2024-2025 Board of Directors
2024–2025 AJA Officers and Board of Directors
The governing body of AJA is the Board of Directors. The Board is the final authority on all matters pertaining to the management of AJA. It sets policies for AJA and relies upon elected officers, staff, and committees to implement or to develop plans to implement those policies. The Board is ultimately accountable to the membership of AJA.AJA thanks all of its Board members for their diligent service to the Association and to the field of local corrections. Click here for the contact information of the 2024-2025 Officers and Board of Directors.
Our Executive Committee and Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Shawn C. Laughlin,
MCJ, CJM
Commander
Broomfield Police Detention and Training Ctr Support Service Div
Broomfield, Colorado
PRESIDENT-ELECT
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Vacant
1ST VICE PRESIDENT
Vacant
2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Shaun Klucznik,
MA, CJM
Major/Jail Administrator
Judicial Services Bureau Commander Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
Brooksville, Florida
3RD VICE PRESIDENT
Elsie Judon,
MS, CJM
Lt. Colonel/Director of Operations
Broward Sheriff's Office
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
SECRETARY
Sam L. Davis,
MA, CJM
Adjunct Staff
Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice
East Lansing, Michigan
TREASURER
Eddie K. Lance
Jail Administrator (Retired)
Transylvania County SO
Regional Sales Manager
Southern Software, Inc
Seneca, South Carolina
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Louis Quinones, Jr.,
CCE, CJM
Chief of Corrections
Orange County Corrections Department
Orlando, Florida
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chris Daniels,
MPA, CAE
American Jail Association
Hagerstown, Maryland
1-YEAR TERM
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Laura Bedard, PhD,
CJM
Chief of Corrections
Seminole County Sheriff's Office
Sanford, Florida
1-YEAR TERM
Sonya J. Gillespie
Chief, Employee Relations
Denver Sheriff Administration
Denver, Colorado
1-YEAR TERM
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Janet Parker
Corrections Lieutenant
Shelby CoSheriff'sriffs Office
Columbiana, Alabama
1-YEAR TERM
Lisa Peck,
CJM
Lieutenant
Mesa County Sheriff's Office
Grand Junction, Colorado
2-YEAR TERM
Denise Diamond,
CJM
Captain
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
Portland, Oregon
2-YEAR TERM
Jonathan Ede,
MSCJ, CJM
Captain
Travis County Sheriff’s Office
Austin, Texas
2-YEAR TERM
Mark Foxall,
PhD, CJM
Community Service Associate
University of Nebraska at Omaha
College of Public Administration and
Community Service
Omaha, Nebraska
2-YEAR TERM
Diana Knapp,
MS, CJM, CCE
Jackson County Department of Corrections
Kansas City, Missouri
3-YEAR TERM
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Jeffrey M. Begue,
CJM
Captain
Stark County Sheriff’s Office
Canton, Ohio
3-YEAR TERM
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Dorothy Harris,
MBA, CJM
Major, Juvenile Detention Center Director
Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center
North Charleston, SC
3-YEAR TERM
Fred W. Meyer,
MA, CJM, CCHP
Deputy Chief (Retired)
Managing Director, NCCHC
Resources
Natl. Commission on Correctional
Health Care
Las Vegas, Nevada
3-YEAR TERM
Jared Schechter,
MS, CJM, CCM
Colonel/Jail Administrator
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
Wichita, KS
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Mane Martirosyan,
MSSW, CSW
Louisville Metro Department
of Corrections
Louisville, Kentucky
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
Stefanie Bush,
CJM
Scott County Sheriff's Office -
Jail Division
Davenport, Iowa
CHAPLAIN
Linda Ahrens,
Chaplain
Founding Volunteer Chaplain
for Staff
Cook County Sheriff's Office
Chicago, Illinois
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Marc F. Stern,
MD, MPH
University of Washington
School of Public Health
Seattle, Washington
