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FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND LIABILITY IN A POST REALIGNMENT WORLD
Speaker Biographies
Welcome and Introductions
Micheal Collins’s experience includes a variety of community and institutional experience ranging from entry level to executive. During his 32 year career in probation, he served as director of juvenile supervision, Orange County’ 8% program, Training and Research Director, and as the department’s EBP Implementation project manager.
Firmly committed to the development of corrections supervisors, and with the support of the National Institute of Corrections and the Crime and Justice Institute, Mr. Collins served on the national advisory group for the Supervisor’s Leadership Academy, helped guide curriculum creation, implemented the curriculum and then developed a regional partnership in Southern California. After several Academies in Southern California were completed, Mr. Collins assisted with the transfer of administrative responsibilities for the Academy as the SLA expanded to a state-wide focus under the guidance of the Crime and Justice Institute. He assisted as oversight transitioned to the Chief Probation Officers of California, and continues to serve in an advisory capacity and as a facilitator throughout the state.
Mr. Collins holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He has trained for a variety of organizations including University of California, Coastline Community Colleges, Chief Probation Officers of California, and private training providers working with probation departments. He also worked with the California Board of State and Community Corrections, coordinating county jail construction projects. After leaving Sacramento, he joined Crime and Justice Institute as a Network Associate, assisting corrections agencies across the country in creating environments supporting progressive advancement of EBP related change.
The Impact of Realignment on Facility Management
Aaron R. Maguire serves as legislative counsel and representative for the California State Sheriffs’ Association and works as a legislative representative and business consultant for Warner & Pank, LLC.
Prior to joining Warner & Pank, LLC, Mr. Maguire was the Assistant Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Office of Legislation, serving as legislative advisor to Secretary Matthew L. Cate. Prior to his appointment at CDCR, Mr. Maguire served as Deputy Legislative Affairs Secretary to Governors Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown, Jr. and Arnold Schwarzenegger, advising both governors on legislative matters involving public safety, criminal law, civil law, corrections, gambling, and the judiciary.
From 2005 through 2009, Mr. Maguire worked at the California Attorney General’s Office, representing Attorney Generals Bill Lockyer and Edmund (Jerry) Brown, Jr.’s interests in the California Legislature in subject matter areas involving criminal law and procedure, firearms, narcotics, and gambling.
From 2001 through 2005, Mr. Maguire represented the State of California as a deputy attorney general in criminal matters, including filing appellate briefs in the California Courts of Appeal, conducting jury trials, and appearing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court.
Mr. Maguire is a member of the California State Bar. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature/Writing from the University of California, San Diego and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Law where he was a member of the National Mock Trial Team and the Order of Barristers.
Mr. Maguire can be reached at [email protected].
Paul Mello represents public and private sector clients in putative and certified wage and hour, harassment, and discrimination class actions. His practice focuses on complex employment litigation, supplemented by compliance advice and counseling on employment issues. He has also handled a wide variety of individual and multi-plaintiff cases in federal and state court including race, sex, disability, and age discrimination suits, as well as breach of employment contract, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, whistle-blower, wage and hour and other employment-related litigation.
Mr. Mello also represents public and private sector clients in administrative actions and/or investigations before or by the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (DOSH actions), the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), the Office of the Labor Commissioner, and the United States Department of Labor (DOL).
Mr. Mello frequently counsels employers and management in litigation prevention and compliance issues including leave of absence, accommodation of disabilities, wage and hour, employee discipline and termination, internal investigations, personnel policy issues, and reductions in force. Mr. Mello has extensive experience assisting clients concerning employment law issues that regularly present during the merger and acquisition process. He also routinely negotiates and drafts employment, independent contractor, and severance agreements for his clients.
In addition, Mr. Mello represents public sector clients in putative and certified class actions relating to the delivery health care and programs to persons incarcerated in or paroled from state-run correctional facilities. Mr. Mello also assists public sector clients in putative and certified class action litigation alleging police department wrongdoing.
Mr. Mello can be reached at [email protected].
Martin J. Mayer is a name partner in the firm of Jones & Mayer (J&M) and serves as legal counsel to sheriffs and chiefs of police in approximately 70 law enforcement agencies throughout California. He serves as General Counsel to the California State Sheriffs’ Association (CSSA), the California Police Chiefs’ Association (CPCA), and the California Peace Officers’ Association (CPOA), and has done so for approximately 25 years. Mr. Mayer focuses his practice on providing legal advice, guidance and representation to law enforcement agencies throughout the state and has been acknowledged as an expert in the field of police litigation.
