Commissioner / Compact Administrator
Commissioner Zavaras began his career in Criminal Justice as a Community Parole Officer (CPO) for the Colorado Department of Corrections, Division
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Commissioner Zavaras began his career in Criminal Justice as a Community Parole Officer (CPO) for the Colorado Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Parole in 2005. As a CPO, he became knowledgeable on supervising virtually every type of caseload available from interstate cases to gangs and sex offenders. Following subsequent promotions, he became the Division's first supervisor of the Housing & Stabilization Unit, focused on hard to serve parolees experiencing homelessness and/or high mental health needs. In that capacity, Mr. Zavaras built bridges between parole staff, re-entry staff and community partners to ensure a smoother transition and more effective supervision, leading to his promotion to manager of the Unit as well deputy compact administrator. In 2021, he was appointed as commissioner, serving as the manager of the Interstate Compact Unit and Westminster field office.
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Please note the following for probationers coming into Colorado: All probationers, who are sentenced to ISP in the sending state, will be placed on intensive supervision in Colorado. All probationers (with an offense date of 10/1/13 or later), who are sentenced to regular probation in the sending state, shall be screened for intensive probation in Colorado. If the probationer meets criteria, the probationer will be placed in the intensive program, even though they were sentenced to regular supervision in the sending state.
For offenders being sent from Colorado, Compact States will be receiving requests for ISP supervision for those sentenced by the court (offenses before 10/1/13), as well as requests for intensive supervision from the probation officer for cases that may not have received a direct sentence to ISP. The receiving state should contact Colorado, via ICOTS, when the offender has completed the ISP requirements, prior to moving the offender to standard supervision.
C.R.S. 18-1.3-202 Courts maintaining jurisdiction over probationers, during revocations
Colorado HB 16-1359 for Probationers—Medical Marijuana / Effective Date 08.10.16
John Cribari, Deputy Compact Administrator for Parole, Co-chair
Devon Whitefield, Deputy Compact Administrator for Probation, Co-Chair
VACANT, State Senator
Kelly Kissel, Victim Representative
Glenn Tapia, Director of Probation
Kyle Sauer, Assistant Legal Counsel
Anne Stavig, Municipal Court Judge, Advisory Member
Kristen Hilkey, Colorado Parole Board Chair, Advisory Member
Jeffrey Holmes, District Court Judge, Advisory Member
Joyce Akhahenda, Public Defenders Office Representative, Advisory Member
David Martin, Sheriff's Association Representative, Advisory Member
Jaime FitzSimons, Sheriff Representative, Advisory Member
William Culver, District Attorney Representative, Advisory Member
Probation: $50/mo
Parole: $10/mo C-WISE Fee
Probation (outgoing): $100
Effective 07.01.12
