Theodis Beck

Patricia Caruso

Patricia L. Caruso joined the Michigan Department of Corrections in 1988 and has served in several capacities, which include three years as business manager, nine years as Warden, two years as Regional Prison Administrator and 10 months as Deputy Director.

In July of 2003, she was appointed Director of the Department. Director Caruso received a B.A. in political science and sociology from Lake Superior State University and a Masters in comprehensive occupational education from the University of Michigan. Director Caruso was elected Vice President of the American Correctional Association (ACA), for a two-year term beginning in August, 2008 and re-elected in 2010 for an additional term.

She also has served on the ACA’s Commission on Accreditation for Corrections since July, 2006 and has been a member of the ACA Standards Committee since July, 2003. Director Caruso is also serving as the President of the Association of State Correctional Administrators and previously served as their Vice President and Treasurer. She is a past member of the ACA Program Planning Committee and past president of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents. In addition, Director Caruso is active in a number of other professional correctional organizations.

Carl Danberg

Carl C. Danberg is the Commissioner of Correction for the State of Delaware. He was nominated by Governor Ruth Ann Minner, and unanimously confirmed by the Delaware Senate to supervise the state’s unified correctional system. Previously, Mr. Danberg was the Attorney General of the State of Delaware from December 2005 to January 2007. He was appointed Attorney General to fulfill the unexpired term of his predecessor. Prior to his appointment he served as Chief Deputy Attorney General.

Mr. Danberg was the Deputy Principal Assistant to the Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction for over eight years, handling external affairs. He was responsible for community, legislative and media relations, managing victim services, budgeting and drafting legislation as well as training and advising Correction staff.

Prior to joining the Department of Correction, Carl was a Deputy Attorney General representing Corrections in State and Federal Courts and advising on administrative matters. Early in his career, Danberg worked on the Senate and Presidential campaigns of United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Danberg is a Major in the Judge Advocate General’s Corp of the Delaware Army National Guard. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware, his alma mater, teaching constitutional law of criminal procedure.

Carl is a graduate of the Widener University School of Law. He serves on the Boards of Mount Aviat Academy in Childs, MD and the St. Patrick’s Day Society which supports the St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Wilmington. He serves as a Special Minister of the Eucharist at St. Johns/Holy Angels Catholic Church in Newark and is a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Carl is married to Barbara Snapp Danberg, a fellow attorney. Together they have two daughters and reside in Newark.

Robert Houston (NE)

Director Houston was appointed as Director by Governor Dave Heineman effective March 14, 2005. Immediately preceding his appointment, he was Director of the Douglas County Department of Corrections having served in that position since April 2003. He started his state corrections career in 1974 as a counselor at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. In the years that followed, he held progressively more responsible positions throughout the Agency to include Unit Manager at the Lincoln Correctional Center, Unit Administrator at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Associate Superintendent at the Omaha Correctional Center, Deputy Warden at the Penitentiary, Warden at three institutions: Omaha Correctional Center, Lincoln Correctional Center, and Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility; from September 2002 to April 2003 he served as the Assistant Director for Programs and Community Services. Mr. Houston serves on many boards and committees including the Jail Standards Board, the Crime Commission, the Community Corrections Council, the Capitol Facilities Planning Committee, and the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. He is the Co-Founder and Member of the Omaha’s Metropolitan Chief’s Association, Board President of the University of Nebraska Omaha/Lincoln (UNO/UNL) Criminal Justice Education Fund within the University of Nebraska Foundation, past president of the United State’s Deputy Warden’s Association and the Nebraska Correctional Association. In 2009, Mr. Houston was Chairman of the Charitable Giving Campaign for Nebraska State Government. He has served both as an auditor for the American Correctional Association (ACA), as a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and was recently appointed as a Commissioner of ACA.
Mr. Houston has a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska where he served as a part time instructor from 1984 to 2005. He was recognized by the UNO as the College of Continuing Studies Instructor of the Year in 1998 and by the College of Public Administration and Community Service (CPACS) for Excellence in Community Service 2002, the Alumni Community Service Award in 2009, in 2011 the Hubert Locke Award, and the 2012 UNO Alumni Citation Award Recipient.

A.T. Wall (RI)

Prior to this appointment Mr. Wall served in the capacity of Assistant Director for a number of years. In this position he was responsible for the central management of Departmental operations and functioned as the Director’s second-in-command.

Mr. Wall’s career in corrections began in 1976 as a Probation Officer. After his graduation from Law School, he served as a Prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and then joined the Vera Institute of Justice, where he was Director of a sentencing project for chronic offenders convicted by the New York City Courts. A native of Rhode Island, he returned to his home state in 1985 and worked in the Governor’s Office on policy issues in the areas of corrections and criminal justice. He was tapped by the Director of Corrections to join the Department in 1987 as Assistant Director. Mr. Wall was named Interim Director in 1999 and became Director in 2000.

Mr. Wall received a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Yale University in 1975 and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1980.