JJC Executive Director Howard Beyer Announces Retirement

TRENTON – New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission Executive Director Howard L. Beyer has announced his retirement effective September 1, 2007.

Beyer, who served for more than two decades with the New Jersey Department of Corrections before joining the Juvenile Justice Commission in 1999, is retiring to pursue other opportunities.

"It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve the Attorney General as Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Commission," Beyer said. "I have enjoyed an excellent working relationship with the Attorney General and his staff, and we have advanced many important causes and issues on behalf of the young people who are in the juvenile justice system. These include the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative and our partnership with the New Jersey Department of Treasury on the warehouse project, which is providing jobs for at-risk kids who will be returning to society.

"My time at the Juvenile Justice Commission has been very rewarding, but I also look forward to pursuing new challenges in the future," Beyer said.

"Howard Beyer has served the state of New Jersey with distinction for more than thirty years at the Department of Corrections and the Juvenile Justice Commission," Attorney General Stuart Rabner said. "His eight years at the JJC, including the last five as executive director, were marked by a deep commitment to turning around the lives of juveniles so they could return to society as productive citizens. I am grateful for his passionate service and appreciate that he will stay at the JJC through the summer to allow time for the selection of a new executive director."

The JJC's Deputy Executive Director since October 1999, Beyer was named Acting Executive Director in January 2002. He was confirmed by the Senate as Executive Director in June 2002. Prior to his arrival at the JJC, Beyer served in a variety of senior management positions, including Assistant Commissioner of Operations, during a career at the New Jersey Department of Corrections that began in 1975.

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