Megan Milner has been the Deputy Secretary of Juvenile and Adult Community Based Services since May 2023. She began her career in the field of corrections and criminal justice in 2000. Her experience ranges from juvenile intake and assessment, substance abuse treatment, family drug court, correctional facility administration, training, reentry services, assessments, and program evaluation. Megan was previously the Superintendent at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex. Before serving as the Superintendent, Megan served as the Director of Community-Based Services, working with Kansas communities and stakeholders on issues impacting supervision and resources available to system-involved individuals. In her current role, she provides oversight for state parole functions, probation, juvenile services, interstate compact, and the state’s only juvenile correctional facility. Megan is a certified public manager, holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Washburn University and a Master’s in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati.

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Sally Kreamer was appointed as the deputy director for Community-Based Corrections for the Iowa Department of Corrections in 2015. Prior to that, she served as the director of Community-Based Corrections for the Fifth Judicial District Department of Corrections Services, providing pretrial, probation, parole, and work release services. An evidence-based practitioner and educator, Ms. Kreamer worked with parole boards, judges, colleges and universities, faith-based community members, and other community providers on the implementation of research-informed practices that were trauma-informed, culturally diverse and gender-responsive. She published several articles and manuals in the field of probation and parole and has served on many boards, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Iowa Correctional Association, and the Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Ms. Kreamer obtained her bachelor of science from Iowa State University and her masters of science from the University of Cincinnati.

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Brad Lewandowski started with the South Dakota Department of Corrections in 1994 as a parole field agent covering a rural caseload.  In 2002, he was promoted to regional supervisor and served as the Safety, Training and Staff Development chair until 2015.  In 2015, he was appointed as the Director of Field Operations for the state overseeing all field operations, training and policy development.  Brad's most recent appointment as Parole Director in 2020, also includes the role as Executive Director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles along with being the Interstate Compact Commissioner for South Dakota.  Brad holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice from Northern State University.

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Amy Vorachek began her career with the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) as Parole Officer serving in the role as the department’s Crime Victim Coordinator. In 2008, she was hired by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) to implement and manage the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification system. She returned to the DOCR in 2011 to accept the position as the Director of Administrative Services where her responsibilities included oversight of North Dakota’s Interstate Compact Unit, Victim Service Grant Programs, Victim Compensation and Case Planning for newly incarcerated individuals. She was appointed as North Dakota’s IC Commissioner in 2017.

Vorachek graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1997 with a degree in Criminal Justice.

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Melissa M. Smith graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social work in 2003 from Bradley University, working in the field of social work until she began her career in community correction in 2005 under the probation division. While working in the probation division she served as a juvenile and adult probation officer.  Ms. Smith was actively involved in the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association from 2005 until 2014.  Her involvement included being a committee member, chairing the Membership Committee, and serving on the Executive Board for four years as the treasurer.  In 2014, Ms. Smith was hired by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice as a Juvenile Justice Youth and Family Specialist in the Aftercare Division, commonly known as juvenile parole.  While working for the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice she obtained a master’s degree in psychology from Northcentral University and took on additional duties including being assigned to the intensive supervision unit, managing the adult suspend status caseload, providing training, participating in the trauma-informed aftercare committee, and being the back-up for the Juvenile Interstate Compact Commissioner for approximately seven years. Ms. Smith was appointed as the Illinois Interstate Compact Commissioner with the Illinois Department of Corrections in August of 2023. 

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Katrina Ransom started with the Adult Parole Authority as a Parole Officer in Delaware County in 1994. She went on to hold several positions within the Division of Parole and Community Service to include Parole Supervisor, Deputy Superintendent, Deputy Compact Administrator, Regional Administrator and most recent position Superintendent. Prior to starting with the Adult Parole Authority, Ransom worked for Alvis, a halfway house that serves adult male and female returning citizens in Columbus, Ohio.

She retired from the Ohio Air National Guard with 21 years of service in September 2011.

She received her bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in Criminology in 1992.

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Jacey Rader began her career with probation in 2004, served as a probation officer until 2013, was promoted to Compliance Officer with the Administrative Office of Probation, and was appointed as Assistant Deputy Administrator of the Administration & Operations Division in May of 2018. She has spearheaded the implementation of custodial sanctions on interstate compact transfer offenders and worked to implement a process to ensure interstate compact cases are entered into the statewide JUSTICE system. In addition to her work with the Compact Office, she serves as a Compliance Officer for the Administrative Office of Probation and serves on numerous committees.

Rader serves as the Commissioner and Deputy Compact Administrator of Probation for the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS), is a member of the Training Committee, and is a nationwide trainer for the Commission.

In addition to her work with the ICAOS, Rader is also a member of the Interstate Commission for Juveniles (ICJ). In 2014, she was appointed as the Deputy Compact Administrator and later appointed Commissioner. She trains nationally for the ICJ, serves on their Compliance Committee, and was elected by her peers as chair of the Commission in 2019.

Rader is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (2002) with a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice.

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In 1992, Russ Marlan began his career with the Michigan Department of Corrections as a parole officer in Detroit, supervising a variety of paroled supervised individuals.

In 1998, Russ was promoted to parole/probation office supervisor at the state’s Special Alternative Incarceration (boot camp) Program. In 2000, he was promoted to program manager of the boot camp and was responsible for supervised individual intake, education services and treatment, and programming at the facility.

In 2002, Russ began working in the Department’s public information office and assumed the role of Public Information Officer in 2006. In March 2010, he was promoted to the position of Administrator of the Executive Bureau where he served as Chief of Staff to the Department Director and managed the Legislative Affairs Section and the Public Information Office.

In July 2014, Russ was assigned as the Administrator for Regions 1-9 of Field Operations Administration. Here, he was responsible for the administration of parole and probation staff and daily operations in 80 counties throughout the State.

On October 1, 2014, Russ was selected as the Interim Deputy Director of Field Operations Administration and was appointed to the position in December 2014. As Deputy Director, he oversees statewide parole and probation staff working at 105 field offices, the Parole Board, the Absconder Recovery Unit, the Electronic Monitoring Center, the Detroit Reentry Center, and the Detroit Detention Center.

Russ graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University.

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