AWEC’S 28TH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE
September 27-29, 2024
Palmer House
Chicago, Illinois
Welcome
The Association of Women Executives in Corrections (AWEC) welcomes you to our website. Since our charter in 1996, AWEC has operated to offer opportunities and support to top women executives and senior managers in corrections and to mentor emerging leaders, consistent with its “each one . . . teach one” philosophy. AWEC is over 600 members strong, with members throughout the country in public and private, institutional and community correctional facilities.
HEAR FROM OUR MEMBERS
“The Association of Women Executives in Corrections has played an integral part in my professional development for the past 25 years. Its training programs and the relationships I have developed with other executive women have met my varying needs at each stage of my career – early appointment as an executive, when my leadership role changed through agency reorganizations, and even now upon retirement and consulting in the corrections field. I encourage executive women across the corrections field to find out for themselves the professional and personal richness that you can find by joining AWEC.”
Marilyn Chandler Ford, Ph.D., CJM
Volusia County Corrections Director, Ret.
Dr. Marilyn Chandler Ford
“Every now again you come across something or someone that turns out to be a real gem, an untapped resource, and a lifeline of support. For me, AWEC is all three. It is refreshing to be part of an organization that cares about the individual and provides leadership development for both professional and personal growth.”
Shirley R. Moore Smeal
PA DOC Executive Deputy Secretary
AWEC President
Shirley Moore Smeal, President AWEC
This is an awesome family of women who are always caring and nurturing. In the corrections environment, you don’t always get that.
Darla Elliott, Retired
Management & Training Corp.
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