“CCA has been a great partner with us for nearly a decade now. Coffee Correctional Facility and Wheeler Correctional Facility certainly meet the standards of the Georgia Department of Corrections. I particularly appreciate CCA maintaining exemplary accreditation status with both the American Correctional Association and the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. I look forward to a continued long relationship with them.”
- Commissioner James E. Donald, Georgia Department of Corrections
CCA’s Customer Relations Team
CCA’s Customer Relations Team assists current and prospective federal, state and local customers in developing correctional solutions designed to meet their systems’ unique needs. This team of professionals offers a diverse range of experience in correctional security and administration, business, government affairs, law, criminal justice, public policy and program development. Such comprehensive expertise eases the partnering process for existing and potential customers at each step, from the Request for Information (RFI) and the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to the Request for Proposal (RFP) and eventual management of daily matters.
With CCA, the customer guides the partnering process. CCA understands the complexities of corrections and appropriately designs effective, feasible and appropriate solutions. To help facilitate the process, correctional systems considering partnership are advised to perform an initial internal review of their needs. Providing some information on programmatic requirements, facility type, projected population, custody level and security level best enables CCA to respond with seamless, implementation-ready services.
FEDERAL AND LOCAL
Michael Quinlan
Senior Vice President
(800) 624-2931 ext. 3006
mike.quinlan@correctionscorp.com
Mike Quinlan serves as senior vice president, handling business opportunities for federal, state and local government agencies. He is based out of Washington, D.C. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of CCA from June 1999 through June 2002. He joined the company in 1993 as the head of the Strategic Planning Division in Washington, D.C. Quinlan joined CCA following a 25-year career in public sector corrections, including serving as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Quinlan holds a bachelor's degree from Fairfield University, a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Fordham Law School and a master's degree from George Washington University School of Law.
Tommy Alsup
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 33905
Thomas (Tommy) C. Alsup II joined CCA in May 2008 as Senior Director, Local Customer Relations. His responsibilities include managing CCA’s relationships with city and county government agencies across the country. Alsup is also the mayor of the City of Oak Hill, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville. He comes to CCA with an extensive manufacturing industry background, as a partner in a boat manufacturing company that contracts with several branches of local and state governments. He is a graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Anthony Odom
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 3803
Anthony.Odom@correctionscorp.com
Anthony Odom joined CCA in 2004 as Senior Director, Federal Customer Relations. Odom’s primary responsibility is to help manage CCA's relationship with the United States Marshals Service. He retired from the USMS in August 2004 after a 32-year career with the agency that included serving as Chief of the Threat Analysis Division, and most recently, as Chief Deputy of the Northern District of Texas.
Kim Porter
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 3800
Kim.Porter@correctionscorp.com
Kim Porter joined CCA as Senior Director, Federal Customer Relations. Porter brings nearly 25 years of experience with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, now the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Most recently, he served as supervisory detention and deportation officer at INS headquarters in Washington, D.C. Porter’s primary responsibility will be to manage CCA’s relationship with ICE.
Bart VerHulst
Managing Director, Federal and Local Customer Relations
(800) 624-2931 ext. 6713
Bart.Verhulst@correctionscorp.com
Bart VerHulst joined CCA in January 2007 as Managing Director, Federal Customer Relations and was named Managing Director, Federal and Local Customer Relations in June 2008. Prior to joining CCA, VerHulst spent most of his recent years in the political arena. First as a staff assistant to the Bill Frist for Senate campaign, then working his way up through the Frist organization to Chief of Staff for the then United States Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. In addition to his federal customer relations responsibility, VerHulst coordinates the annual Chairman’s Charity Golf Tournament to raise funds for local charities. VerHulst holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Jeremy Wiley
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 3028
jeremy.wiley@correctionscorp.com
Jeremy Wiley joined CCA in September 1997 as Director, Government Relations and was named Senior Director, Federal Government Relations in April 2004. Jeremy directs the company's federal legislative affairs efforts, including all outreach with the United States Congress. Jeremy also manages CCA's business relationship with the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. Prior to joining CCA, Jeremy served as Director of Government Affairs for a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm and spent two years as a Legislative Assistant for a member of Congress. Jeremy earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
STATE
Jeb Beasley
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext.6615
jeb.beasley@correctionscorp.com
Jeb Beasley joined CCA in 2004 as Senior Director, State Customer Relations. Prior to joining CCA, Beasley worked with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce where he served as both Director and Interim Vice President of Government Relations. He also served as the Middle Tennessee Field Representative for United States Senator Bill Frist for two years. Beasley is responsible for managing CCA's relationships with the states of Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Alaska. Beasley holds bachelor's degree in business administration from Belmont University.
Kelly Durham
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 33034
kelly.durham@correctionscorp.com
Kelly Durham joined CCA's business development team as a Senior Director, State Customer Relations in March 2004. She manages CCA's relationships with the states of Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky and Louisiana. Prior to joining CCA, Durham served as Deputy Director at Tennessee Technology Development Corporation for two years and as Small Business Services Director for the Department of Economic and Community Development for four years. She holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Tennessee.
Andrea Mihm
Senior Director, Business Development
208-319-3668
andreamihm@correctionscorp.com
Andrea Mihm joined CCA as Senior Director, State Customer Relations in February 2008. Mihm oversees the company’s relationships with the states of Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Washington State. Mihm most recently served as a government affairs specialist with Sullivan & Reberger in Boise, Idaho. Her government relations responsibilities included strategic planning, lobbying and coalition building. Mihm earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from Boise State University. Her office is based in Boise, Idaho.
Brad Regens
Managing Director, State Customer Relations
(602) 319-8377
bradregens@correctionscorp.com
Brad Regens was named Managing Director, State Customer Relations in July 2008. Regens joined CCA as Senior Director, State Customer Relations in December 2007 to manage business relationships with established and prospective state partners in the southwestern United States, with an emphasis on Arizona and California. Regens comes to CCA from the Arizona House of Representatives, where he served two years as the Director of Fiscal Policy. Previously, he spent nine years serving in a number of key roles, including Assistant Director, with the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee, where he was responsible for analysis and forecasts of state government expenditures. Regens earned his Master of Public Policy degree from Duke University, and his undergraduate degree was gained at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is located in CCA’s Phoenix, Arizona satellite office.
Laurie Shanblum
Senior Director, Business Development
(512) 478-9591
laurieshanblum@correctionscorp.com
Laurie Shanblum became director, customer relations in early 2001. She re-joined CCA in 1994 as director, special projects after spending three years as director, special projects, Criminal Justice in the office of the Governor of Texas. From 1986 to 1991, she was affiliated with CCA as a marketing representative and as director, program development. She has extensive experience serving both adult and juvenile offenders. She holds a bachelor's degree from St. Edward's University and a master's degree from Sam Houston State University.
Ben Shuster
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 6612
ben.shuster@correctionscorp.com
Ben Shuster joined CCA as a Senior Director, Business Development for State Customer Relations. He previously served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. Shuster has also worked as special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and as trip coordinator/lead advance representative in the White House for the Office of the Vice President. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College and a master’s degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Chuck Kupferer
Senior Director, Business Development
(800) 624-2931 ext. 3094
chuckkupferer@correctionscorp.com
Chuck Kupferer serves as Senior Director of Customer Relations for the U. S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturalization Service. Kupferer joined CCA in mid 1999 from his position of executive vice president at CCA's transportation subsidiary, TransCor America. Kupferer joined TransCor in 1995 following a 24-year career with the U.S. Marshals Service. His law enforcement career began in Los Angeles, Calif. as a street policeman, and in 1975 he was assigned to the office of the director to develop what became the USMS' National Transportation System. He is a former chief deputy in New Orleans and chief inspector assigned to the Counter Narcotics Center for the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va.