He works through the chiefs of police or sheriffs and provides on-going legal assistance on all relevant issues impacting on the operation of law enforcement agencies. He serves as counsel in defending and assisting such agencies when they are sued in state and/or federal court and has represented agencies on appeal issues in various courts of appeal throughout California, as well in the California and United States Supreme Courts.
He is a graduate of the City University of New York and St. John's University School of Law. He began his professional career in New York City in 1966 as a deputy Public Defender and served in that capacity for five years. After relocating to California in 1975 he became the Director of the Criminal Justice Planning Unit for the League of California Cities. In 1980 he entered the private practice of law focusing on issues arising out of law enforcement activity. Mr. Mayer is a graduate of the 6th FBI National Law Institute at Quantico, Virginia (designed for police legal advisors) and was the first attorney in private practice to be invited to participate in the program. He also served for nine years as a POST reserve with the Downey Police Department.
Mr. Mayer writes and lectures extensively, in California and nationally, on legal issues which impact on law enforcement including, but not limited to, the use of force, pursuits, discipline and due process, public records, personnel files, and the Public Safety Officers
Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBR). He recently co-authored two books – one on POBR and another on the new Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act (FBOR).
Mr. Mayer presents seminars on behalf of numerous statewide law enforcement associations, as well as the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST). He has served on numerous POST committees as a subject matter expert and has participated in several POST telecourses, which are used for training peace officers throughout the state. Mr. Mayer has also lectured on behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Sheriffs Association (NSA). He was honored in 2005 with the "Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Peace Officer Training," which is awarded on behalf of the Governor of California and the POST Commission.
Mr. Mayer was also selected as one of southern California's "Super Lawyers" for the year 2011, in the areas of Government Law, Employment Law, and Police Litigation.
Mr. Mayer can be reached at [email protected].
Facility Construction Planning
James R. Robertson has worked in the corrections and criminal justice fields since 1972. He started as a Correctional Officer and rose to the position of Deputy Director of the Prince George's County, Maryland Department of Corrections. He has served as a private consultant to government agencies and as a senior consultant to the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Corrections since 1978. Mr. Robertson is the owner of Voorhis/Robertson Justice Services, LLC of Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Robertson's areas of expertise include: operational analysis and management training, facility staffing analysis, project management, inmate classification/special population management, new facility planning and design review, facility transition and activation, and population reduction strategies.
Mr. Robertson can be reached at [email protected].
Determining County Needs
Chief Deputy Jeremy Verinsky joined the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office in 1995. As a Deputy Sheriff, Chief Deputy Verinsky served in Patrol and Community Policing as a School Resource Officer. Chief Deputy Verinsky was promoted to Sergeant in 2003 where he had stints in Patrol, Community Policing, Investigations and the Administration Bureau. Since being promoted to Lieutenant, Chief Verinsky has served in the Corrections Bureau as a Main Jail
Commander and leader of the Custody Alternatives Program, before his promotion to Chief Deputy in 2012.
During his tenure with the Sheriff’s Office, Chief Deputy Verinsky has been a Range Master, Alternate Field Training Officer and SWAT Team Member. As a Sergeant, Chief Verinsky ran the Search and Rescue Team, Firearms Team and served as a Team Leader on the SWAT Team. As a Lieutenant, Chief Deputy Verinsky has been instrumental in adopting the Lexipol policy manual and development of the CAP Team in the Corrections Bureau.
Chief Deputy Verinsky has run the Corrections Bureau since his promotion, overseeing three custody facilities with an average daily population of 520, as well as the court security and inmate transport units. The annual budget for the Corrections Bureau is over $25 million dollars and includes 150 personnel.
Chief Deputy Verinsky can be reached at [email protected].
Tom Chalk is a Captain with the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff. He is currently assigned as the West County Detention Division Commander. He is a former Patrol Station House Commander, as well as a former Detention Facility Commander. Tom has held other positions in Custody Services, Field Operations, Administration, and Training. Captain Chalk's formal education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership. He is also a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy, Session 244.
