Association of State Correctional Administrators

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	Theodis Beck started his 30-year career with the North Carolina Department of Correction in 1975 as a Probation and Parole Officer. He worked through the ranks and held many positions, including Director for the Division of Adult Probation and Parole. Theodis was appointed Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Correction in 1999. He is currently the Chair of ASCA's Program and Training Committee, and a former Chair of the External Relations and Victims Committees. He serves on the Executive Committee as ASCA President. Theodis is the 2007 recipient of ASCA's Michael Francke Award, the highest honor bestowed by ASCA.

	Larry Norris has been Director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections since 1994 and is the second longest tenured director in the country. Larry has been an active member of ASCA, having served on many committees, attended numerous meeting and programs and served as a trainer at various training events. Larry was the 2006 recipient of ASCA's Michael Francke Award, the highest honor bestowed by ASCA. He serves on the Executive Committee as the Vice President of the Association.

	Patricia L. Caruso is the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections. She joined the Department of Corrections in 1988 as assistant business manager of Kinross Correctional Facility. In 1991 she was named warden of the Chippewa Correctional Facility, a multi-level prison and the Straits Correctional Facility, a minimum-security prison. In 2000, she was appointed as one of three regional prison administrators for the Correctional Facilities Administration (CFA), overseeing 13 prisons and eight camps from Saginaw to the tip of the Upper Peninsula. Prior to her appointment as Director, Caruso held the post of CFA Deputy Director. She serves on the Executive Committee as the Treasurer of the Association.

	Harold Clarke is Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction. He previously served 15 years as Director of the Nebraska Department of Corrections and 2.5 years as Secretary of the Washington State Department of Corrections. Harold has served as President and Treasurer of ASCA and he was the 1997 recipient of ASCA's Michael Francke Award, the highest honor bestowed by ASCA. Harold presently serves on the Executive Committee as Past President. Harold is also the President Elect of the American Correctional Association.

	Roger Werholtz was confirmed as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections in 2003. Prior to his appointment, he served as Acting Secretary and as Deputy Secretary of Corrections. He has supervised all three divisions of the Kansas Department of Corrections. Roger came to the Department in 1982 after working as the first director of the Wyandotte County Community Corrections Program. In addition to serving on the Executive Committee as the Representative of the Midwest Region, Roger is a member of the Correctional Research Committee, Corrections Industries Committee, Performance Measures Committee, and the Reentry Committee.

	Jeffrey Beard was appointed Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in February of 2001. He began his criminal justice career as a corrections counselor in 1972. He has held the positions of classification and treatment supervisor, deputy superintendent, superintendent and deputy commissioner. Jeff chairs ASCA's Performance Based Measures Committee. He is also a member of the Correctional Research Committee and the Program and Training Committee and he plays an active role in the training activities of the association. Jeff was the 2005 recipient of ASCA's Michael Francke Award. He serves on the Executive Committee as the Representative of the Northeast Region.

	Dora Schriro was appointed Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections by Governor Janet Napolitano on June 13, 2003. Dr. Schriro has more than 25 years of corrections experience and during which time is the only woman to lead two state correctional systems, the Missouri Department of Corrections and the Arizona Department of Corrections. Prior to her appointment as Director in Arizona, Dr. Schriro also served as Correctional Superintendent and then Commissioner of the St. Louis (Missouri) City Corrections System as well as Assistant Commissioner in the New York City Department of Corrections. Her work has been recognized by her peers who named her top Corrections Director in 1999 and her efforts have brought distinction to the field earning four Innovations in American Government awards from the JFK School of Government and three Innovations awards from the Council of State and Local Government. Director Schriro was the 1999 recipient of the Michael Francke Award.

	Gene M. Johnson began his career in the Virginia Department of Corrections in 1966 as Recreation Supervisor at Southampton Correctional Center, where he later became Assistant Superintendent. He was Warden of St. Brides Correctional Center, Mecklenburg Correctional Center, Southampton Correctional Center, and Powhatan Correctional Center before being named Regional Administrator in the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southeastern Regions. He was named Deputy Director of Operations in 1994. Governor Mark Warner appointed Johnson as Director on October 9, 2002. He is an active member of the American Correctional Association and the Association of State Correctional Administrators.