Michael was sworn in as a U.S. Probation Officer in September 1996. He was promoted to Senior U.S. Probation Officer in January 2008. Michael is currently assigned to the supervision unit and supervises an urban caseload and the witness protection caseload. He is also responsible for heading the computer internet monitoring and is the Office Safety Instructor.

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.

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.

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.

I was appointed a United States Probation Officer for the Southern District of Indiana in June 2003. In February 2006, I was promoted to Supervising United States Probation Officer, where I supervise officers with investigation, supervision and pretrial duties. Prior to entering the federal system, I was a probation officer in Montgomery County, Ohio, for nine years. I have been a member of FPPOA since entering the system in 2003.

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.