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Focus Groups
| Focus Group | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Budget Process | Sheriff Todd Brackett | Lincoln County Sheriff's Office |
| Sheriff William Clark | Hancock County Sheriff's Office | |
| Robert Devlin* | County Administrator, Kennebec County Sheriff's Office | |
| Scott Ferguson* | Director, Corrections Service Center, Administrative and Financial Services | |
| Jim Foss | Jail Administrator, Aroostook County Sheriff's Office | |
| Vic Labrecque | Finance Director, Cumberland County | |
| Philip Roy | County Commissioner, Somerset County | |
| Sheriff Scott Story | Sheriff, Waldo County Jail | |
| Mary Sue Weeks | Executive Assistant to the Jail Administrator, Lincoln/Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority | |
| Education | Ellis King* | Correctional Planning Analyst, Department of Corrections |
| Ray Therrien* | President, Maine Adult Correctional Education Association | |
Jeff Fantine |
Director, MDOE Adult Education |
|
| Irving Faunce | Board liaison | |
| Arlene Jacques | Community Corrections Director, Cumberland County Jail | |
| Richard Lumb | Adult Education & Program Research | |
| Steve Pound | Staff Training and Development Director, Chianbro | |
| Forensic Evaluations | Sheriff Guy Desjardins* | Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office |
| Sheriff Wayne Gallant | Oxford County Sheriff's Office | |
| Ann LeBlanc | Director of State Forensic Services, Dept. of Health & Human Services | |
| Lars Olsen | Program Systems Director, Department of Corrections | |
| John Pelletier | Criminal Process Manager, State of Maine Judicial Branch | |
| Sheriff Dennis Pike | Franklin County Sheriff's Office | |
| Dr. Steven Sherrets* | MH Criminal Justice Manager, MDOC/MDHHS | |
| Information Technology | Tom Brown |
Board liason |
| Mike Dean | Information Technology, Knox County | |
| Chief Everett Flannery* | Kennebec County Sheriffs Office | |
| Linda Golden | Asst. Jail Administrator, Penobscot County | |
| Steve Hasson | TSC Supervisor, Department of Corrections | |
| John Hinkley | Jail Administrator, Knox County | |
| Martin Murphy | Sr. Technical Support Specialist, Department of Corrections | |
| Chris Oberg | Project Associate, OIT | |
| Dave Packard* | Director of Technology Business Consultants and Service Management | |
| Peter Smith | IT Director, Somerset County | |
| Clifford Warren | IT Director, Penobscot County | |
| Inventory of Needs | Sheriff Guy Desjardins |
Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office |
| Chairman Duffett | Board liaison | |
| Maj. John Hinkley | Jail Administrator, Knox County Sheriff's Office | |
| Ralph Nichols* | Director of Internal Operations, Department of Corrections | |
| George Jabar | Board liaison | |
| Lars Olsen | Program Systems Director, Department of Corrections | |
| Capt. Wayne Pike | Captain, Cumberland County Sheriff's Office | |
| Ruth Lawson-Stopps | Director of Health Care Services, Department of Corrections | |
| Mark Rubin | Research Assistant I, Muskie School of Public Service | |
| Dr. Steven Sherrets | MH Criminal Justice Manager, MDOC/MDHHS | |
| Col. Mike Vitiello* | Jail Administrator, York County Sheriff's Office | |
| Medical | Marsha Alexander |
Asst Jail Administrator, Kennebec County |
| Irving Faunce | Board liaison | |
| Dr. Joseph Fitzpatrick | Director of Behavioral Health, Department of Corrections | |
| Martha Freeman | Board liaison | |
| Lars Olsen | Director of Programs, MDOC | |
| Ruth Lawson-Stopps* | Director of Health Care Services, Department of Corrections | |
| Jarad Platt | Treatment Specialist, Office Substance Abuse | |
| Dr. Steven Sherrets | MH Criminal Justice Manager, MDOC/MDHHS | |
| Rich Wurpel* | Jail Administrator, Kennebec County | |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Dr. Steven Sherrets* |
MH Criminal Justice Manager, MDOC/MDHHS |
| John Lebel* | County Jail Administrator, Androscoggin County | |
| Pharmacy | Dr. Joseph Fitzpatrick | Director of Behavioral Health, Department of Corrections |
| Kevin Lewis | Executive Director, Maine Primary Care Association | |
| Denise Lord | Associate Commissioner, Department of Corrections | |
| Ruth Lawson-Stopps* | Director of Health Care Services, Department of Corrections | |
| Sheriff Glen Ross* | Penobscot County Sheriff's Office | |
| Dr. Steven Sherrets | MH Criminal Justice Manager, MDOC/MDHHS | |
| Representative Sharon Treat | Maine Legislature | |
| Col. Mike Vitiello (designee) | Jail Administrator, York County Sheriff's Office | |
| Jude Walsh | Special Assistant, The Governor's Office | |
| Rich Wurpel | Jail Administrator, Kennebec County Sheriff's Office | |
| PreTrial/Diversion | Sheriff Todd Brackett |
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office |
| Tim King | Board liaison | |
| Scott Landry* | Asst. RCA, Department of Corrections | |
| John Lebel | Jail Administrator, Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office | |
| John Pelletier | Criminal Process Manager, State of Maine Judicial Branch | |
| Steven Sherrets | MH Criminal Justice Manager, MDOC/MDHHS | |
| Mark Westrum* | Jail Administrator, Two Bridges Regional Jail | |
| Transportation | Staff Sgt. Steve Breton | Cumberland County Sheriff's Office |
| Sheriff William Clark* | Hancock County Sheriff's Office | |
| Capt. Mike Dudley | Waldo County Sheriff's Office | |
| Jim Foss | Jail Administrator, Aroostook County Sheriff's Office | |
| Commissioner Magnusson | Board liaison | |
| Gerry Merrill | Investigator, Mountain View Youth Development Center | |
| Jeff Merrill II | Deputy Superintendant, Maine Correctional Center | |
| James O'Farrell* | Director of Security, Maine State Prison | |
| Sheriff Glen Ross | Penobscot County Sheriff's Office | |
| Cory Swope | Asst. Jail Administrator, Somerset County Sheriff's Office | |
| Victim Services | Michelle Cram | Victim Witness Advocate, Office of the District Attorney (Kennebec) |
| Marylyn Dibonaventura | U.S. Attorney's Office | |
| Chairman Duffett | Board liaison | |
| Mary Farrar | Victim Advocate, Department of Corrections | |
| Jim Foss* | Jail Administrator, Aroostook County Sheriff's Office | |
| Dianne Gagnon | Parents of Murdered Children | |
| Denise Giles* | Victim Services Coordinator, Department of Corrections | |
| Kathy Maietta Harrington | Maine Association of Batterer Intervention Programs | |
| Art Jette | Parents of Murdered Children | |
| Heather Putnam | Victim Witness Coordinator, U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Judy Rawlings | Director, Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services | |
| Debra Shaw Rice | Director, Victim Compensation Program | |
| Tina Tucker | New Hope for Women | |
* denotes Co-Chairs