November 5, 2003

ROMNEY APPOINTS HOOLEY AND HURLEY TO PAROLE BOARD

Governor Mitt Romney today named Joyce Hooley and Tina Hurley to the Massachusetts Parole Board.

Today’s appointments are Romney’s first to the seven-member Parole Board, which determines if an inmate should be released early and what the conditions of that release will be. The Board also acts as the Advisory Board of Pardons, which makes recommendations to the Governor on pardons and commutations.

The Governor’s Council must approve Romney’s appointments to the board. Once approved members serve for a five-year term.

Joyce Hooley of Duxbury was reappointed to the board. Prior to joining the board she served in various positions at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility from 1995 to 2002. Hooley was a Parole Board member from October 1986 to July 1995 and was interim chairman of the Parole Board from September 1992 to January 1993. Previously she served as Pardon Coordinator at the Parole Board for six years.

Hooley earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts and is a certified trained mediator and rape counselor.

Tina Hurley of Cohasset has served as Director of Transitional Services since 2001 for the Parole Board. She previously was the Director of Special Projects for the Department of Youth Services. Hurley also served the Parole Board for more than 10 years in various positions.

Hurley holds a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University.

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