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The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles is composed of three appointed members.  The executive staff and board members are listed below.

 

 

The address and phone number to contact the board or other staff at the Central Office is shown below. For general questions or comments email the Board at questions4pardonsandparoles@alabpp.gov . Click on the seal below to go to the Board's web site. 
301 South Ripley Street
PO Box 302405
Montgomery, Al 36130-2405
Telephone: (334) 353-7771, 353-8067
FAX: (334) 242-1809
TDD: (334)242-0110

 
William W. Wynne, Jr.(Bill) was appointed Chairman of the Parole Board effective July 1, 2007, by Governor Bob Riley.
He received Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Alabama.
Mr. Wynne served as a federal probation officer for 29 years, and retired as the Chief United States Probation Officer in the Southern District in 2005. He served one year as a Special Parole Board member for the State Of Alabama in 2006.
 
 
 
 
 
Clifford (Cliff) Walker was appointed to the Parole Board as an Associate Member effective July 1, 2009, by Governor Bob Riley. 

Mr. Walker has a Bachelors in Business Administration with special emphasis in Accounting and Economics from Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama.  He also earned a Series Six Securities Licensed from the Investment Training Institute located in Atlanta, Georgia.  After college, in the early 1970s, Mr. Walker was given the opportunity to work on Wall Street as a Corporate Credit Analyst  with the Irving Trust Company.  His responsibilities included the review and analysis of credit and financial statements on Fortune 500 Companies. 

In the early 1990s, Mr. Walker took a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., as Director of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services, where he administered and directed all Federal farm programs for the Southern Region, which included 11 Southeastern States and the Territory of Puerto Rico.

In 1998, Mr. Walker took a position as Vice President of Governmental Affairs for AmSouth, where he conducted activities aimed at advising local, state and federal officials on banking activities and concerns, as well as acting as a liaison where new legislation was required.. 

 

In 2003, Mr. Walker was appointed Chairman by Governor Riley to the newly formed Special Parole Board that had been established statutorily for a period of 3 years to assist in a special effort to review the overcrowded prison system for those individuals who could be safely paroled to agency supervision.

After his tenure as Chairman of the Special Parole Board, Mr. Walker was once again called upon by Governor Riley as Director of Alabama's Small Business Advocacy effort until such time as his appointment to the Parole Board as an Associate Member on July 1, 2009.

Mr. Walker--Cliff as he likes to be called--is married to the former Cynthia Pulley and they have two children, Cody and Crystal.

 

Robert P. Longshore is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He is a 1971 graduate of Huntingdon College, with a B.S. in Sociology and a 1975 Graduate of Troy University with a M.S. in Counseling. Shortly after receiving his undergraduate degree, Mr. Longshore began his professional career as a Probation and Parole Officer with the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. After two years, Mr. Longshore began service as a United States Probation Officer in 1973, serving the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. After working his way up the ranks, Mr. Longshore was promoted to Chief United States Probation Officer in the Middle District of Alabama in 1990 and served in that capacity until retirement in late 2000.
Mr. Longshore was appointed to serve on the Board by Governor Bob Riley on July 1, 2005, and confirmed by the Alabama Senate on July 21, 2005 during special session.
Since 1969, Mr. Longshore has served as proud husband to Gail Hartley. Mr. and Mrs. Longshore have a daughter, Marie.

 
 

 

Cynthia Dillard is the Executive Director. Assistant Executive Directors are Eddie Cook and Robert Oakes. 
 
See the executive director's remarks here.