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2022 Election

Delegate Assembly

Jeannie Wark (KS) Prisoner Review Board Member Kansas Department of Corrections

Jeannie Wark has served in the criminal justice system for over 30 years. Wark began her career with KDOC in 1991 at Ellsworth Correctional Facility as a Corrections Counselor I. In 1993, Wark transferred to the Community and Field Services Division and began her work as a Parole Officer in the Kansas City and Lawrence Parole Offices. Wark moved to Parole Supervisor in the Topeka Parole Office in 2005. In 2012, Wark was named Parole Services Specialist in Central Office and was appointed to the Prisoner Review Board in 2015. Wark has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Gerontology from Kansas State University. Wark is a member of the Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI), as well as the Kansas Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision Committee (IAOC). Wark previously served on the Doug las County Community Corrections and Youth Services Advisory Board.

16. Correctional Administration (1 Position)

James T. Conway (NY) Superintendent (ret) Attica Correctional Facility New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision

James Conway retired from the Attica Correctional Facility in October 2010 after a 38-year career, primarily in the maximum environment. During his tenure, many innovative initiatives were estab lished in dealing with the mentally ill population. Conway has been an ACA member for over 25 years and began training and auditing internationally in 2016. Since that time, he has participated in Accreditation trainings in Mexico and Colombia multiple times and one virtual training for Colombi an administrators from ACA headquarters. Conway has chaired audits in Mexico, Colombia and the first audit in Dubai, UAE. Conway is currently a member of the Delegate Assembly.

Ennice L. Hobbs Jr. (WA) Deputy Director, Northwestern Joint Regional Correctional Facility Army Corrections Command, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

Ennice L. Hobbs Jr. has served over 45 years in law enforcement, first in the United States Army where he completed 24 years of service as a Military Police Officer and Corrections Officer before retiring in 2000. Hobbs continued serving in various correctional positions with Washington State Department of Corrections working with juvenile offenders, female offenders, and later male of fenders before assuming his current assignment as the Deputy Director, Northwestern Joint Regional Correction Facility (NWJRCF), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington where he has served for over 21 years. Hobbs has received the Military Police Regimental Association’s Gold Order of the Marechaussee, Certified Corrections Executive, Corrections Officer of the Year, and Austin MacCormick Awardee. u

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