Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Children's Cabinet, 2007-. Member, Cease Fire Council, 2007-; State Child Fatality Review Team, 2007-; Advisory Council for Children, 2007-; Correctional Training Commission, 2007-; Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services Task Force, 2007-; Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2007-; Governor's Council on Family Violence Prevention, 2007-; Task Force to Study Group-Home Education and Placement Practices, 2007-; Judges, Masters and Juvenile Justice Committee, 2007-; Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs, 2007-; Mental Health Transformation Working Group, 2007-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2007-; Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland, 2007-; Maryland School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, 2007-; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 2007-; State's Attorneys Liaison Committee, 2007-; Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, 2007-; State Board of Victim Services, 2007-.
Director of Juvenile Services, Connecticut Department of Children and Families, 2004-07.
Federal court-appointed monitor, Oregon, 1998, and Connecticut, 1998-, U.S. Dept. of Justice.
Executive Director, Montgomery County Youth Center, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1975-95. Division Administrator, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1994-2000. Member, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 1995-2003.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1949. Temple University, B.S. (sociology). West Chester State College, M.S. (management-criminal justice); Nova University, graduate work (public administration). Director of East Coast Operations, Cornerstone Youth Programs, 2003-. President, DeVore & Associates (consulting services), 1995-. Assistant Professor, Villanova University, 1998-2007. Vice-President, Innovative Educational Programs, 2000-03. President, Pennsylvania Association of Township Commissioners, 2003-. Faculty member, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; National District Attorneys Association. Member, American Society of Criminology.
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