Project Team

Michael A. Jones
Project Manager
Provided day-to-day coordination of all project deliverables and timeline, coordinated focus group sessions, developed Writing Process Conventions, and provided support to Content Advisors, Content Editors, and Technical Editor.
Carol Cramer Brooks
Director, National Center for Youth in Custody and CEO, National Partnership for Juvenile Services
Provided programmatic guidance and leadership.
David W. Roush, PhD
Chief Advisor
Provided content guidance and served as primary editor of all written materials.
Wayne Liddell
Content Editor
Reviewed and edited written material to ensure that key issues were addressed.
Susan Marchionna
Technical Editor
Reviewed and edited chapters to ensure proper grammar and syntax, merged multiple author writings into a “common voice,” addressed writing protocol issues and guidelines, confirmed the veracity of the information presented, corrected errors that affected the quality of the written material, and refined the online versions of the chapters.
Billy Mathews
Technology Coordinator
Designed interactive website platform to house the Desktop Guide’s content and managed content import.
Dee Halley
Program Manager – National Institute of Corrections
Provided oversight to the project as the funding agency representative for both the National Institute of Corrections (NIC).
Elizabeth Wolfe
Grant Monitor – OJJDP
Provided oversight to the project as the funding agency representative for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
Elissa Rumsey
Grant Monitor – OJJDP
Provided oversight to the project as the funding agency representative for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
Pam Clark, MSW, LSW, CYC-P
Content Advisor
With specific focus on Juvenile Detention, coordinated the development of the various components of the publication by facilitating focus groups, identifying and convening Contributing Authors, and preparing written drafts for final editing.
Anne M. Nelsen, MSW, MPA
Content Advisor
With specific focus on Juvenile Corrections, coordinated the development of the various components of the publication by facilitating focus groups, identifying and convening Contributing Authors, and preparing written drafts for final editing.
Charles J. Kehoe, ACSW, CCE
Content Advisor
With specific focus on Youth in Adult Facilities, coordinated the development of the various components of the publication by facilitating focus groups, identifying and convening Contributing Authors, and preparing written drafts for final editing.