Captain Chalk is currently assigned as the Team Leader for Contra Costa County's Jail Needs Assessment Planning Effort. He was also involved with the development of Contra Costa County's 2011, and 2013 Jail Needs Assessment Update.
Captain Chalk can be reached at [email protected].
Chief Deputy Jamie Clayton started her career in 1985 with San Joaquin County Sheriff. She started as a Records Clerk, working her way up to Correctional Lieutenant. In 2010, Chief Deputy Clayton was hired at Imperial County Sheriff as Correctional Captain where she manages and oversees two correctional facilities. In October of 2011, Imperial County was awarded $33 million in AB900 funding. In August of 2013, Chief Deputy Clayton was promoted to Chief Deputy of Corrections. She has her Bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice; she is a Certified Jail Manager with the American Jail Association, a graduate of POST Command College class #49 and the National Jail Leadership Command Academy Class #1. She currently serves as Secretary for the Southern CA Jail Manager’s Association, President-Elect for the American Jail Association, is the former President of Northern CA Corrections Association and is
currently working as adjunct faculty for Imperial Valley College and Humphreys College teaching criminal justice courses.
Chief Deputy Clayton can be reached at [email protected].
Getting Shovels in the Ground: A 360º Perspective
Michael Gonzalez is the Operational Lieutenant for Madera County Department of Corrections. In June 2012, he was assigned as a member of the Transition Team for the Madera County Jail Expansion Project under Assembly Bill 900 and remains as part of the team for the Second Phase of Construction.
Since the start of his career in 1994, he has been promoted numerous times and has attended educational trainings, became a member of the California Gang Task Force, California Gang Investigators Association, and has been a member of the Madera Breakfast Lions, a Community Service Club for the past seven years. In addition, Lieutenant Gonzalez is a local small business owner which employs approximately 50 full time employees in the field of Private Security.
Lieutenant Gonzalez has been married for 27 years to Maria and has two daughters one who will be graduating from California State University, in the summer of 2014 and the other is starting a career in retail management. Lieutenant Gonzalez enjoys spending time with his family, camping, golfing and volunteering his time as a member of the Madera Breakfast Lions Club.
Lieutenant Gonzalez can be reached at [email protected].
Ms. Luz Gonzalez graduated from California State University Fresno with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management in 2001. After graduation she was offered a position with Kitchell CEM as the Project Engineer on the Madera County Juvenile Detention Facility. She has been working for Kitchell the last 14 years and is an accomplished LEED Accredited professional proficient in planning, coordination and supervision of public and private sector construction projects from early development to completion. Throughout her career she has been responsible for on-site quality inspections and coordination with inspection agencies, construction scheduling and project closeout coordination. Her experience in managing all phases of construction can be effectively used to recognize and resolve problems that can impact a project. Ms. Gonzalez has been involved in every major capital project in Madera County since 2001 and recently completed the construction of the Madera County Jail Expansion Phase 1. She currently serves Madera County as their Capital Projects Manager.
Captain Jon Marhoefer is a 28 year veteran of the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department. Captain Marhoefer has held a number of assignments during his career to include patrol, corrections and specialized investigation assignments. He currently serves as the commander of the High Desert Detention Center, a 2098 bed facility for pre-trial and sentenced inmates located in the High Desert of San Bernardino County. In 2005 he oversaw the purchase of a former private prison and its remodel into a local detention facility. For the last eight years he has served as the Department’s Project Manager for San Bernardino County’s AB900 jail expansion project and has represented the Department during the design of the San Bernardino County Courthouse Project.
Captain Marhoefer has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the California State University at Fullerton and is a graduate of the Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute. He has served as the chair of the Board of State and Community Corrections Title 24 Facility Standards and Title 15 Facility Operations Regulation Revision Committees. He has also served as the representative for local detention facilities in the California State Fire Marshal’s 2013 Building Code Update Committee for I-3 Occupancies.
In 2013 he received his accreditation as a Certified Jail Manger from the American Jail Association. He makes his home in the High Desert with his wife and daughter.
Captain Marhoefer can be reached at [email protected].
