JSG Personnel
Shelley Zavlek, M. Ed., J.D.
Ms. Zavlek has over 25 years of experience in justice system and facility administration and planning, law and education. Currently, Ms. Zavlek is the President of Justice Solutions Group, a company that specializes in planning programs, services, and detention and correctional facilities for adults and juveniles. Ms. Zavlek has broad experience working with state, county and Native American Tribes to plan and program new detention and correctional facilities, and to provide a full range of services to assist clients in the process of activating and transitioning to their new facilities. Ms. Zavlek spent seven years as Assistant Commissioner for Operations and Facility Management (acting) and Executive Director of Capital and Operational Planning for the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, where she oversaw a $64 million facility expansion initiative.
Mark D. Martin, M.A.
Mr. Martin has over 26 years of experience in adult and juvenile corrections. As a former chief of the Jail Standards program in Nebraska, he led the development and implementation of standards for adult and juvenile detention facilities in the state. He has worked extensively with sheriffs, detention administrators, tribal officials, and county commissioners helping local jurisdictions address detention problems. As the state juvenile corrections administrator for Nebraska, Mr. Martin led a comprehensive juvenile justice reform effort involving development of new juvenile facilities and upgrading existing facilities, establishment of community-based services partnering with the private sector, implementation of objective risk-based classification processes, and integration of juvenile justice services with the child welfare and child mental health systems.
Daniel Russell, M.Ed.
Mr. Russell has been professionally involved in the criminal justice field for over 33 years. He began his career as a juvenile parole officer in the Montana Department of Corrections and was ultimately promoted to the position of Administrator of the Division of Corrections where he served for over 13 years under four different governors and administrations. As Administrator, Mr. Russell was the state director of all adult and juvenile correctional facilities, community residential programs, and probation, parole and aftercare services. Additionally, Mr. Russell spent 4 years working for the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections in Washington, D.C. providing technical assistance to state, county and local jurisdictions on a variety of correctional issues.
Anthony Jones, J.D.
Mr. Jones began his career in 1993 at the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). While at DJJ, Mr. Jones worked to oversee the construction of two new juvenile detention facilities and the subsequent operational and transitional planning process to activate those facilities. Mr. Jones also worked to develop a number of community-based non-secure detention facilities while at DJJ. After leaving DJJ, Mr. Jones practiced law for six years. As a trial attorney with the Department of the Treasury, Office of Chief Counsel and the firm of Ellenoff, Grossman, Schole & Cyruli, Mr. Jones developed an understanding of the justice system and large-scale project management, which he brings to his work at JSG. He works with clients to negotiate and draft inter/intra-governmental agreements for the provision of programs and services and studies local justice system needs to develop strategies that build on existing resources. Mr. Jones is responsible for a wide range of services, from drafting client contracts to developing and delivering workshops and on-site training, teaching jurisdictions how to manage the process of planning for, constructing and operating new correctional facilities..
