Michael Patnaude, Northeast Region President |
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Michael was sworn in as a U.S. Probation Officer in September 1996 and has been assigned to the supervision unit throughout his Federal Probation career. He is currently supervising a rural caseload. Michael is also responsible for heading the computer internet monitoring program in the district and is also an assistant defensive tactics instructor.
Prior to employment with U.S. Probation, Michael was the Executive Director of the Horizon Center halfway house in Albany, NY which housed federal inmates. Prior to this he was employed as a bail bondsman and a county probation officer.
Michael was elected as the Northeast Regional President in January 2005 and currently chairs FPPOA’s Safety Committee.
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Julie Rosa, Mid-Atlantic Region President |
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Julie began her career in the field of criminal justice as a sentencing specialist with the Sentencing Services Program for the 3rd and 8th Judicial Districts of North Carolina. As a sentencing specialist, Julie prepared presentence reports for felony offenders in the state system. She was appointed as a U.S. Probation Officer for the Eastern District of North Carolina in July 2002 and was assigned to the Raleigh Office. In a combined district, Julie has worked in pretrial and presentence investigations. She assisted in planning the D.C. and 4th Circuit Sex Offender Symposiums in 2005 and 2007. Julie became involved with the Federal Probation & Pretrial Officers Association Mid-Atlantic Region in 2007 and currently serves as the region’s president.
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Elizabeth "Beth" Thomas, Southeast Region President |
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Elizabeth "Beth" Thomas was appointed as a Federal Probation Officer in September 1993. She has worked her entire probation career as a presentence writer in the Macon, Georgia office. She is an attorney which has benefited her in the probation field. Beth completed a TDY in the Office of General Counsel at the Administrative Office and teaches a basic Guidelines class at the local law school every year. She clerked at the local U.S. Attorney's Office while in law school and worked as a law clerk for three Superior Court judges after graduation. She has been the Middle District of Georgia FPPOA representative for several years.
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Martin Swinehart, Great Lakes Region President |
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In October 1989, Marty Swinehart was hired as a United States Probation Officer for the Northern District of Indiana in Gary, Indiana after serving almost ten years as a juvenile probation officer in Porter County, Indiana. In 1991, the Gary and Hammond offices were consolidated in Hammond. He was promoted to Sentencing Guidelines Specialist in 1995, then moved to the South Bend Divisional Office when he was promoted to Supervising United States Probation Officer in July 2000. He chairs the Research Committee of FPPOA.
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Cinnamon Ornelas, Central Region President |
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I was appointed as a United States Probation Officer in the Western District of Texas on April 28, 1997. Originally, I worked in the Del Rio Division of the Western District of Texas for over two years. In 1999, I transferred to the Austin Division where I am a presentence investigation writer. I was also a part of the division’s training team. In 2002, I was appointed by then FPPOA president Isabel Pruneda as the Association’s newsletter editor. I have continued in this capacity for six years, having served two terms under former FPPOA president Jerry L. Evans. During my tenure on the national board, I have assisted with the National Training Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, and Seattle, Washington. I have also represented the Association as part of the Probation Officer’s Advisory Group (POAG) to the United States Sentencing Commission.
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Michael "Mike" McFarland, Western Region President |
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Mike joined Pretrial Services in the District of Oregon (Portland) as a contractor in 1995, after working for a year as a contractor in the Western District of Washington. Mike was hired as an officer assistant in 1996, and promoted to officer in 1998. He has been a lead officer in the supervision unit in the past and most recently, was promoted in 2008 as his district’s Location Monitoring Specialist. He is also the Employee Dispute Resolution Coordinator for his office. Mike has been involved in officer safety projects since 1998, including curriculum planning and instruction. He assisted in the development and instruction in two 9th Circuit Pretrial Services Safety Academies in Tucson, Arizona and Pasadena, California in 2002. He has been a member of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services Officer's Association since 1998 and was part of a group of FPPOA members who put together the Empty Hand Control Training Manuel which laid the groundwork for a national model for safety policies, which was adopted and expanded by the Administrative Office and is part of the FLETC program.
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