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Management Team
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John J. Clancy
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Clancy is founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Community Education Centers, and has more than 32 years of experience in the corrections field. He oversees all CEC's operations in order to ensure effective facility management, including contract compliance, security and treatment. He is experienced in all phases of social service, education, and health care program development, implementation, funding mechanisms, budget supervision, staff evaluation, and supervision.
Mr. Clancy has held more than a dozen offices for various organizations, including: Former Chairman of Essex County Family Court Commission; Former Member, Essex County Vocational School Planning Council, Juvenile Conference Committee of Essex County, Essex County Advisory Committee on Alcohol, and West Essex Chamber of Commerce; and Former President, New Jersey State Association for Youth Services, East Orange. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees for The Bridge and Turning Point, Inc.
Mr. Clancy has been selected for more than 30 community service awards, including the 1999 Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award and the 1999 "Award of the Nineties" from the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence and is an inductee in the Essex County Democratic Hall of Fame.
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Robert Mackey, Ph.D
Senior Vice President for Reentry Operations
Dr. Mackey is Senior Vice President for Reentry Operations at Community Education Centers. He oversees all reentry and in-prison treatment services, research and quality management for CEC. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 1997, while during that time under his direction, outcome-based research studies demonstrated significant reductions in recidivism by CEC program participants.
Dr. Mackey has 40 years experience in the field of treatment and is a licensed psychologist. He has served on several advisory boards for the State Superior and County Court systems in New Jersey for domestic violence. He has additional experience as a school psychologist for two major districts, and was a Program Director for community programs and substance abuse. Dr. Mackey is a U. S. Army veteran and has served on the Veterans Advisory Committee for Ocean County College.
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Michael Hellriegel
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hellriegel is the Chief Financial Officer at Community Education Centers. He has over thirty years experience in service industries, fifteen of which he has served as CFO of both public and private international companies. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and financial and operational restructuring.
Prior to joining CEC, Mr. Hellriegel served as the Chief Financial Officer of Kroll, Inc., a global leader in risk consulting, providing investigative, intelligence, financial, security and technology services to organizations in 31 countries. Mr. Hellriegel joined Kroll, Inc. in 2004, after twenty-one years of service to Butler International Inc., an international business services organization providing staffing, outsourcing and consulting services. While at Butler International Inc., he served as Chief Financial Officer and other roles, including Controller, Director of Financial Analysis and Reporting and Manager of Financial Operations. Prior to joining Butler International Inc., Mr. Hellriegel served in various financial reporting and auditing functions with The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New York, Inc.
Mr. Hellriegel holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Farleigh Dickinson University and a Master of Science in Strategic Communications from Columbia University. He earned his bachelor's degree in Accounting from St. Peter’s College.
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Mike Pelletier
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Pelletier began his career in the corrections field in 1991. His experience includes several major aspects of the corrections and law enforcement industry, including, but not limited to, state-wide policy development; compliance monitoring; facility operations; facility planning, supervision and design; agency and departmental facility budgeting, forecasting and auditing; and labor relations.
Prior to joining Community Education Centers, Mr. Pelletier served as the Corporate Director of Operations for CiviGenics, a corrections company acquired by CEC in early 2007. In addition he has served as the Deputy Superintendent for the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office, and the Chief Financial Officer for the Massachusetts Department of Correction. During his tenure there, Mr. Pelletier gained additional public safety experience as he was assigned financial and administrative oversight duties for several state agencies, including the Massachusetts National Guard, the Sex Offender Registry, Massachusetts Parole, and the statewide E-911 service.
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Michael L. Caltabiano
Senior Vice President of the Secure Division
Mr. Michael L. Caltabiano is Senior Vice President of the Secure Division at Community Education Centers. He has over 34 years experience, in the corrections industry in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining CEC, Mike served as Senior Vice President for Adult Corrections at Cornell Companies from 2005 to 2010, and as Director of Marketing, Adult Secure from April 2004 to August 2005 where he was instrumental in leading business development efforts and developing various effective quality assurance programs.
In his role at Cornell Companies he directed two divisions with overall accountability for 41 facilities, 17,500 total beds, and 2,500 staff. He also oversaw daily operations including, medical, quality assurance, security, and maintenance. Prior to joining Cornell in April 2004, Mike served as Director, Detention Management Division for the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 2001 to March 2004. In this role he was selected to lead this $650 million, 21,000-bed operation, including facility construction, medical, operations and a national ground/air transportation system while steering organizational transition from the Department of Justice to the newly created Department of Homeland Security.
Prior to his work at the Department of Homeland Security he served in various capacities with the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1979 to 2001. At the Bureau of Prisons he was promoted into progressively responsible regional leadership roles at diverse facilities and played a key role in establishing first-ever organization-wide quality assurance program.
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Charles M. Seigel
Senior Vice President for Communications and Government Affairs
Charles M. Seigel is Senior Vice President for Communications and Government Affairs at Community Education Centers. Charles has more than 30 years experience in government affairs and press relations. Before joining CEC, Mr. Seigel was Vice President for Public Policy of JPay, Inc. and its subsidiary mLotto, Inc. From 2007-2010 he was Vice President for Public Policy for Cornell Companies, Inc., where he also headed the company’s press relations and government affairs.
Earlier in his career, Charles was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at the Apollo Group, Inc. and its primary subsidiary, where he led successful lobbying efforts in more than 25 U.S. states and Canadian provinces and created the company’s first Washington, D.C., Federal affairs office. Charles has earned his M.P.A. from the Harvard Kennedy School and his B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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Robert Mann
Assistant to the Chairman Site Development/Construction
Mr. Mann is Assistant to the Chairman for Site Development/Construction at Community Education Centers. Since 1996, Mr. Mann has spearheaded all of CEC's construction, additions and rehabilitation projects, while coordinating the efforts of construction managers, civil engineers, architects and general contractors. Most recently, he oversaw seven construction and renovation projects in three states with a total added capacity of over 2,200 residential reentry beds. In 2004, he oversaw the new construction of two residential reentry facilities in Colorado and Wyoming as well as over 4,000 expansion beds nationwide. Prior to his work with CEC, Mr. Mann was co-owner and operator of R&R Construction, Inc.
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Maria Carnevale
Assistant to the Chairman
Ms. Carnevale is Assistant to the Chairman at Community Education Centers. She joined Mr. Clancy in 1991 as his assistant providing accounting and financial expertise. Her experience includes over 5 years of diversified public accounting experience. Ms. Carnevale was instrumental in helping the company manage its growth from a one-facility location to its current position. She is an integral part of the corporate finance team. Ms. Carnevale received her BS in accounting from St. Peter's College in 1985 and her CPA in 1989.
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CEC Acquires MinSec

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Research measures the
successes of CEC’s
reentry treatment programs.

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The CEC Alumni
Association assists
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community reentry.

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