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Monday, May 11, 2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Joint Reentry Council to Meet May 12 at Pitt Community College

RALEIGH
May 11, 2026

WHAT: Bi-monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 12, 10 a.m. – Noon

WHERE: Pitt Community College, Craig F. Goess Student Center, 169 Bulldog Run, Winterville, NC 28590 

WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers, and a chance for public comment

AGENDA

10 a.m. — Welcome and Introductions: Leslie Cooley Dismukes, NCDAC Secretary.
10:15 — Reentry 2030 Overview: George Pettigrew, NCDAC Senior Deputy Secretary of Rehabilitation and Reentry.
10:30 — Reentry 2030 Behavioral Health Panel 
               Moderator: Kelly Crosbie, NCDHHS Director of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services.
               Panelists: Mary Grillo, NCDAC Director of Social Work Services; Ashlee Barnes, NCDAC Behavioral Health Administrator; Theodore "Ted" Zarzar, UNC School of Medicine Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Shawn Baker, NC FIT (Formerly Incarcerated Transition) Program, UNC School of Medicine; Mary Steeley, Lived Experience Advocate.
11:45 — Public comments
11:55 — Closing remarks: NCDAC Senior Deputy Secretary Pettigrew.

The meeting can be viewed via livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@NCAdultCorrection/streams.