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Rick Parsons joined Carey Group in 2022 as deputy director after 30+ years of probation and parole experience in two Pennsylvania counties. In addition to his leadership roles at the county level, he served on the Governor’s Advisory Board of Probation, the executive board of the County Chief Adult Probation and Parole Officers Association of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Evidence-Based Practices Implementation Team. He is a founder and past president of the Mid-Atlantic Region Chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He specializes in identifying organizational roadblocks and facilitating needed organizational changes.
Rick’s career began in the Adult Probation and Parole Department of Montgomery County near Philadelphia. As an officer, he developed expertise in supervising people convicted of sexual offenses and treatment courts operations. He co-founded a consulting firm to offer training primarily focusing on the management and treatment of individuals who sexually offend and retired as deputy chief in 2015.
In 2016, Carbon County, PA hired Rick as the chief of Adult Probation and Parole. He facilitated rapid organizational modernization to upgrade departmental supervision practices through continuous training and technological innovation. He started and coordinated the county's Veterans and Drug Treatment Courts. During his tenure, the department nearly doubled in size due to strategic identification of grant funding opportunities. His experience provided notable improvements to the county’s criminal justice processes as well as to the prison and supervised populations.
Rick was honored for his efforts throughout his career including the Matty Muir Award from the Victim Services Center of Montgomery County for his work with victims; the Montgomery County Office of the District Attorney Unit Commendation for the accomplishments of the sex offender unit that he supervised, and the Award for Exceptional Services to Benefit Children and Youth for his work with adolescents.
Rick holds a bachelor of arts in interdisciplinary studies in criminal justice from American University and a master’s of science in administration from West Chester University.

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