Board of Advisors

  • Jim Plousis began his law enforcement career as a Police Officer with the Ocean City, NJ Police Department in 1978.

    In November, 1985 Jim was first elected Sheriff of Cape May County, NJ. He would go on to serve six terms as Sheriff, with a staff of over 200 professionals and an annual operating budget in excess of $30 million.

    In 2002, while still serving as Sheriff, Jim received a Presidential appointment as the United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey. Under Marshal Plousis’ leadership the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force was established.

    After serving as U.S. Marshal, Jim was appointed the Chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board in 2010, supervising over 16,000 parolees and a staff of over 800 employees. Jim continues his exemplary record of public service to this date.

    Jim is the author of Jersey Lawman: A Life on the Right Side of Crime. He is member of the Board of Directors of Hand-to-Hand Mission to Haiti and an active supporter and former Chairman of the U.S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund Executive Board.

  • Dr. Patel retired from the U.S. Department of Justice after 27 years of distinguished service, where he held the position of Chief of Health Care Quality and Risk Management at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) headquarters in Washington, D.C. In this role, he oversaw healthcare quality and risk management programs across 122 federal prisons, including seven major Federal Medical Centers.

    Beyond his federal career, Dr. Patel has been deeply involved in community service in New Jersey. Since 2006, he has led the Health Camp of NJ (HCNJ), providing free health screenings to over 13,000 underserved individuals in South Asian communities. He also serves as President of the Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central Jersey (IACFNJ) and has held leadership roles with the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO).

    Dr. Patel’s contributions have earned him numerous awards, including the NJ Governor’s Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service and the NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Award. His service to the community has also been recognized by U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, as well as local New Jersey officials.

  • A Managing Partner of Global Digital Health at FINN Partners with over 20 years of Digital Experience across Online Marketing, Advertising, Sales, CRM and E-Business, Ritesh has consulted at a number of Fortune 500 companies and regularly speaks at a wide variety of global digital and healthcare events.

  • Larry has spent over 20 years in correctional healthcare, most recently leading business development and providing strategic guidance to Wellpath, one of the largest correctional healthcare service providers in the US.

  • Globally experienced medical products executive with extensive background in successfully driving transformational growth and innovation (product innovation and/or corporate development) by integrating insights, growth-oriented strategies, M&A, marketing and product/solution development, including cloud-based technologies. Proven leader with demonstrated ability to toggle between short-term flawless execution and long-term strategic planning with significant experience in US, EMEA & Emerging Markets.

  • Mark S. Inch served as Florida’s 12th Secretary of Corrections from January 2019 until his retirement in December 2021, completing 40 years of public service. The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) is the third-largest state corrections agency in the U.S. Now semi-retired, Inch dedicates his time to family, prison ministry, reentry efforts, and advancing the corrections profession as an author, speaker, consultant, and executive mentor.

    Prior to his Florida DOC role, Inch had a distinguished military career as a Military Police Officer, serving for 35 years. He was the 15th Provost Marshal General of the Army and Commanding General of the Criminal Investigation Command (CID) and Army Corrections Command. Other notable positions included Commander of CJIATF 435 in Afghanistan, Commandant of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, and Deputy Provost Marshal with the United Nations in Somalia. In 2017, he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptional service.

    Following his military service, Inch was the 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 2017-2018, overseeing 122 facilities, 39,000 staff, and 186,000 incarcerated individuals.

    Inch holds a BA in Biblical Archaeology from Wheaton College, an MA in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MMAS in Military Operational Art from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He was the first to earn the Certified Corrections Executive designation with Honor from the American Correctional Association (ACA) and received the E.R. Cass Award for lifetime achievement in corrections.

    Inch serves on various advisory boards, including chairing the ACA Certification Commission, and was appointed to the Council on Criminal Justice’s Veterans Justice Commission.

  • Kathleen Allison retired as Secretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after serving from  October 1, 2020-December 28, 2022.

    In over 35 years at CDCR, she held several leadership roles, including Undersecretary of Operations from 2019 until retiring in December 2019. Before that, she was Director of the Division of Adult Institutions (DAI) from 2016 to 2018, Deputy Director of Facility Support from 2012 to 2016, and Associate Director for the Female Offender Programs and Services from 2011 to 2012. Ms. Allison also served in several positions at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran from 2002 to 2011, including Warden, Chief Deputy Administrator, Correctional Administrator, and Correctional Health Services Administrator II.  Ms. Allison was a Community Resource Manager at Avenal State Prison from 1997 to 2002.  From 1993 to 1997, she served as a Senior Medical Technician at North Kern and Avenal State Prison.  Ms. Allison began her career as a Medical Technical Assistant at Avenal State Prison in 1987. She is a licensed Registered Nurse. 

    Ms. Allison has experienced nearly all aspects of corrections in her tenure at CDCR, from health care and custody operations to fiscal administration, rehabilitative programs, mental health services, and community relationships.  As Undersecretary, Ms. Allison held a critical role in the responsibility for the response of CDCR to the COVID-19 pandemic in some of the state's 35 prisons. 

    Additionally, Ms. Allison has overseen the evolution of the Department over the past three decades, including implementing various criminal justice reforms, such as the voter-approved initiatives Proposition 36, Proposition 47, and Proposition 57. She has also successfully led the development of policies and programs that focus on rehabilitation, restorative justice, and successful reentry, which have made prisons safer for staff and incarcerated people, and has strengthened partnerships with both governmental agencies and community organizations to create a system focused on public safety, personal accountability, and positive change. 

    Ms. Allison is known to her colleagues as a dedicated, compassionate, and knowledgeable leader. She is married, has four children, and has a Tibetan terrier.

  • John Koufos is the National Director of Reentry Initiatives at Right on Crime and the Executive Director of Safe Streets & Second Chances.

     John has been widely recognized for his professional advocacy and was previously certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a criminal trial attorney. He has tried complex jury trials to verdict and received numerous professional achievement awards and accolades.

    John’s reentry work has been recognized by President Donald J. Trump, and he works with the public and private sector to build partnerships designed to lead to better employment outcomes and safer communities. John’s work began in New Jersey, where he helped the Christie Administration and five former Governors implement effective, evidence-based reentry services. John designed New Jersey’s nationally recognized legal program, combining staff lawyers with approximately 70 pro bono lawyers to help the reentry community clear old tickets and warrants and restore drivers licenses that lead to jobs. John’s lived experience on all sides of the criminal justice system makes him a credible spokesperson. His leadership in the business community was recognized in 2016 when NJBIZ named him one of New Jersey’s “Top 40 Under 40.” He is a regular speaker on criminal justice, healthcare and workforce development, and helps cities, states, and the federal government to optimize reentry systems.

  • Dan O’Donnell retired from the United States Marshals Service after a distinguished 25-year federal law enforcement career. Dan served in many senior executive positions including Chief of the Prisoner Operations Division at U.S. Marshals Headquarters.

    Dan also served as Chief of Staff of the Florida Department of Corrections. He is currently the managing partner in a specialty consulting partnership working with and advising private and public sector organizations.

    Dan is the founder of the U.S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund; a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity which provides line-of-duty death and education benefits to the surviving family members of fallen U.S. Marshals Service employees and other law enforcement officers serving as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals.

  • David Market has over 20 years of experience in managing complex pharmaceutical programs including the Kisqali KardiaMobile companion diagnostic at Novartis.

  • Leo is an experienced chief executive who successfully led a large governmental organization ($58M/550 employees), that enhanced revenues and contained costs while developing innovative solutions to complex issues.
    Solution-oriented leadership understanding the value of team building towards achieving strategic goals on behalf of the organization.

  • Alexandra Duncan leads Pew’s substance use prevention and treatment initiative, which supports federal and state policies to reduce the inappropriate use of opioids and increase access to evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders.

    Before joining Pew, Duncan was a research associate at IMPAQ International LLC, where she supported the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight on issues related to compliance under the Affordable Care Act with prescription drug and nondiscrimination regulations for high-cost medical conditions, including opioid use disorder and evaluation of health programs. Previously, she was a senior analyst for Abt Associates, working on several projects addressing HIV testing and the integration of treatments for HIV and substance use disorder. 

    Duncan holds a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College, a master’s in public health from Tulane University, and a doctorate in public health from Columbia University; she completed postdoctoral training at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.