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President

Donald Travis
Howard County Probation
701 S. Berkley Road
Kokomo, IN 46901
Phone: 765-456-2222
Email: don.travis@co.howard.in.us

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer (Adult & Juvenile)

Other Organizations & Affiliations: National Association of Probation Executives, American Probation and Parole Association, Indiana Association of Community Corrections Act Counties, Indiana Criminal Justice Association, Indiana Juvenile Detention Association, National Association of Drug Court Professionals.

Awards: Winner of the Order of Augustus honorary award 2010. POPAI Founder's Award 2011.

Vice-President

Linda Brady
Monroe Circuit Court Probation
214 W. 7th Street, Suite 200
Bloomington, IN 47404-3865
Phone: 812-349-2648
Email: lbrady@co.monroe.in.us

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer (Adult & Juvenile)

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Monroe County Community Corrections Advisory Board, vice-chair (January 1999 to present); Court Alcohol & Drug Program Advisory Committee (CADPAC 1997-2003), CADPAC Policy sub-committee (1997 to present). National Association of Probation Executives; American Probation and Parole Association; International Community Corrections Association. Former member of Indiana Probation Officers Advisory Board (1995 to 1997; 1999 to 2003).

Awards: Winner of the Order of Augustus honorary award 2004.

Treasurer

Christine Kerl
Marion Superior Court Probation
200 E. Washington St. T642
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3351
Phone: (317) 327-3059
Email: Christine.Kerl@indy.gov

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer (Adult & Juvenile)

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Past President, Midwest Regional Network of Intervention with Sex Offenders (MRNISO); Marion County Community Corrections Advisory Past Board Member; National Association of Probation Executives; American Probation and Parole Association

Secretary

Cherie Wood
Vanderburgh County Probation
1 North Martin Luther King Blvd., #127
Evansville, IN 477201885
Phone: (812) 435-1490
Email: cwood@vanderburghgov.org

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Advisory Board of the Vanderburgh County Community Corrections (2007 to present); POPAI Board as District Representative/Secretary (2003 to present).

District 1

James Taylor
Porter County Probation - Adult
16 Lincolnway Ste. 142
Valparaiso, IN 46383-5661
Phone: (219) 465-3420
Email: jtaylor@porterco.org

Current Position: Adult Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Graduated from Indiana University (Northwest Campus, Gary, IN) in 1996; Criminal Justice major, Sociology minor. Started with Porter County Adult Probation June 2001 as a Home Detention Officer/Probation Officer. Prior to that, from Jan. 1996 to June 2001 worked for the Porter County Sheriff's Department in the Porter County Jail and Court Security. Worked for the Indiana Dept. of Correction (Westville) May 1995 to Dec 1995. Organizations: Indiana Association of Community Corrections Act Counties (IACCAC) 2002 to 2009; American Probation and Parole Association member (2005 to 2006).

District 2

Ryan Hull
Noble County Probation
101 N. Orange St. Rm 100
Albion, IN 46701-1049
Phone: 260-636-3116
Email: rhull@nobleco.org

Current Position: Adult Probation Officer/Drug Court Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Prior to coming to Noble County in 2007, intern at Whitley County Probation, assisted with the Youth Improvement Center. National Association of Drug Court Professionals; Probation Officers' Professional Association of Indiana; Indiana Criminal Justice Association; American Probation and Parole Association.

District 3

Mandy Miller
Miami County Probation
25 Court Street
Peru, IN 46970
Phone: (765) 473-9861
Email: mmiller@miamicountyin.gov

Current Position: Juvenile Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: American Probation and Parole Association ; Miami County Child Protection Team; Miami County Substance Abuse Prevention Council; Miami County Domestic Violence Coalition.

District 4

Catherine Custer
Rush County Probation
101 E. 2nd Street, 3rd Floor
Rushville, IN 46173
Phone:
Email: juvenileprobation@rushcounty.in.gov

Current Position: Juvenile Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Probation Officers' Professional Association of Indiana (POPAI); POPAI District Representative January 2012 to present; Member of the Local Coordinating Committee for Safe and Drug Free Schools; Member of the Child Protection Team in Rush County.

District 5

Susan Bentley
Marion Superior Court Probation
200 E. Washington St. T642
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3351
Phone: (317) 327-4259
Email: susan.bentley@indy.gov

Current Position: Adult Casework Supervisor

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team in Marion County.

