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Lonzo Henderson, Chair
Lonzo Henderson was appointed to a five-year term on the Board of
Parole by Governor Palin in December 2008. He was appointed Chair
of the Board by Governor Parnell in February 2011. Mr. Henderson served 21
years with the Alaska Department of Corrections in increasingly
responsible positions as a corrections or probation officer and
administrator, before retiring in 2001 as assistant director of the
Division of Community Corrections. Since 2003, he has been a case
manager with the Community Residential Center offender supervision
program, a private contractor of halfway houses for the department.
In 1989, Mr. Henderson won a governor's Distinguished Public
Service Award. He is a member of the Anchorage East Rotary Club and
is a Paul Harris Fellow. He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology
from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1981, and a master's
degree in adult and continuing education from Alaska Pacific
University in 1989. He is a resident of Anchorage.
Michael Stark, Vice Chair
Michael Stark was appointed to the Board of Parole by Governor
Knowles in 2002. He was reappointed by Governor Palin to another
five year term in 2007. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science from the University of Florida (1970), and a
Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center (1974)
where he served on the editorial board of the Criminal Law
Reporter. Mr. Stark retired from state service at the end of 2001
after working for the Alaska Department of Law for 27 years as an
assistant district attorney and an assistant attorney general. Mr.
Stark served as lead counsel to the Alaska Department of
Corrections for 21 years, as counsel to the Alaska Board of Parole
for 15 years, and as counsel to the Alaska Police Standards Council
and the State Fire Marshal for five years. Mr. Stark is admitted to
practice law before the courts of Alaska, the federal courts in the
Seventh and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States
Supreme Court. Mr. Stark has been a member of the Alaska Bar
Association since 1974, and the American Correctional Association
since 1983 where he served as a member of the Legal Issues
Committee. He has also provided training on legal issues for
several years to Alaska's probation/parole officers. Mr. Stark was
active in the administration of the Juneau Community Charter School
for several years, and resides in Juneau.
Ole Larson, Member
Ole Larson was appointed to a five-year term on the Board of Parole
by Governor Parnell in March 2010. Mr. Larson has a Bachelors
of Science (Biology) degree from the University of Nebraska at
Omaha. He also holds a Secondary Certification in Education
from the University of Alaska at Anchorage. Mr. Larson
retired from the Alaska Department of Corrections, serving from
1976 to 2005 with more than 29 years of
Service. During his tenured within the Department of
Corrections he served as a Youth Counselor, Correctional Officer,
Sergeant, Assistant Superintendent and retired as the
Superintendent of Mat-Su Pretrial Facility. He served in
various Correctional Facilities including McLaughlin Youth Center,
Palmer Correctional Center, State Correctional Center-Annex, Mat-Su
Pretrial Facility, Cook-Inlet Pretrial Facility, Hiland
Mountain-Meadow Creek Correctional Center and Fairbanks
Correctional Center. He is a resident of Wasilla.
Sarah Possenti, Member
Sarah Possenti was appointed to a five-year term on the Board of Parole
by Governor Parnell in March 2011. She has served in numerous capacities
for the Alaska Department of Corrections, most recently as an Institutional
Probation Officer at Fairbanks Correctional Center, and prior to that, as a
Field Probation Officer. She formerly served as program coordinator for the
Fairbanks North Star Youth Court. Mrs. Possenti holds Bachelor’s degrees in
Criminal Justice and Social Work from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
She is appointed to a seat on the board reserved for a resident of the 4th
Judicial District. She is a resident of Fairbanks.
Daniel Morris, Member
Daniel Morris was appointed to a five-year term on the Board of Parole by Governor
Parnell in March 2011. He has over 23 years of law enforcement experience, both
civilian and military. Additionally, he has served in numerous capacities as part
of his law enforcement duties: Nine years as Kenai Police Chief managing Police,
Communications and Animal Control Departments; nine years serving as a Board Member
of the Kenai/Soldotna Women’s Resource Crisis Center, and a member of the Kenai
Peninsula Borough E911 Board. Finally, he served four years on the Alaska Police
Standards Council, including several years as Vice Chair and Chair. He is a resident
of Soldotna.
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