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The Wisconsin Council on
Community Corrections Service Award
The Wisconsin Council on Community Corrections Service Award recognizes
a person in the Private Sector who demonstrates a high level of
commitment and professionalism to community based corrections. This
recipient has been instrumental in either improving existing services to
offenders in community based corrections or in piloting new services.
The 2006 Wisconsin Council on Community Corrections Service Award is
being presented by Judy Baldwin, Secretary for the Wisconsin Council on
Community Corrections. Winner, Karen Kinsey has worked as a clinician
and administrator for over 29 years specializing in women-specific
services. As Executive Director of ARC Community Services, Inc., she
has overseen the evolution of this agency from one halfway house, ARC
House, now a residential AODA treatment center to a women-specific
agency with 12 projects located in Madison and Fond du Lac.
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The Sanger B. Powers
Award of Excellence
The Sanger B. Powers Award recognizes and individual for his/her
contributions to the field of criminal justice. Steve Casperson’s
career has been a career of service. He recently retired from the
military with the rank of Lt. Colonel in the United States Army. His
command was in a medical training unit. Mr. Casperson will retire this
year as Administrator of the Division of Adult Institutions, a Division
that currently employs over 7300 staff and has an operating budget of
over 651 million dollars. He has led this Division during unprecedented
times during which the Division lost over 300 positions due to budget
cuts. Despite diminished resources, his application of leadership
principles that he gleaned from the military, business and correctional
worlds has helped to carry the Division through these complicated times,
providing enhanced opportunities for inmates in preparing for
reintegration, providing improved health care for inmates and providing
for more efficient business processes.
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WCA
2006 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
WCA was proud to present Marge Walstad
with the award for 2006 Volunteer of the Year. Marge contributed many
years and countless hours to assisting WCA in the areas of chairing
conference registration, introducing speakers, gathering data from
conference workshop evaluations, acting as the WCA membership
Chairperson and working at WCA’s mid-year workshops. She has proven to
be an incredible resource for WCA and her hard work is gratefully
acknowledged. Regretfully, Marge has decided to step down as the
membership chairperson for 2007, stating that she’d like to give new,
fresh talent a chance to fill those roles. We thank Marge for all of her
dedication and wish her all the best.
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The
Roland C. Hershman Award For Meritorious Dedication To the Field of
Juvenile Justice
The Roland C. Hershman ward recognizes
an individual who has provided leadership for change in youth involved
in the juvenile justice system. Dan Buchler began his career with the
Department of Corrections in 1986 as a Social Worker and has held a
variety of positions where his education and talents provided assistance
to the Department in reaching its mission. Prior to his retirement, Dan
worked as Warden of the Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility
(RYOCF)—a position that he held since September of 1997. His commitment
to the care and custody of inmates aged 15 through 24 at RYOCF was
exemplary, emphasizing education and programming as means to change
one’s life.
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The
Boyd Spikerman Memorial Award for Correctional Officers
The
Boyd Spikerman ward recognizes a correctional officer for his/her
dedication to the mission, goals and programs of corrections and who has
performed an act which brings credit and honor to the profession of
correctional officer. In 1983, three inmates killed Boyd at the Oxford
Federal Prison. This year’s award is being presented by Ricardo
Martinez, Warden, Oxford Federal Prison. Correctional Officer Ray
Fadroski works in the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department. Since
starting with the Corrections Division in 1991, he has proven himself,
both professionally and personally as an outstanding individual, citizen
and officer. Ray Fadroski’s community involvement includes being a
member of the Black Creek volunteer Fire Department since 2001. Ray has
volunteered his time to Special Olympics for the past 14 years and has
raised in excess of $500 each year in the annual Torch Run. Ray has
also been involved in and volunteered his time in numerous other fund
raising events including raising money for displaced law enforcement
victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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