WITNESS
Roderick Q. Hickman was sworn in as Secretary of the California Youth and Adult Correctional Agency on the first day of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Administration, November 17, 2003. Mr. Hickman is the sixth Agency Secretary since the Agency was created in 1980 and the first to come up through the correctional ranks.
When named to the post, Hickman was serving as Chief Deputy Director, Field Operations, for the California Department of Corrections (CDC). Prior to that assignment, he served as Assistant Deputy Director of Operations and Programs, Institutions Division. Mr. Hickman previously was the Northern Regional Administrator for the Institutions Division, and was Warden of Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County. Mr. Hickman began his CDC career in June 1979 as a Correctional Officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino.
Mr. Hickman completed course work in public administration and political science at California State University, Long Beach, and obtained a lifetime Community College Teaching Credential through the University of California, Berkeley, extension program. He also graduated from the Leadership Institutes at California State University, Chico, the University of Southern California, and the Internal Affairs Investigation Training program at San Jose State University.
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