District 6

Joe Hooker II
Tippecanoe County Probation
301 Main Street
Lafayette, IN 47901-
Phone:
Email: jhooker@tippecanoe.in.gov

Current Position: Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Life member of Indiana Criminal Justice Association (formerly ICA), Charter Member of POPAI, Member of American Probation and Parole Association.

Awards: Winner of the Order of Augustus honorary award 2011

District 7

Henry Ford III
Clark County Probation
Clark County Government Building
Jeffersonville, IN 47130
Phone: 812-285-6302
Email: hford@co.clark.in.us

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Clark County Community Corrections Advisory Board; eight years Tell City, Indiana police reserves. Eight years as a pastor.

District 8

Mignon Ware
Vanderburgh County Probation
1 North Martin Luther King Blvd., #127
Evansville, IN 477201885
Phone: (812) 435-5461
Email: mware@vanderburghgov.org

Current Position: Supervisor, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Probation Services.

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Earned Bachelors Degree in Human Development and Social Relations from Earlham College in 1996. Previously worked in a shelter for battered women in Richmond, Indiana before taking a position with a residential women's treatment center in Evansville, Indiana. Organizations and Affiliations: Probation Officers' Processional Association of Indiana; Vanderburgh County Destination Home Re-Entry Initiative; Vanderburgh County Substance Abuse Council (SAC).

Probation Officers Advisory Board Committee

Troy Hatfield
Monroe Circuit Court Probation
214 W. 7th Street, Suite 200
Bloomington, IN 47404-3865
Phone: (812) 349-2008
Email: thatfield@co.monroe.in.us

Current Position: Deputy Chief Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Vice Chair of the Probation Officers Advisory Board and Co-chair of the Supervision Committee; American Probation and Parole Association; American Correctional Association; Indiana Criminal Justice Association; Probation Officers' Professional Association of Indiana; National Association of Probation Executives. Member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana from 2000-2003.

Past President

Eric Zimmerman
Allen County Adult Probation
113 W. Berry St. 3rd Floor
Ft. Wayne, IN 46802-2302
Phone: (260) 449-7195
Email: Eric.Zimmerman@co.allen.in.us

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer (Adult)

Other Organizations & Affiliations: American Probation and Parole Association; Allen County Community Corrections Advisory Board; Allen County Sex Offender Task Force; Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne Associate Faculty, School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Awards: Winner of the Order of Augustus honorary award 2006. POPAI Founder's Award 2009.

Chief Executive Committee

Gregory Werich
Wells County Probation
102 W. Market St. Ste 404
Bluffton, IN 46714-2050
Phone: (260) 824-6496
Email: probation1@wellscounty.org

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: POPAI past treasurer; American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) member and past affiliate representative; American Correctional Association (ACA) member and past board member of state affiliate; National Association of Probation Executives (NAPE) member and regional representative; Judicial Conference of Indiana Probation Officers Advisory Board regional representative; Wells County Citizens Against Drug Abuse (CADA) board member; Park Center, Inc. past board member; Wells County Community Corrections Advisory Board member; and Wells County Government Efficiency Task Force member (2009). Also formerly served as PO in Cass Co. and Pulaski Co.

Awards: POPAI Founder's Award 2006.

Training / Conference Planner

Susan Rice
Miami County Probation
25 Court Street
Peru, IN 46970
Phone: (765) 473-9861
Email: srice@miamicountyin.gov

Current Position: Chief Probation Officer

Other Organizations & Affiliations: Miami County Child Abuse Prevention Council Treasurer; Miami County Community Corrections Board of Directors; National Association of Probation Executives; Indiana Association of Community Corrections Act Counties; American Probation and Parole Association; International Community Corrections Association; Tri Kappa.

Website Administrator

Karen Oeding
Bloomington, Indiana
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District 1 – Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski and Starke counties

District 2 – Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley counties

District 3 – Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Elkhart, Fulton, Howard, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, St. Joseph, Tipton, and Wabash counties

District 4 – Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Union, and Wayne counties

District 5 – Boone, Hancock, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby counties

District 6 – Benton, Clay, Fountain, Greene, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putman, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, and White counties

District 7 – Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland, and Washington counties

District 8 – Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties