Jamie Markham Jamie Markham joined the School of Government faculty in 2007. His area of interest is criminal law and procedure, with a focus on the law of sentencing, corrections, and the conditions of confinement. Markham earned a bachelor's degree with honors from Harvard and a law degree with high honors from Duke. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar. Prior to law school, Markham served five years in the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer and foreign area officer. Mark J. Strickland Mark has been on the staff of the North Carolina Justice Academy since 1996. Mark has been fortunate to work on both the Support Services side and the Training side of the Academy. Previously, Mark s job responsibility included supervision of the Commission/In-service Center. This responsibility included supervising the curriculum development of the Detention Officer Certification Course, Telecommunicator Certification Course, General Instructor Training, Basic Law Enforcement Training, and In-service Training. Over the years, he has developed curriculum and provided technical assistance to the Sheriffs and Chiefs of North Carolina. He has developed curriculum and taught in areas such as In-service, Court Security, Instructor Training, Confinement and Custody, Telecommunications, and Detention Field Training Officer. On December 13, 2010, Mark was promoted to the Director of the North Carolina Justice Academy. Mark s responsibilities now include the directing, planning, and coordinating of all activities on the NCJA. He is responsible for determining the activities for promoting growth at the Academy. He received his B.A. degree in Sociology from North Carolina State University and his Masters in Justice Administration from Methodist University. Jim Dennis Jim Dennis is the Executive Director for the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio which is a 638-bed (minimum, medium, maximum, community service, electronic monitoring/gps services) facility. Under his leadership, this facility is accredited by the American Correctional Association and certified by the State of Ohio. His facility was directed by the PREA Commission in 2008 to testify to their success in implementing and maintaining PREA practices; and they served as a template for the draft PREA Standards. Jim has experience with training and development for corrections in various areas such as security management, threat groups, gang awareness, emergency preparedness, staff sexual misconduct with inmates, policy development, organizational cultural change, first responder, operations and physical plant vulnerabilities, promoting professionalism, facility design, staffing analysis, inmate discipline, sexual assault forensic protocol in corrections, classification and sexual safety, preventing sexual victimization etc. He is an independent consultant and assists NIC with providing PREA training across the United States. He has conducted PREA facility assessments in over six states. Jim graduated from Heidelberg College in 1978 with a B.A. in Education. Jim worked in Ohio Mental Health as an administrator of a housing unit that served as the pilot for the Pet Program prior to moving to Oklahoma in 1981. His background in Corrections is rooted in Oklahoma, where he held the position of Warden at the William S. Key Correctional Center in Ft. Supply, Oklahoma prior to returning to Ohio. Jim was promoted through the ranks, gaining experience as a case manager,
trainer, superintendent of a work release center, and Deputy Warden at the Oklahoma State Reformatory. Sharisse C. Fuller Sharisse Fuller is the owner of Fuller Consultants and Vice-President of Organizational Development and Human Assets for the Leadership Training and Management Institute (LeadMTI). She has the unique ability to help clients identify core values and motivators. Sharisse collaborates with clients in developing career management and performance compliance to achieve progressive success. She develops rapport easily with staff at all levels, within the organization and creates a conducive environment for learning and change. Sharisse understands the importance of continually building skills and knowledge required to be effective in changing the world. As a result, she has the ability to strengthen the skills of individuals to build quality organizations by engaging employees in leveraging their strengths to achieve their full potential. She provides expert training, facilitation, consultation, and workforce development for government and others. She has over 30 years of experience with training, facilitation, consultation, staff management, leadership development, succession planning, strategic planning, performance management, employee relations, coaching for mediation, employment law, communication skills, conflict management, emotional intelligence, working with multigenerational workforces, etc. Her achievements include working in management for Guilford County as the County Manager and as the Human Resources Director. Sharisse received her B.S. degree in Business Administration and Masters in Business Administration. She has served as graduate school adjunct professor at one of the largest universities in North