2025 - 2026 AJA Officers and Board of Directors
President
Shaun Klucznik, MA, CJM, CCHP
Major/Jail Administrator
Judicial Services Bureau Commander
Hernando County Sheriff's Office
(Florida)
President-Elect
Elsie Judon, MS, CJM
Lt. Colonel/Director of Operations
Broward Sheriff's Office
(Florida)
1st Vice President
Diana Knapp, MS, CJM, CCE, CCHP
Director of Community Safety Department
City of Kansas City
(Missouri)
2nd Vice President
Lisa Peck, CJM
Lieutenant
Mesa County Sheriff's Office
(Colorado)
3rd Vice President
Jonathan Ede, MSCJ, CJM
Captain
Travis County Sheriff's Office
(Texas)
Secretary
Sam L. Davis, MA, CJM
Adjunct Staff
Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice
(Michigan)
Treasurer
Denise Diamond, CJM
Captain (Retired)
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
(Florida)
Immediate Past President
Shawn C. Laughlin, MCJ, CJM
Commander
Broomfield Police Detention and Training Center Support Services Division
(Colorado)
Parliamentarian
Marsha Travis, CJM, CCM
Director of Standards & Accountability
Davidson County Sheriff's Office
(Tennessee)
Sergeant-at-Arms
Laura Bedard
Chief of Corrections
Seminole County Sheriff's Office
(Florida)
Legal Counsel
Ashley Miller
Hernando County Sheriff's Office
(Florida)
Daniel Hagan, CJO, CJM
Captain
Pasco County Corrections
(Florida)
Mané Martirosyan, MSSW, CSW
Director of Correctional Services
Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
(Kentucky)
Mark Foxall, PhD, CJM
Community Service Associate
University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Public Adm. and Community Service
(Nebraska)
Louis Quinones, Jr., CCE, CJM
Chief of Corrections
Orange County Corrections Department
(Florida)
Jeffrey M. Begue, CJM
Captain
Stark County Sheriff's Office
(Ohio)
Dorothy Harris, MBA, CJM
Major, Juvenile Detention Center
Director
Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center
(South Carolina)
Fred W. Meyer, MA, CJM, CCHP
Deputy Chief (Retired)
Managing Director,
NCCHC Resources
National Commission on Correctional Health Care
(Nevada)
Jared Schechter, MS, CJM, CCM
Colonel/Jail Administrator
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
(Kansas)
Danielle Frane, MS, CJM, CCE, CCHP
Special Sheriff/Superintendent
Barnstable County Sheriff's Office
(Massachusetts)
Stacy Heath, MS, CJM
Captain, Support Operations
Seminole County Sheriff's Office
(Florida)
Nicholas Karafa, CCT, CJM
Jail Director
Delaware County Sheriff's Office
(Ohio)
Michael Myers, MS, LMHP, CJM
Director of Corrections
Douglas County Department of Corrections
(Nebraska)
Medical Advisor
Marc F. Stern, MD, MPH
Affiliate Assistant Professor
University of Washington School of Public Health
(Washington)
Mental Health Advisor
Bart Abplanalp, PhD
Correctional Mental Health Consultant
(Washington)
Chaplain
Linda Ahrens
Founding Volunteer Chaplain for Staff
Cook County Sheriff's Office
(Chicago)
Executive Director
Chris Daniels, MPA, CAE
American Jail Association
(Maryland)