2025-2026 Board of Directors Candidates


Please see the Preview Ballot (coming soon) for the bios of all the candidates running for 3rd Vice President, Secretary, and the Board of Directors as well as personal messages from candidates.
 
If you do not receive an email from AssociationVoting with your voting credentials on Monday, January 20, 2025, please contact Michele Florian at michelef@aja.org. The election ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on February 21, 2025.
 
Voting to select the Board of Directors is a members-only benefit.


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3RD VICE PRESIDENT

Lisa Peck, BS, CJM
Lieutenant, Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Grand Junction, Colorado

Diana Knapp, MS, CJM, CCE, CCHP          
Director, Jackson County Department of Corrections, Kansas City, Missouri

SECRETARY

Sam Davis, MS, CJM
Major Jail Administrator (Retired), Ingham County Sheriff’s Office, Director of Officials Services, Michigan High School Athletic Assoc., Adjunct Staff, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stacy Heath, MS, CJM
Captain, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Sanford, Florida

Mané Martirosyan, MSSW, CSW
Executive Administrator, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, Louisville, Kentucky

Michael Myers, MS, LMHP, CJM
Director of Corrections, Douglas County Department of Corrections, Omaha, Nebraska

Daniel Hagan, CJO
Captain of Operations, Pasco County Corrections, Pasco County, Florida

Danielle Frane MS, CJM, CCE, CCHP
Special Sheriff/Superintendent, Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office, Bourne, Massachusetts

Nicholas Karafa, CCT, CJM
Jail Director, Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, Delaware, Ohio