Trevor Wingard serves as the Chief Deputy Secretary for Institutions and Correction Enterprises for the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. After a long career at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Wingard retired from state employment and took a job as warden of the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. Among his many accomplishments as warden, he decreased the vacancy rate by 9 percent over 18 months.
Wingard’s service with Pennsylvania DOC began in 1994 as a corrections officer. From there he went on to serve as a corrections counselor, unit manager, deputy superintendent, superintendent, and deputy secretary.
Wingard is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. He’s a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminology.