CLA 2025 Northeast Region Meeting
September 8-11, 2025 | Bretton Woods, NH

Hosted by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections

 Agenda

Monday, September 8th

Travel Day

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Welcome Reception 


Tuesday, September 9th

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome & Keynote

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Senior Life Enhancement Program - Meeting the Needs of an Aging Population

Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

David Radziewicz, Special Assistant, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Body Worn Camera Implementation in NH 

Michelle Edmark, Warden, New Hampshire Department of Corrections

Jason Darrah, Chief of Investigations, New Hampshire Department of Corrections

Matthew Stefanczak, Major, New Hampshire State Prison for Men

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Break

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Bridging Systems for Community Reentry: An Innovative Collaboration Between Corrections and Medicaid in NH

Laurie Foster, Deputy Director, Division of Rehabilitative Services, New Hampshire Department of Corrections

Carolyn Richards, Federal Waiver Administrator, Division of Medicaid, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CHOICES High Risk Mentoring Program 

Evenor Pineda, Intervention Programming Coordinator, Manchester Police Athletic League

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Drug Interdiction 

Sally Flores, Deputy Chief of Investigations, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM 

Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Executive Session and Continuing Legal Session (DOC Staff Only)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception 

 

Wednesday, September 10th

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast 

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Welcome & Review

9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

Veterans Services Units (VSU) 

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

More Than a Monthly Meeting: How New Hampshire’s Corrections Education and Vocational Planning Group (CEVPG) Advances Student Success With Technological Infrastructure and Statewide Planning

Sarah Kuczynski, Director, New England Prison Education Collaborative and Transfer Initiatives, The New England Board of Higher Education

Nicholas Duffy, Director of Rehabilitative Services, New Hampshire Department of Corrections

Jessica Hicklin, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, Unlocked Labs

David Watters, State Senator, The General Court of New Hampshire

10:50 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 PM

On Beyond Fences

Randall A. Liberty, Commissioner, Maine Department of Corrections

11:45 PM - 12:45 PM

Lunch 

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

The Mount Washington Cog Railway 

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception 

 

Thursday, September 11th

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