Duane Belcher, Sr Chairman
a resident of Tucson, Arizona, was reappointed by Governor Napolitano to the Board in June 2003. Mr. Belcher was also appointed by Governor Napolitano to serve as the Board's Chairman and Executive Director. He was initially appointed to the Board in September 1992 by Governor Symington and served two terms until April 2002. He also served as the Board's chairman from September 1993 until February 1997. Mr. Belcher brings to the Board over 32 years of experience in the Criminal Justice field. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in 1971 from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, he worked as a probabation/parole officer in the Cleveland Ohio area until his relocation to the State of Arizona in 1980 as a correctional service officer and was promoted through the ranks to his last Department of Corrections position as the supervisor of the Home Arrest program. Mr. Belcher is a member of the following professional organizations: National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice; APPCA/ACA; and the Association for Paroling Authorities International. He continues to give presentations to community groups regarding the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency and his experiences in the Criminal Justice field.
Olivia V. Meza
was appointed by Governor Napolitano to the Board in February 2004. The Tempe resident has 30 years experience with the criminal justice system as a senior federal court executive, a specialist in Indian Country and sex offenses, a pretrial services officer, and a probation officer in Arizona, Maryland and California. Ms. Meza served as Chief of Pretrial Services for the U.S. District Court in Arizona, one of the largest and fastest growing offices nationally. She administered a multimillion dollar budget and managed 60 supervisors and officers statewide, working directly with federal judges, U.S. Attorney, victims and families, and defendants. She introduced cutting edge software for supervision of federal defendants charged with computer based sex offenses, and leadership training programs and professional staff development. The Yuma native served as a juvenile probation officer in Maricopa and Yuma Counties, and taught at Arizona Western College. She has volunteered with Maricopa County Justice Courts as a mediator, assisted at the Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence, at St. Vincent de Paul and the Salvation Army. She formerly served on the Ninth Circuit Judicial Committee on Employee Diversity. Ms. Meza is a member of the Arizona Dispute Resolution Association, the National Hispanic Leadership Institute, and attended leadership academies at the Center for Creative Leadership, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and the Gallup Institute. She earned a Masters of Science degree in Family Life and Child Development, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, from Arizona State University.
VacantEllen Stenson
Ms. Stenson was appointed to the Board in 2007 by Governor Napolitano. The Phoenix resident was with the state Legislature's Ombudsman-Citizens' Aide office for ten years, the last five of which she held the position of Ombudsman for Child Protective Services (CPS). In that capacity, she served on the Citizen Review Panel that reviewed deaths and near deaths of children in the state's custody as well as the 2003 Governor's Reform of CPS and various interim legislative committees involving children and families. She has volunteered as a mediator with the Maricopa County Justice Courts for nine years and is a member of the Arizona Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution. She has also volunteered in various capacities with the City of Phoenix including as a member for the Parks Subcommittee of the 2006 Citizens' Bond Committee and start-up of the city's first dog park at Washington Park. Ms. Stenson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Arizona State University and served int he United States Air Force.
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