Brian Hopkins has 19 years of experience in the commercial construction industry working for his family business Icon General Contractors. He has been a Construction Manager for the past 8 years and has managed several large scale projects with the most recent being the San Bernardino County High Desert Detention Center. The High Desert Detention Center is a 2098 bed jail facility with approximately 296,000 square feet of I-3 occupancy. Mr. Hopkins is a retired San Bernardino County Sheriff Deputy that has worked many assignments including West Valley Detention Center, Central Detention Center and patrol at Twin Peaks Station. Having been a Deputy Sheriff that worked in the jails, Mr. Hopkins has a very clear
understanding of the importance of facility operations, security and safety of the employees. Mr. Hopkins has vast knowledge in scheduling, constructability, value engineering and
approaches all aspects of the projects with an open mind and has a clear understanding of Title 24 and Title 15 requirements. Mr. Hopkins currently resides in Redlands, Ca. with his wife and two daughters.
Cameron Cheuvront has over 30 years of construction experience, including 20 years as an electrical contractor specializing in design build, industrial process control, automation, and mission critical facilities in data center construction. As the Inspector of Record for the High Desert Detention Center Expansion Project, Mr. Cheuvront’s primary responsibilities include oversight of inspection staff and final acceptance approval. He is the Commissioning Agent and will compile the commissioning criteria and documentation. On the construction management team, his primary focus is on constructability coordination between the contractor, owner and the design team.
Mr. Cheuvront can be reached at [email protected].
Tips for Managing the Construction Process
Karen Finn is the Program Budget Manager for the Resources, Environment, Energy and Capital Outlay Unit, which oversees the budgets of entities under the Resource and Environmental Protection Agencies as well as the Public Utilities Commission and the capital outlay budgets for all departments (with the exception of the Department of Transportation).
Ms. Finn began working at the Department of Finance in 1989 as a Finance Budget Analyst and then a Principal Program Budget Analyst and covered a variety of assignments. She has since served as the Assistant Program Budget Manager for the Capital Outlay Unit. Prior to working at the Department of Finance, Ms. Finn spent nearly ten years working for Amdahl Corporation in Sunnyvale, California in various areas of finance and marketing.
Ms. Finn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Santa Clara. She and her husband Greg have twin daughters and one son.
Ms. Finn can be reached at [email protected].
Robert Oates has experience over 25 years of experience performing program and construction management for institutional, commercial, educational, and capital projects. His expertise includes project management, scheduling, claims prevention, quality control and safety, and change order pricing, estimating and negotiating. Mr. Oates serves as a Project Director III for the Board of State and Community Corrections. He also has experience with Kaiser and RBF. Before joining BSCC, he was a Project Director with the State of California, Department of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, Project Management Branch (RESD-PMB), where he was responsible for providing management and oversight of major capital outlay projects starting from the schematic and planning phases through design and construction. Mr. Oates earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management from California State University, Chico.
Steve Guarino has 26 years’ experience with the CAF-FIRE/Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). He started his fire service career in 1982 as a volunteer firefighter and
promoted to Fire Chief for the City of La Quinta Fire Department. Since 1989, Chief Guarino has been a Deputy with the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Currently, he service as the Chief of the Fire and Life Safety Division within CAL FIRE, Office of the State Fire Marshal which includes; field operations, plan review, inspections, investigations and enforcement. Steve chaired and/or served on a number of committees including the State I-3 (prisons & jail) Task Group. He is certified as a Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Investigator, Hazardous Material Manager, Criminal Hazardous Materials Investigator and State Fire Marshal Hazardous Materials Specialist.
Chief Guarino has acquired a thorough understanding of law enforcement, fire protection engineering, and fire & life safety enforcement principles and methodologies. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including: Excellence in Environmental Enforcement Award, Directors Superior Accomplishment Award, and The Governor’s Gold Medal of Valor.
Chief Guarino can be reached at [email protected].
Ernie Paez has been in the fire service for over thirty four years. He began his career as a Fire Protection Specialist in the United States Air Force where he served for five years and then as a civilian air force contract employee for ten years. Chief Paez came to the Office of the State Fire Marshal in 1997 and has held every position within the department. He has been the Division Chief overseeing the Fire & Life Safety Division in Southern California and the Central Valley since 2006. Chief Paez has been the chair, co-chair and participant of many State Fire Marshal committees such as: Chair SFM Code Interpretation Committee, Chair and Co-Chair SFM Residential Fire Sprinkler Committees, Chair SFM Residential Care Committee, Participant SFM High Rise Committee, and Participant SFM I-3 (jails & prison) Committee.