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About the webinar
In this free, hour-long webinar, attendees will briefly learn about bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs with specializations. Attendees will then enter breakout sessions for their field – law enforcement, corrections, or community corrections – where a group of panelists with local, state, national, and international experience in those fields will share their ideas and experiences on how to improve opportunities to enter management and leadership positions.
Note: The webinar will not be recorded to encourage candid discussion. You must attend the live session to access the information.
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All attendees will receive a free compendium of resources on leadership and management in criminal justice, including links to organizations that support leadership and management training, the three institutions that hosted the webinar, and the hiring contacts at the agencies represented by the panelists.
Hosted by
Dr. Jeff Golden, MS, JD
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice & Community Corrections
Russell Sage College (NY)
Dr. John Watts, DCJ
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Criminal Justice and Restorative Justice
University of Saint Joseph (CT)
Dr. Phillip Neely, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Doctorate of Criminal Justice Program
Saint Leo University (FL)
Panelists
(with more panelists to be added in the coming weeks)
Corrections
Dr. Laurel Harry
Secretary, Pennsylvania Deptartment of Corrections
Dr. Jennifer Wallitsch
Director, Bureau of Training & Staff Development, Pennsylvania Deptartment of Corrections
Shelith Hansbro
Confidential Assistant for the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections
Kellie Wasko
Director, South Dakota Dept. of Corrections
Bree Derrick
Director, Idaho Department of Corrections
Heather Babbitt
Deputy DIrector, Wyoming Department of Corrections
Community Corrections
Marcus Hodges
President, American Probation and Parole Association
Mike Randle
Executive Vice President, Operations, Oriana House
Pamerson O. Ifill
Commissioner of Probation, State of Massachusetts
Mary Ellen Heng
Director, Hennepin County, Minnesota Dept. of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation
Dr. Yolanda Bethea
Acting Director, Division of Parole and Probation at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Tiana Johnson
Chief Probation Officer, Hamilton County, OH
Law Enforcement
Walt McNeil
Sheriff, Leon County, Florida; Past President, International Association of Chiefs of Police
Wes Mullins
Chief of Police, Cocoa Beach, Florida
Julie Rodriguez
Captain, Los Angeles, California, Police Department, President of the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives
Rafael Medina, III
Chief of Police, Wethersfield, Connecticut
Tat Shum
Vice President, Operations, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Cody Collins
National Chapters Director, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Jeremy O’Hara
National Recruitment Director, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, Supervisory Special Agent, Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Catrina Bonus
President and Executive Director of Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE), Retired, US Secret Service
Tanya Meisenholder, PhD
The Policing Project, NYU School of Law, Former Deputy Commissioner, NYPD