VAI Staff

John T. Milosovich, Principal/Engineer, is a founding staff member of the National Institute of Corrections Jails Division and established both the National Academy of Corrections and the Information Center. While working for Jackson County, Missouri, he was responsible for a number of detention construction projects.  Mr. Milosovich served as Assistant Director of Corrections and as a staff assistant to the County Executive. Mr. Milosovich has been with VAI since 1984.  Mr. Milosovich holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Colorado. 

 

Gail L. Elias, Principal/Planner, is a former staff member of the Boulder County, Colorado Sheriff's Department, where she served as the Jail's Director of Research and Evaluation, and later as Captain of Administrative Services. As a former worker at a regional juvenile detention center in Rochester, NY, she developed and implemented programs for delinquent youth, including a new secure facility and group homes. Ms. Elias has been with VAI since 1980 and was a principal staff person of the Planning of New Institutions Program.  Ms. Elias has a B.A. from Wells College, a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Colorado, where she completed doctoral work in Public Administration.

 

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