Carolina. She is very involved in many community organizations. Lieutenant Colonel Wellington R. Scott, Sr. Lt. Colonel Scott represents the International Academy of Public Safety (IAPS) and serves as the President of the Sheriff's Institute for Ethical Leadership Development (SHIELD) which is a division of IAPS. He was a member of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol for 28 years and retired as the Deputy Commander in 2013. He directed the North Carolina State Highway Patrol's First Line Supervisors School where he developed curriculum and provided instruction for newly promoted First Line Supervisors. He was the first certified Verbal Judo Instructor for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol where he instituted the training into the FTO and Basic School Training for that agency. Lieutenant Colonel Scott served as a Troop Commander, Unit Commander in Charge of Promotion and Performance Management, Director of Support Services, Director of Professional Standards, Director of Field Operations, and Deputy Commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Sheriff's Association and the National Association of Field Training Officers. He is the co-author of the leadership guide book entitled "Moral Compass for Law Enforcement Professionals". Lt. Colonel Scott is instrumental in the development and deployment of leadership curriculum for IAPS. Detective Chuck Hastings Chuck Hastings is a Detective with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department/FBI Safe Streets Task Force. Detective Hastings, while working with the CMPD, has made numerous state and federal arrests involving gang members. While working in the Special Investigations
Bureau and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force he investigated an MS-13 RICO drug investigation involving over 26 defendants where he also worked the first MS-13 capital murder case in the United States. Detective Hastings assisted in starting the Gang of One in Charlotte in 2004 was the NC Gang Investigator Association Region 3 Coordinator from 2005 to 2007 and he presently is the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association Director of Information. Detective Stephen Parker Detective Parker attended Bob Jones University and graduated in 1996 with a degree in Criminal Justice. Parker joined the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in 1996 and was assigned to the patrol division. In 2004, Detective Parker was assigned to the Metro Division Street Crimes Unit working in a seven man team combating street level gangs and narcotics trafficking on Charlotte's west side. In 2005, Detective Parker was placed in the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department Gang Unit, and in 2007 was assigned to the FBI Safe Streets Task Force where he presently serves today. In this assignment Detective Parker and other Task Force officers have worked cases on gangs and gang members for drug trafficking, firearms charges, Hobbs Act robberies, OCDETF cases and RICO cases. Detective Parker is an instructor for the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association teaching advanced gang investigations. Detective Parker has instructed psychology classes on youth and gang violence, classes in aggressive patrol tactics in dealing with gangs, gang investigations, and using gang evidence at trial. David Simpson Criminals have long employed manual cryptographic techniques to communicate or clandestinely maintain records of criminal enterprises. The Cryptanalyst Forensic Examiners of the FBI Laboratory s Cryptanalysis & Racketeering Records Unit (CRRU) decipher encrypted records and communications from street and prison gangs, organized criminals, drug traffickers, foreign and domestic terrorists, and violent criminals. Despite the prevalence of encoded and enciphered documents in criminal cases throughout the nation, the CRRU is the only laboratory unit in the country that has professionally trained law enforcement cryptanalysts. The presentation would introduce attendees to common manual cryptographic methods used by criminals, and provide an overview of the unique examination services offered by the CRRU to federal, state and local law enforcement. The presentation would also include interesting studies of nationally known cases where cryptanalysis has played a major role including the coded admission of Joseph Smith, the man convicted of the videotaped abduction and murder of 12 year old Carlie Brucia in Sarasota Florida in 2004 and the 1997 Aryan Brotherhood murder hit order that was encrypted using a cipher invented over 400 years ago by Sir Francis Bacon and resulted in multiple coordinated homicides and assaults across the nation. David Simpson is a Cryptanalyst Forensic Examiner in the Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records Unit of the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, VA. He has been with the FBI Laboratory for almost ten years; five and a half years as a latent print examiner and has spent the last four years as a cryptanalyst. Previous to this, he was with the Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab in Austin, TX and the Montgomery County Sheriff s Office crime lab in Conroe, TX.
