Experience

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  Phoenix House

  • Vice President, Senior Program Director, VT

    • Mar 2006 - Present

    Executive leadership, management, program development, administration and customer relation activities for the Phoenix house programs in the state of Vermont. Phoenix House programs in Vermont consist of a clinical outpatient program conducted in each of the Vermont Probation and Parole offices, 4 "in prison" programs, a residential community programs for women, a transitional living housing system and a clinical program in southern Vermont for first time DWI offenders. Over 800 clients are served annually by Phoenix House services in VT.

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  Various Colleges, including Champlain College, Trinity College and University of Vermont

  • Adjunct Instructor

    • Sep 1991 - May 2011

    Part time faculty teaching “Introduction to Corrections”; “Correctional Management”; “Juvenile Justice”; “Addictions and Substance Abuse”; and “First Year Seminar” at the above Colleges. Most recent teaching has been at Champlain College.

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  President, Richard Turner Consulting, LLC

  • Plymouth, VT

  • Owner

    • Nov 2004 - Mar 2006
    • Plymouth, VT

    Principle owner of a consulting company that has helped agencies organize and manage their operations. Work projects since the agency began have been:- Facilitating a physical plant strategic plan with Maple Leaf Farm, a residential substance abuse treatment facility.- Coordinating a substance abuse coalition in Burlington, VT, -Serving as an Interim Director of Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services, a non profit outpatient substance abuse clinic, in Barre, VT.- Managing a project on developing a universal screening process for adolescent co-occurring disorders for Washington County, VT

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  Maple Leaf Farm - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

  • Executive Director

    • Nov 2003 - Dec 2004

    Executive leadership and management activities for a 33 bed, non-profit substance abuse treatment facility. Medical detoxification and a clinical treatment are the primary activities for the facility. Regular interaction with the Board of Directors and community stakeholders was important and negotiating with revenue providers and fundraising was conducted regularly. .

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  Vermont Department of Corrections

  • Director of Correctional Services

    • Apr 1987 - Oct 2003

    Executive responsibility for all correctional services for the Vermont Department of Corrections. Correctional Services include all offender education, program services, work programs, security and supervision conducted in nine correctional facilities and eighteen district offices. Offenders include pre-trial detainees, probationers, incarcerated to short-term and long-term status, pre-release, work release, furloughees, intermediate sanctions and parolees. Duties are conducted through direct supervision of Department executives and operating managers. Fiscal year 2003 operating budget - $95 million, 12,000 probationers and parolees, 2,000 incarcerated, 1500 on intermediate sanction and 1000 employees. Primary leader in the organizational structure, primary leader in the service delivery structure. Retired in October of 2003..