Mark Carey is the President of The Carey Group (TCG), a national consulting firm that provides training and technical assistance for justice and correctional professional and community groups. He has served as the Deputy Commissioner of Community and Juvenile Services in the Minnesota Department of Corrections from 1999 to 2003, the Director of Dakota County Community Corrections, the Director of Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted County Community Corrections and as the warden of MCF-Shakopee, the only state women’s prison in Minnesota.  He has over twenty years of experience in the correctional field serving as a counselor, probation/parole officer, planner, administrator, and consultant.  He taught juvenile justice at the Community College in Rochester, Minnesota, and has published over a dozen articles and two books.

Carey is the immediate past President of the American Probation and Parole Association. He has served as President and Chair for a number of Associations and Task Forces, and frequently is requested as a speaker and trainer.  He has been on the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) Board of Directors since 1997.  In 1996 he received APPA’s Sam Houston University Award.  In 1993, he was selected as the Corrections Person of the Year by the Minnesota Corrections Association.

Mr. Carey just completed his work as project coordinator for the State of Illinois under the National Institute of Corrections/Crime and Justice Institute evidence based practices initiative.  This project is a three year effort that is seeking to demonstrate recidivism reduction in two states (Illinois and Maine) by assisting the states in the implementation of the principles and practices around social learning, risk reduction, change management, and collaboration.

Mark Carey

5259 Oak Ridge Court

White Bear Lake, MN  55110

Phone: (651) 226-4755

email: mcarey.tcg@charter.net

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