While with the CRRU, he has been involved in the analysis of criminal codes and ciphers involving domestic and international terrorists, violent criminals, and street and prison gangs. He has been recognized as a cryptanalysis expert in court and presented at a number of gang conferences, jails and prisons. Joseph A. Milem Captain Joseph Milem began his career in June of 1997 with the Department of Corrections. He worked with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff s Office until August of 1999. He served as Training Officer and then later as a Sergeant for their Sheriff s Office. He was assigned the responsibilities of both the Training Academy Supervisor and School Director for the Detention Officer Certification Course with NC Sheriffs Training Standards. In December 2011 he was employed by Rowan County Sheriff s Office, of which he is responsible for Court Operations and Jail Administration and management. He received a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Pfeiffer University in 2009. He also holds the following certifications, Advanced Detention Officer Certification, Basic Law Enforcement Certification, Law Enforcement Leadership and Management Certification, General Instructor, Physical Fitness Instructor, Subject Control/Arrest Technique Instructor, and recognized as Law Enforcement Fitness Specialist and Master Fitness Specialist through the Cooper Institute, Dallas Texas. He is also a member of the North Carolina Law Enforcement Training Officers Association were he holds the position of Sergeant in Arms and Vice President. Timothy L. Fuss Timothy L. Fuss, a 16 year veteran of law enforcement, is responsible for the coordination, development, and instruction of training to include: Background Investigations, Detention Field Training Officer, Verbal Judo, Tactical Communication for Detention Officers, and Basic Inmate Transport. He serves as School Director for the Detention Officer Certification Course for the North Carolina Justice Academy and also assists with General Instructor Training. During his law enforcement career, he has served local law enforcement agencies in Detention, Investigations, Grant Writing, Background Investigations/Recruitment, and Public Information Officer. He has also presented at national conferences to include the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and has authored several articles in various international law enforcement publications. He holds both Law Enforcement and Detention certifications in North Carolina, as well as, General Instructor certification in the state. He is also certified by the American Heart Association as a CPR Instructor and mostly recently by the Verbal Judo Institute as an Instructor. Tim is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice and a MPA in Public Administration. Corporal Roy Jackson Cpl. Roy Jackson was born in Chester, South Carolina. He graduated from Pembroke State University with a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice. Cpl. Roy Jackson has worked for Guilford County Sheriff s Office for 24 years. He is presently working in the Personnel and Training Section. He is a Recruiter and Background Investigator. He has worked in every capacity of Detention, to include supervision. Cpl. Jackson is very passionate about his profession. He is the proud father of one daughter who attends West Point Military Academy. Cpl. Jackson is a
Physical Fitness and Detention Field Training Officer Instructor. In his spare time, Cpl. Jackson loves to work out, officiate college basketball and spend time with family and friends. Sergeant Catherine D. Netter Sergeant Catherine D. Netter has worked in the field of Criminal Justice for more than 19 years. She currently works as a Detention Service Supervisor with the Guilford County Sheriff s Office and has served the community as an Adult Probation & Parole Officer in Mecklenburg County for the State of North Carolina. She has a B.A. degree in Political Science and Master of Science Degree in Adult Education with a concentration in counseling from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University. She is an Adjunct Instructor in the field of Criminal Justice at Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) having taught classes to curriculum students seeking an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Officers attending General Instructor School, Detention Officer Certification Courses, Field Training Officer Courses, and has engaged in public speaking events to recruit students seeking a career in law enforcement while developing strategies aimed at increasing students academic performance. Jennifer Brazier, RN, CCHP Jennifer Brazier is a certified correctional health professional through the National Commission on Correctional Health Care with over 12 years of experience working in county jail systems. She has worked with the Department of Justice in setting mental health programs for compliance in jails, as well as hiring and training mental health professionals to work in jails. Jennifer has also set up inmate health care programs under the NCCHC guidelines, and has achieved accreditation status for these facilities. She is also a certified Surgical Technology and Registered Nurse, with a career prior to corrections in Critical Care and Med-Surgical Units. Sheriff Jim Pendergraph Sherriff Jim Pendergraph began his term as Mecklenburg County Sheriff in Charlotte, NC on December 5, 1994 and served thirteen consecutive years before retiring in November 2007. He is a graduate of Harvard University s John F. Kennedy School of Government course for State and Local officials. He has an Associate s Degree in Criminal Justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive Institute. Sheriff Pendergraph is a past President of the N.C. Sheriffs Association and the N.C. Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates. He has served in leadership positions with numerous other law enforcement associations, including the National Sheriffs Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Sheriff Pendergraph was a founding member of the Major County Sheriffs Association and had just been elected Vice-President when he accepted a position with Homeland Security in 2007. He currently serves on ann advisory board for the Major County Sheriffs Association. His law enforcement career began when he served as a military policeman with the U.S. Army. Following his military service, Sheriff Pendergraph became a police officer with the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department. He served with distinction in that department for 23 years, reaching the rank of deputy chief. He was elected Mecklenburg County Sheriff in 1994.
Following his tenure as the first Executive Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, State and Local Coordination in Washington, DC, Sheriff Pendergraph was elected in December 2010 as an at-large Mecklenburg County Commissioner, serving two years as the Vice-chairman. Retired Sheriff Pendergraph is currently President of WildFire Connections, a wireless security camera company based in Charlotte. A native Charlottean, Sheriff Pendergraph and his wife Lori have three sons. He enjoys woodworking, gardening and bluegrass music.