Corrections_Today_November_December_2020_Vol.82_No.6

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Board of Governors

2020 Election

Education (1 Position)

Mark Foxall (NE) Community Service Advocate University of Nebraska at Omaha

Dr. Mark Foxall Ph.D., CJM is the community service associate for the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s (UNO), School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (SCCJ). He is also the coordinator for the SCCJ Master of Science program and the director of the Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, London Study Abroad program. Foxall served as an adjunct professor at UNO’s SCCJ for 13 years before assuming a full-time faculty position. Foxall recently retired as the director of the Douglas County Department of Corrections in Omaha, Nebraska. He also served as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and director of Project Impact with the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Nebraska. He began his law enforcement career as an Omaha police officer. Foxall serves on the ACA Professional Education Council and ACA Adult Local Detention Committee. He holds a Ph.D. in criminal justice, a master’s degree in public administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice. David L. Thomas MD, JD, EDD has had a broad career in practicing medicine, law, and as an educator. He has served the ACA on the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections and for two of his six years was chairman of that body. He has been on the ACA Board of Governors and for two years was on the ACA executive committee. Thomas has recently retired as full-time professor and chair at Nova Southeastern University and remains active as a part-time professor teaching in the Correctional Medicine Fellowship, which he was instrumental in establishing. He also teaches medico-legal juris - prudence in the medical school as well as correctional health care. He rose through the ranks in the Florida Department of Corrections for nine years rising from institutional physician to assistant secretary for health, a position he held for seven years. Thomas has numerous publications and has won numerous awards. He is committed to corrections and the success of ACA. David L. Thomas (FL) Professor Nova Southeastern University

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