Transforming Jail Ministries Board of Directors
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TJM Vice President Reverend Larry Nielsen spent 28 years with the Hamilton County Ohio Sheriff Patrol,
retiring as Patrol Section Commander. He is Executive Director of Love
INC of Harrison, Pastor of Integrity Gospel Church in St. Leon IN and
Pastor of Shawneespring Community Church in Harrison, OH. Larry is a
graduate of Roger Bacon High School and the Southern Police Institute at
University of Louisville. He holds a B.A. in Leadership and Management
from Trinity College of the Bible and currently enrolled in The Baptist
Theological Seminary at Richmond. Larry has been a Jail Chaplain since
2003, and is a member of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National
Association of Church Business Administrators; a member of the American
Society on Aging; and is active in the Southeast Indiana Emmaus
Community. He and his wife, Teri, are lifelong residents of the
Cincinnati area. Larry is a founding member of Transforming Jail
Ministries and is the author of Thinking About Jail and Prison Ministries: A Guide for the Lay Volunteer. |  |
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| TJM Treasurer Charlene Calhoun has been a Jail Chaplain in Hamilton County since 1982. She holds an Associates Degree in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati and retired as a Research Chemist from Procter & Gamble in 2007 after 27 years of service. Charlene has been a volunteer chaplain with University Hospital since 1985 and a Team Leader for CBC foreign mission team in Haiti since 1997. She is a volunteer with the Avondale Community Watch Program. Charlene is a founding member of Transforming Jail Ministries. "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say this--those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south." Psalm 107:1-3 |
TJM board member Mike Ehrensberger is president of Leveraged
Solutions, Inc., a Cincinnati based consulting company focused on the training
and development of sales professionals. He has been an active supporter of TJM
since its founding. Mike, a life-long resident of Cincinnati, is a graduate of
St. Xavier High School and has a Bachelor of Science degree and MBA degree from
the University of Cincinnati. He brings a wealth of business and management
experience to our board that we feel is needed as TJM moves beyond the founding
stage of our ministry. “With closest custody, guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.” Proverbs 4:23 |  |
 | TJM board member Dryden Jones has served as a worship team member since 1994 and a jail chaplain in Hamilton County since 2008.
His focus is application of scripture to men's recovery processes.
Dryden has worked in the healthcare field for 20 years and for over 10
years with Xavier University. He holds a BA degree from Rollins College
and an MBA from Xavier. He currently is a business manager with
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College where he has also
served as adjunct faculty since 1993. He and his wife Wendy attend
Sonrise Church and have 4 children and 4 grandchildren. "God did not send his son into the world to condemn it, but to save it." John 3:17 |
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board member, Howard E. Martin, Jr. worked for 33 years at WKRC
retiring as Chief Engineer in 2004. He served as a volunteer jail
chaplain for 15 years and helped trained other volunteer in the jail
chaplains during this time. In 2001, he was instrumental in making it
possible to broadcast the Billy Graham Mission to prisoners in Hamilton
County. Howard also serves as the Children's Church Pastor at
Inspirational Baptist Church. He, and his wife Ida, have 2 children. "I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2 |  |
 | TJM board member, Rev. Dr. Jocelyn Roper, is the assistant to the
District Superintendent in the Ohio River Valley District of the United
Methodist Church. She earned her
B.S. from Central State University and Doctorate of Missiology (2010) from
United Theological Seminary. Her dissertation was entitled
Love First: Building Bridges between United Methodists and Muslims in the 21st Century. She has pastored a number of churches including Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church and, currently, Deerfiled UMC in the Greater Cincinnati area. Jocelyn was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio; she is the mother of 5 children and grandmother of 2. In her spare time she enjoys watching the History Channel, the Biography Channel, PBS and the Discovery Channel. |
| At Large TJM board member Roman Walton spent over 30 years with Cincinnati Public Schools, both in administration and teaching. Born
in Wake County, North Carolina, Roman relocated to Cincinnati in 1960
and has served the community in a number of ways. He holds a B.A.
Education from Shaw University and an M.A. Educational Administration
from the University of Cincinnati. He has furthered his graduate
studies at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Nova
University and Florida Institute of Technology. Roman has served as a
Math Tutor for Losantiville School; a Breakfast Club Teacher for Windsor
and Taft Elementary Schools; and a Board Member, Housing Projects for
Recovering Females, Rescue Temple Church. Roman is also a Host for
Interfaith Hospitality Network at Walnut Hills Baptist Church. He and
his wife, Ada, live in Amberly Village and attend Kenwood Baptist
Church. They have four children and nine grandchildren and enjoy
gardening, singing and antiques.
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1 |  |