Corrections_Today_September-October_2022_Vol.84_No.5

2022 Election

Delegate Assembly

William M. Powers (NY) Superintendent (retired) New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

William M. Powers is a third generation New York State Department of Corrections and Com munity Supervision employee (retiree). Powers began his career in 1977 as a Correction Officer and rose through the ranks to Correction Counselor, Senior Correction Counselor, Assistant Deputy Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and Superintendent. Powers has been assigned to maximum, medium, minimum, shock/boot camp, work release, residential alcohol and drug treatment facilities and male and female populations. Powers has been a member of ACA and CAYSA since 1983, NAAWS since 2002 and a certified ACA auditor since 2013 conducting domestic and international audits as well as policy, procedure and prac tice reviews for correctional agencies. Powers has a master’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration.

Catherine Price (GA) Statewide Compliance and Accreditation Manager Georgia Department of Corrections, Office of Professional Services

Catherine Price began her correctional career with the State of Georgia at the Department of Juve nile Justice as the Compliance Officer at a Youth Development Center in 2004. Price transitioned to the Department of Corrections where she served in roles from an Administrative Assistant at Bald win State Prison to a Paralegal with the Office of Legal Services. Price then accepted a position with The GEO Group, Inc. as Compliance Administrator at the Riverbend Correctional Facility in 2011 and became Compliance Director of ACAAccreditation in 2016. Currently, Price works for the State of Georgia with the Georgia Department of Corrections, Office of Professional Services as the Statewide Compliance and Accreditation Manager where she currently oversees the Agency accreditation program. Price is a graduate from Georgia Military Col lege and is a certified auditor through the American Correctional Association.

2. Correctional Administration (Juvenile) (2 Positions)

Joyce Holmon (VA) Deputy Director of Residential Services Department of Juvenile Justice

Joyce Holmon served the North Carolina Mental Health (MH) system in various capacities, including Therapeutic Home Supervisor and Child MH Screening Coordinator. Holmon also helped establish a non-profit agency that provided HIV/AIDS case management and other supportive ser vices for residents of five rural North Carolina counties. Holmon has been an invested leader in her agency since 2004 and she has been competitively promoted four times. She has played a significant leadership role in VADJJ’s evolving transformation and has actively participated in the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators. Holmon earned a Bachelor of Science in sociology with a minor in criminal justice from Longwood College where she also became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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