Dan Blanchard is the Division Director of Adult Probation & Parole in the Utah Department of Corrections, having been appointed in November 2018. Mr. Blanchard previously served as Deputy Director of Adult Probation & Parole and has over 21 of experience with community and institutional corrections.

Dan began his career with the Utah Department of Corrections in 1997 as a correctional officer at the Utah State Prison, and later at a community correctional center. In 1999 he became an agent with the Division of Adult Probation & Parole in the Provo office, and later as a supervisor of intake and field teams.

By 2013, he had worked is way up to assistant regional administrator in the Salt Lake office at the Fortitude Treatment Center and field supervision teams, and was appointed deputy director with AP&P in 2015.

Blanchard is a member of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision’s Technology Committee.

He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in psychology and his Master of Public Administration from Brigham Young University.

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