Darleen McClung began her corrections career in El Paso, Texas, as an intern with the West Texas Regional Adult Probation Department.  The following year, 1985, she became an officer with the El Paso Juvenile Probation Department.  In 1992, she accepted a position with Keeton Corrections as a federal program director where she served as administrator of two halfway houses in Nashville and Huntsville, Alabama.  Six years later, she began working for Project Return, Inc., as associate executive director providing job readiness and placement services to ex-offenders and their families.

In 2005, Darleen started working for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office as a domestic violence counselor and was recently appointed director of the Sheriff’s Alcohol Awareness for Everyone (S.A.A.F.E.) program.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at El Paso and a master’s degree in Public Service Management from Cumberland University.

Philip Hicks was sentenced in June 15, 1979 to Life plus 15 years for Attempted Second Degree, Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tool. Today, he ministers from a JOYFUL & THANKFUL heart at having been miraculously delivered from that Life Sentence, as well as other far worse prisons (bondages).   His message encourages FREEDOM to captives “on both sides of the prison walls” and for us “never to give up on the prodigals in our families” as constant intercession by his parents did NOT return void! Author of "The Cross & The .357 Magnum” Philip is Founder and Director of A Merry Heart Ministries. He and his wife Patti reside in Ozark, Missouri.

On September 8, 2005, Governor Bredesen appointed George M. Little, veteran correction administrator for the state, as the new Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction.  The department currently has custody of approximately 19,000 felony offenders in 15 prisons located across the state and employs a workforce of more than 5,000 employees.

From 2003 to 2005, Commissioner Little served as Director of the Shelby County Division of Corrections located in Memphis, Tennessee.  In this capacity, he provided oversight of the administrative functions of the division, including the preparation of the division's operating and capital budgets and general oversight of the day-to-day operations of the division.

From 1992 to 2002, Commissioner Little served as the Assistant to the Executive Director of the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole in Nashville, Tennessee.  He administered the fiscal, personnel, and planning sections for the agency; established a strategic management program for the Board including performance measures and strategic goals; and conducted research and program evaluation projects to increase cost-effectiveness of agency operations.

Commissioner Little has also served as the Regional Director for the Tennessee Department of Correction in Memphis, the Warden of DeBerry Correctional Institute, Assistant Commissioner for Adult Institutions with the Tennessee Department of Correction and Assistant to Governor Lamar Alexander, Office of State Planning.

He holds a B.A. degree in Economic and Business Administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, which he received in 1977.  He also conducted graduate study in Economics, Urban/Regional Development at the University of Texas from 1977-1979.

Charles M. Traughber began his career in the criminal justice field in 1969, as an institutional counselor with the Tennessee Department of Correction.  He progressed through the correctional ranks to Director of Counseling and then Special Projects Coordinator.  He was appointed to the Tennessee Parole Board in 1972, and now serves as Chairman of the Board of Probation and  Parole.  Mr. Traughber currently sits on the Governor's Commission on the Enhancement Factors for Criminal Justice Sentencing,  serves on the Conference Criminal Justice Task Force, and is a Charter Member of the Annual Tennessee Legislative Retreat and Training Conference.

He has served on the Governor's Corrections and Law Enforcement Training Committee and Conference for a Drug-Free Tennessee; the Tennessee Sentencing Commission; served as Chairperson of the Council for Chairs for the Association of Parole Authorities International; the Juvenile Justice Reform Commission; the National Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project; and the Association of Paroling Authorities International, where he served as Southern Regional Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee for that body.

A graduate of Tennessee State University, he has earned postgraduate hours in Guidance and Counseling and Criminal Justice Administration from both Tennessee State University and Middle Tennessee State University.  He has also received specialized training from the National Institute of Corrections, the Association of Paroling Authorities International, the American Correctional Association, and the National Association of Administrative Law Judges.  In 1999, the Association of Paroling Authorities International recognized Chairman Traughber with its highest honor, the "Ben Baer Award" for his many contributions to the field of parole.