Meet the Leadership Team

Merideth began her career with the Division in December 2000, as a Community Parole Officer. In May 2002, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Merideth was promoted to Team Leader in 2007, Supervisor in 2008, and Manager in 2010. While a Manager, Merideth served as the Deputy Compact Administrator for the Interstate Commission for Colorado from 2015 through 2018. In 2018, Merideth was promoted to Associate Director, serving as the Director of Executive Clemency, and appointed by Governor Hickenlooper as the Interstate Commissioner in May of 2018. In 2019, she was reappointed Commissioner under Governor Polis and in 2020 was promoted to Deputy Director of the Division.

Throughout her career, Merideth has had the opportunity to serve on many different Department Committees, to include strategic planning teams, legislative task forces, and community advocacy/reform projects; a few of her current projects include the Normalization Committee and the EDI initiative known as the GRAACE Alliance.

As a Division, we are charged with ensuring best re-entry practices. This involves establishing intentional transition planning while engaging Department staff, clients, and community partners alike in these efforts. Combining the individual expertise with support services and resources designed to meet the needs of our releasing clients helps us to achieve the goal of successful transition. Merideth is committed to serving the many stakeholders while supporting the mission of the department. 

Dave began his career with the New Jersey State Parole Board in 1985, serving in a number of positions including Chief of the Parole Revocation Hearing Unit, Assistant Director of the Community Programs Division and Executive Director of an agency consisting of 650 sworn and civilian staff members responsible for all facets of parole release and revocation hearing proceedings and the supervision of 16,000 individuals.  He is a graduate of The College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology and is a Certified Public Manager. 

Dave is a tireless advocate of correctional and supervision best practices. He has spent a significant portion of his career developing, improving and expanding community programming to include day programming, residential reentry programming, licensed outpatient mental health treatment programs and licensed outpatient and residential substance use disorder treatment programs. In tandem with quality supervision practices, New Jersey has experienced significant and consistent reductions in returns to prison for technical violations and new crimes, the prison population, as well as significant declines in statewide criminal activity as reported in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report.  

Dave is excited to join a tremendous team of professionals at the Colorado Department of Corrections and will actively collaborate with all staff to increase public safety while simultaneously improving the lives and future prospects of those we are entrusted to supervise. 

Travis is a native of Southern Colorado, having graduated from Colorado State University–Pueblo with a B.S. in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminology in 1997. He began his career with the Colorado Department of Corrections as a Correctional Officer in 1998, later serving as a Community Programs Agent, Community Parole Officer, Team Leader, Supervisor and Manager within the Division of Adult Parole. Throughout his career, he has had assignments in several parole field offices. Travis has served on numerous departmental and divisional committees and working groups. He has received an FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Award for leadership and serves as a departmental trainer/instructor. In 2022, Travis was promoted to Assistant Director for the Division of Adult Parole and currently oversees parole operations for the Southern and Western Regions of Colorado.

Andy is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. In 2005, he started with the division as a Community Parole Officer. In 2010, Andy was promoted to Team Leader and in 2015 he became the first Supervisor of the newly formed Housing & Stabilization Unit (HSU). In 2017, Andy was promoted to Manager and oversaw the HSU, West Denver, and Westminster offices at various times. Andy has served as the Deputy Compact Administrator of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) and in 2022, he was appointed by Governor Polis as Commissioner of ICAOS for the State of Colorado. In addition to his ability to connect and foster relationships with other state agencies, Andy is passionate about intentional leadership and working through barriers that affect performance and culture.

In 1999, John graduated from Colorado State University–Pueblo with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminology and a minor in Psychology. One month prior to graduating from college, he was hired by the CDOC as a Correctional Officer at the Denver Complex. In 2008, John continued his CDOC career with the Division of Adult Parole. 

In April 2022, John promoted to Assistant Director and oversees administrative services, community corrections, command post and fugitive apprehension for the Division of Adult Parole. Throughout his CDOC career, he has worked as a Correctional Officer, Sergeant and Lieutenant with Prison Operations and a Parole Officer, Team Leader, Manager and Assistant Director with the Division of Adult Parole. John constantly analyzes and evaluates processes to ensure best practices are implemented.

Jessica Bertolas graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts, with an emphasis in Criminal Justice. Jessica began her career with the Department of Corrections in 2008 as a State Service Professional Trainee. After successfully completing the Peace Officer Standard and Training program she became a Community Parole Officer. Throughout her career, she has worked in various field offices and supervised clients with various backgrounds. She spent the majority of her career working with clients that have a sexual conviction. She was promoted from Team Leader, Supervisor, and Manager to Assistant Director in April of 2022. Jessica currently oversees the Transitional Services Unit, formerly Offender Services. 

Jessica will be working collaboratively with department staff to implement more intentional release planning for clients as well as providing support to clients on Parole. 

Heather graduated from the University of Colorado- Colorado Springs with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in both Psychology and Sociology with an emphasis on Criminology, a Master in Criminal Justice (MCJ), and a Master in Public Administration (MPA). She has oversight of Administrative Services for the Division, to include, Parole Administrative Supervision, Community Referral Unit, Division Administrative Regulations, Strategic Planning, Training unit, Hearings unit, Life Safety, Executive Clemency, and Special Projects. Heather has managed various grants and collaborations with State/local agencies and community/faith-based agencies. She has served on various committees in Colorado; Correctional Treatment Board, Health Care Justice Transition, ID Task Force, Behavioral Health Disorders in Criminal Justice System Task Force, Interagency Council on Homelessness, Pathways Home Advisory Committee, Fatherhood Initiative, Colorado SOAR Project, City and County of Denver Crime Prevention and Control Commission, Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, and Community Corrections Task Force. 

Adult Parole Administration February 2024