Ms. O'Shaughnessy began her career as a child welfare worker and later served as a juvenile probation officer. She managed an adult community release facility in St. Louis from 1973 to 1976, and served as adjunct professor of social work at St. Louis University.

Ms. O’Shaughnessy was a pioneer in the Corrections field in her role as Deputy Executive Director of the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections from1976 until1985. She directed the Commission in the inception and development of the national accreditation process that has transformed the field of adult and juvenile corrections programs.

In 1985, Governor Richard Lamm appointed Ms. O'Shaughnessy to the Colorado State Parole Board. In 1986 she joined Cornerstone Programs Corporation as Chief Executive Officer.

Ms. O'Shaughnessy is a former Board Member of the American Correctional Association and is currently a Board Member of the International Community Corrections Association.

She is a founding member of the Woman's Task Force of the American Correctional Association and the author of articles on program development and standards and accreditation. She also serves on several local and national advisory boards in the corrections and child welfare fields.

Ms. O’Shaughnessy has published articles in Corrections Today and Corrections Magazine. She also authored “Standards for Correctional Systems for Women Offenders” written for the Seminar on Planning and Evaluating Programs for Female Offenders, University of South Carolina.

Ms. O'Shaughnessy holds a Masters of Social Work and Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from St. Louis University.

Mr. Newman began his career as a police officer with the Baltimore Police Department, rising to the rank of Colonel before his retirement in 1992. He also served as adjunct professor of Criminal Justice in the Maryland State Community College System.

In 1992, Mr. Newman was appointed by Governor Schaeffer as the Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. In this position he was responsible for the administration of intake, probation and aftercare services, and a full range of non-residential and residential services which are provided by a combination of public and private vendors. Mr. Newman left the Department to join Cornerstone Programs Corporation in 1994.

Mr. Newman has made presentations on illegal drug activity and the management of law enforcement agencies to the Maryland State Judicial Conference; the National Conference on Cocaine; the U.S. House of Representatives, House Select Committee on Drug Abuse and the National Public Housing Conference. From 1982 through 1988, Mr. Newman served on the Baltimore Mayor's Drug Advisory Council and in 1988 on the Maryland Governor's Inter-Agency Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

Mr. Newman holds a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Baltimore, a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Maryland, and is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy.