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2022 Election

Delegate Assembly

Cheryl Taylor (OH) Chief Officer of Prison Education and Returning Citizen Initiative Sinclair Community College

Cheryl Taylor has spent over twenty-five years in the fields of law enforcement and higher edu cation. Taylor began working the field of postsecondary correctional in 2012 and now holds the position of Chief Officer of Prison Education and Returning Citizen Initiative at Sinclair Community College. Taylor currently serves on the Montgomery County of Reentry executive board and is the elected Chair of the Ohio Education Penal Education Consortium. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology from Capital University and a Master of Arts degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Wright State University.

12. Community-Based Correctional Organizations (1 Position)

April Buckner (TN) Correctional Administrator of Rehabilitative Services for the West Region Tennessee Department of Correction

April Buckner began her career with the Tennessee Department of Correction as a Probation/ Parole Officer in 2004. During her tenure, Buckner has worked as an Offender Workforce Develop ment/Reentry Specialist and was moved to Probation/Parole Manager. A year later, Buckner became the Statewide Director for Community Resources. In 2016, Buckner was then named to her current position, Correctional Administrator of Rehabilitative Services for the West Region. Buckner is an active member of ACA and was elected in 2020 as a Delegate Assembly Member and serves on the Community-Based Organization Committee. Buckner also serves as the Chairperson for the Shelby County Crime Commission Reentry Model and as a Board Member of the Shelby County Crime Commission. Buckner was elected as President of her class for the 2021 Tennessee Government Executive Institute (TGEI) and is a member of the Association for Women Execu tives in Corrections.

Christopher M. Martuscello (NY) Assistant Chief / Assistant Commissioner Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Christopher Martuscello started his career in 1998 for the New York State Department of Cor rections and Community as a Correction Officer, then transitioning into an investigative position with the Department’s then Inspector General’s Office, now, Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Martuscello moved to superintend the Employee Investigations Unit, which conducts the background investigation for all newly hired staff. Martuscello returned to the Department’s OSI as the Deputy Chief of its Narcotics Investigations Division, responsible for the supervision of the Department’s drug interdiction process. Martuscello moved to Director of Operations for OSI then to his present position of Assistant Chief/Assistant Commissioner.

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