Corrections_Today_Spring_2025_Vol.87_No.1

GUEST EDITORIAL

Denise M. Robinson ACA Immediate Past President President Denise Robinson caps her tenure as ACA President

T he 108 th President of the American Correctional Association Denise Robin son spoke to the attendees at the General Session for her final time as ACA President. “I want to thank you very much. It has been my privilege to serve as the 108 th president of the American Correctional Association and to be the first ACA President from the field of community corrections,” she began. Robinson began by summarizing her main priority as ACA President: “Ensuring that this wonderful Asso ciation has the people, policies and structures in place to provide for our own continuity of care, has been at the forefront of my presidency. Outlining some of the achieve ments of her tenure, Robinson noted that “We transitioned to the new executive director, Robert Green and he has built a tremendous, strong ACA team,” She continued by observing that “We reestablished much needed public policy advocacy by engaging

relayed the story of the special Blue Ribbon Transportation Committee. “This special blue-ribbon com mittee worked tirelessly and rapidly to develop transportation standards that will reduce risk for corrections professionals. The standards were approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections this past Friday,” she declared. Summing up, President Robin son told the crowd “We are already seeing the positive results of these efforts to strengthen and grow the association. ACA has already in creased by more than 1,500 during the 2024 membership campaign,” she announced. “These are not my accom plishments. These are all of our accomplishments. I’ve been surrounded by committed, knowl edgeable and energetic people. I am grateful for the support of the executive committee, the Board of Governors, our past presidents, our committee chairs, our delegate assembly and ACA members and staff,” she concluded. CT

a government affairs and strategy team ensuring ACA is represented in policy decisions and strategy. We created ACA’s first ever strategic plan safeguarding key priorities regardless of changes in leadership. We completed four financial au dits, filed outstanding tax returns, created a zero-based budget, a new investment strategy and formed a finance committee.” President Robinson highlighted her efforts to reach out to chapters and affiliates of ACA saying that “I’ve been delighted to be invited to multiple chapter events, over the past two years, and to have the op portunity to see their passion and quality of work being done at the chapter level.” She described the new “sim plified logo” and the “return of Corrections Today to hard copy” as well as new ventures like “launching ACAConnect a new membership and communication platform.” Turning to a more recent an nouncement, President Robinson

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