Care Services

Associate Directors:

  • SARINA CALDERON Associate Director, Office of Civil Rights Operations

OPERATIONS

  • RON DAVIS Associate Director (A), Reception Centers – Division of Adult Institutions
  • TAMMATHA FOSS Associate Director, Female Offender Programs and Services – Division of Adult Institutions
  • JARED LOZANO Associate Director, High Security, Males – Division of Adult Institutions
  • MARION SPEARMAN Associate Director, General Population, Males – Division of Adult Institutions

ADMINISTRATION

  • KRISTOFFER APPLEGATE Associate Director, Correctional Policy – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • 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 Administrative Services

Assistant Deputy Directors:

OPERATIONS

  • ADAM FOUCH Assistant Deputy Director, Program Operations – Division of Adult Institutions
  • JOE MOSS Assistant Deputy Director (A), Operations Support – Division of Adult Institutions

Chiefs:

OPERATIONS

  • KATIE JAMES Chief (A), Office of Victim and Survivor Rights & Services
  • MARIA HUDSON Chief Financial Officer, Juvenile Administration and Operations – Division of Juvenile Justice
  • RALPH JACKSON Chief, Office of Policy Standardization – Division of Adult Institutions
  • SARA SMITH Chief, Office of the Ombudsman
  • VACANT Chief Deputy Administrator – Prison to Employment Initiative

ADMINISTRATION

  • DERRICK MARION Chief, Office of Correctional Safety – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • CANDACE MURCH Chief, Office of Labor Relations
  • PATRICIA RAMOS Chief, Office of Internal Affairs (Administrative Operations) – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight
  • KIRK STINSON Chief, Office of Internal Affairs (Field Operations) – Division of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight

Communications & External Affairs:

  • BILL ENFIELD Chief, Internal Communications – Office of Public and Employee Communications
  • LIZ GRANSEE Deputy Director, Health Care Communications – Office of Public and Employee Communications/California Correctional Health Care Services
  • KRISSI KHOKHOBASHVILI Chief, External Affairs – Office of Public and Employee Communications
  • DANA SIMAS Press Secretary, Office of Public and Employee Communications

Executive Officers/Executive Directors:

  • JENNIFER SHAFFER Executive Officer, Board of Parole Hearings
  • SCOTT WALKER Executive Officer, Prison Industry Authority
  • BRENDA GREALISH Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health

OPERATIONS

  • RACHEL STERN Executive Officer, Board of Juvenile Hearings – Division of Juvenile Justice

ADMINISTRATION

  • ANNEMARIE DEL MUGNAIO 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