Commissioner

	Commissioner Richard F. Allen Commissioner Richard F. Allen was appointed by Governor Bob Riley on February 15, 2006. Governor Riley directed Commissioner Allen to implement the recommendations of his Task Force on Prison Crowding and in the process to give priority as follows: (1) public safety (2) safety of our corrections officers and departmental staff (3) provide humane and constitutional conditions of incarceration in all facilities (4) provide educational and job training where appropriate (5) and to ensure that the spiritual needs of those in our prisons are met Allen served as Chief Deputy Attorney General under three Alabama Attorneys General -- Jeff Sessions, Bill Pryor and Troy King, retiring on December 31, 2004. Allen graduated from the University of North Alabama in 1963 with a degree in Math and Chemistry. He served for seven years during the 1960s in the U.S. Army in various command and staff assignments in Vietnam and West Germany, leaving active duty in 1970 to attend law school. After graduating from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1973, he served as law clerk for then-Chief Justice Howell Heflin on the Alabama Supreme Court and later served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator Heflin. Between periods of public service, Commissioner Allen practiced law for the Montgomery law firm of Capell and Howard while continuing his military career in the United States Army Reserve. He retired as a brigadier general from the Army Reserve in 1993. Allen, a native of Decatur, now resides in Prattville.
	Chief Deputy Vernon Barnett Mr. Barnett formerly worked as Governor Bob Riley's Deputy Legal Advisor between May 2004 and February 2006. In that role, Barnett served as lead advisor to the Governor's Task Force on Prison Crowding and was instrumental in developing the package of prison reforms that Governor Riley submitted to the Legislature in 2006. Barnett previously served as Deputy Solicitor General and as Assistant Alabama Attorney General from 1997-2004. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in European History and later received his Jurist Doctorate from the University of Alabama Law School in 1997.
	Deputy Commissioner Greg Lovelace Mr. Lovelace has served ADOC since 1999 under three different administrations. Born and raised in Valley, Al., Lovelace worked in numerous positions during a 24 year career with the Chambers County Sheriffs Office before joining the Department of Corrections.
	Deputy Commissioner Terrance McDonnell Mr. McDonnell is a Montgomery native, began his career with ADOC in 1981 at Staton Correctional Facility as a COI. McDonnell worked his way through the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain at Kilby, as Warden II at Ventress, Tutwiler, and Frank Lee, and as Warden III at Ventress, Tutwiler and Kilby. He received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Auburn University Montgomery (AUM) in 1983, and a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from AUM in 1987. McDonnell leaves his post as Warden III at Kilby and has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner over Program Services.
	Associate Commissioner Ruth Naglich RN, BSN Ms. Naglich is the Associate Commissioner of Health Services for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC). She is responsible for the administration of medical and mental health services to over 26,000 incarcerated individuals within the ADOC's 30 correctional institutions. Ms. Naglich has more than 20 years of healthcare administration and clinical experience, with 16 years specific to the medical specialty of correctional healthcare. Her background includes business development, education and training, public health and correctional healthcare administration. She has served as a correctional healthcare advisor and consultant to both private and public healthcare and correctional organizations, including the Correctional Medicine Institute, a not-for profit institute formed by faculty members of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Ms Naglich, a native of St. Louis, Mo., now resides in Wetumpka.
	Associate Commissioner James H. DeLoach Associate Commissioner James H. DeLoach was appointed to his current position by Commissioner Richard F. Allen on July 2, 2007. Mr. DeLoach is a graduate of Alabama State University with a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. He is also a graduate of the Montgomery Police Academy. Associate Commissioner DeLoach began his career with the Alabama Department of Corrections in 1976 as a Correctional Officer. He worked his way up through the ranks being promoted to Sergeant and Lieutenant at the Grove Hill Work Release. He was promoted to Captain at Draper Correctional Facility in 1983. Mr. DeLoach was also promoted to Assistant Warden at the West Jefferson (Donaldson) Facility. He also served as Assistant Warden at the St. Clair Correctional Facility for eight years until his promotion to Warden at the Bullock Facility in 1993. Associate Commissioner DeLoach also served as the Warden at Draper Correctional Facility until accepting the position of Associate Commissioner for Operations.
	Special Assistant Anne Adams Ms. Adams of Montgomery joins ADOC from the Attorney General's capital litigation division, where she had worked since 2001. Adams earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in 1997, followed by a law degree in 2001.