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About Dave Marsden DAVE MARSDEN BIOGRAPHY A lifelong resident of Northern Virginia, Dave Marsden has resided in Burke since 1977 with his wife Julia and three sons. He graduated From W.T. Woodson High School in 1966 and Randolph-Macon College in 1970 when he began a career in Juvenile Justice as a Probation Officer with the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. He went on to establish and operate Fairfax County's shelter home for youth with severe family problems. In 1982 the Chief Judge of the Juvenile Court appointed him as the first Superintendent of Fairfax County's 121 bed secure Juvenile Detention Center, which held approximately 1400 youths per year charged with criminal offenses. The innovative detention program he created has received national and international recognition and has been emulated across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Education Program received the 1984 National Association of Counties (NACO) award. In 1998, Dave created Virginia's first Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment program in a detention center. Dave's leadership of this remarkable public safety and treatment facility allowed no escapes or serious injuries to youthful detainees or staff in his 17 years at the helm. This is almost unheard of. Dave left the detention center in 1999 to become the Legislative Aide and Campaign Manager for Virginia House of Delegates member Jim Dillard. In 2000 Governor Jim Gilmore appointed him Chief Deputy and then Acting Director of the 2700 person Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. He was responsible for a budget of $235 million and the operation of 11 Juvenile Correctional Institutions and 31 Court Probation/Parole Units. After serving for 6 months in the administration of Governor Mark Warner, Dave joined Development Services Group, Inc. (DSG) a nationally renowned juvenile justice assistance firm. He currently runs DSG's Targeted Community Action Planning (TCAP) initiative for the U.S. Department of Justice. This "state of the art'' process is assisting localities around the country with suppression of serious and violent crime committed by their most difficult juvenile offender populations. Dave has also been named Project Director for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services Facilities Master Plan, which will create an ideal service delivery system for Maryland's delinquent offenders. Dave has long been involved in the community as a basketball, football and soccer coach with the Braddock Road Youth Club, (BRYC). He also coached baseball for 1 year in the Annandale-North Springfield Little League. Throughout the 1990's, he served as a high school and youth league basketball official in Fairfax County and Church Recreation Leagues. In 1984-86 Dave served as President of the Board of Directors of Enterprise School, which provided educational and counseling services to youth with academic and emotional difficulties. He presided over a relocation and expansion campaign that resulted in a new facility being purchased and renovated. Dave recruited dozens of volunteers for two weekends of demolition and construction work and raised $30,000.00 in donated labor and materials from members of the American Subcontractors Association. OFFICESWest*Lynch Foundation -For over 10 years Dave was a member and two term President of this charitable organization that awarded approximately $80,000.00 per year in scholarships and grants. Virginia Juvenile Justice Association- Served two terms as President of this 500 person professional organization dedicated to providing the best treatment and supervision of youthful offenders possible. Virginia Council on Juvenile Detention -Served two terms as President of this professional organization dedicated to improving the quality of care and custody of incarcerated delinquent offenders. President, Board of Directors, Enterprise School, Fairfax County
LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1990- As President of the Virginia Juvenile Justice Association, he wrote and worked for passage of an appropriations bill in the General Assembly for a 3.2 million dollar reclassification system for adult and juvenile probation units statewide. 2002- As Acting Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, he saw the need for a blended sentencing statute for serious juvenile offenders sentenced as adults to juvenile correctional facilities. This bill, which increased safety for Juvenile Correctional Officers and provided hope for inmate/wards received widespread bipartisan support in the legislature and was passed into law. 2002- Created and wrote the enabling legislation for a "one of a kind" statewide video intake system that dramatically reduced booking procedure time for youth charged with crimes during non court hours. It saved thousands of dollars in probation officer compensatory time and dramatically reduced the time that law enforcement officers were "off of the street" performing bureaucratic paperwork.
AWARDS1996- Administrator of the Year, awarded by the Virginia Juvenile Justice Association. 1998- Commissioners Award, given by the Cardinal Basketball Referees Association for outstanding reliability. 2003-Patrick Henry Award from Governor of Virginia for "Devotion to Just and Sound Government of Our Commonwealth" Copyright © 2004 Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted by igov.com. All rights reserved. No part of these pages, either text or image may be used for any purpose other than personal use. Therefore, reproduction, duplication, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission.
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