Anthony J. Gargiulo - Tony was born and raised in Brooklyn NY. After completing active duty in the Air Force, he joined IBM as a Field Engineer. In 1980, he accepted a position with IBM's Product Development Service Planning Group in Charlotte. In1993, his daughter Joanne was brutally murdered in her home by an ex-boyfriend, who is currently serving a life sentence. Tony retired from IBM in 1997 and is working part-time as a Project Manager for a national account. A 30-year member of the Knights of Columbus, he volunteers regularly at the Men's Homeless Shelter, annually for Special Olympics, as well as for many other fund-raising and charitable endeavors of the Knights. Tony believes parole eligibility for violent offenders comes much too early, endangering our citizens. He feels that some, if not most, murderers and rapists should never be released. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Citizens Parole Accountability Committee. (Chairperson)
Sandra Donaghy - Sandra Stricklin Donaghy was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and graduated from Glassboro University (now Rowan University) in Glassboro, New Jersey. I have been married to Henry for 45 years. I was a stay at home mother for our six children until they were in school then I taught elementary school in New Jersey until we moved to Charlotte in 1983. I have worked 6 years as the Administrative Assistant to the director of First United Methodist Child Development Center. After 21 years of living in Providence Plantation, we moved to Center City in the Fourth Ward five years ago. Living in the city has made me very aware of the violence that goes on in a city and so much of it is done by criminals that are on parole that shouldn't have been let out of prison. I consider it my civic duty to make sure these criminals do not get out and repeat their crimes.
Randall Scott Miller- Born in West Virginia and raised in South Carolina, Scott is currently a Change Manager at Bank of America, where is has worked for the past 5 years. Scott moved to North Carolina to attend North Carolina State University, where he graduated with honors. Scott is currently working to complete his MBA at Queens University. Serving as a city council appointed member of the Citizens Parole Accountability Committee, he believes offenders should serve the maximum time the law allows for their crime.
James Dwight Bell – Born in West Virginia and raised in South Carolina, Bell is currently employed with Hewitt Associates, LLC in the Supplier Risk Management Group. Hewitt is a leading HRO/BPO Outsourcing company with a major hub in Charlotte. Upon completing studies at Wofford College, in Spartanburg, SC in 1965, he entered the US Navy where he served in special operations and completed his ten year tour as an internal Management consultant with the Navy's Human Resource Management Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Bell is a Vietnam veteran. Upon leaving the Navy, he and his family moved back to South Carolina where he accepted a position with Daniel Construction Company as a Project Manager. In subsequent years he has worked as a Management Consultant for Anthony B. Cassedy and Associates in CT and Field Service Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation in Boston. In 1998 he and his wife Karol relocated to Charlotte. He and Karol are the parents of a blended family consisting of three adult children and six grandchildren. He enjoys spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren, saltwater cruising and fishing on his SeaFox, volunteering with the CMPD, and working as an advocate to stop domestic violence. As members of Joy Christian Fellowship, he and Karol are involved in ministry, youth groups, and adult fellowship groups. As well as holding the position of Chairman for his Neighborhood Watch, Bell is a graduate of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Citizens' Academy, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Citizens' On Patrol (COP) training and is currently a volunteer with the CMPD Domestic Violence Unit and the CMPD North Division Citizens' On Patrol Unit. Serving as a city council appointed member of the Citizens' Parole Accountability Committee, Bell believes sentences, for domestic violence crimes against women, fall woefully short when put into the context of sentencing for other crimes of a much less serious nature.
Willis F. Toms - Currently serves as a member of the Citizens' Parole Accountability Committee.
Mary Hancock - Currently serves as a member of the Citizens' Parole Accountability Committee.
Kevin T. Foley - Currently serves as a member of the Citizens' Parole Accountability Committee.
Rita Vinson - (Advisor) A detective in the DA Liaison Unit for the past 2 years and has been with CMPD for 22 years.
