Martin F. Horn
Criminal Justice Expert
For more than 5 decades, Martin has served in a variety of important criminal justice leadership roles. He began his career as a NY State Parole Officer in 1969. He later served as Executive Director and CEO for the NY State Division of Parole and Superintendent of Hudson Correctional Facility.
Mr. Horn served as a member of Governor Tom Ridge’s Senior Staff as Secretary of Administration for the State of Pennsylvania. He also chaired the state’s Tobacco Settlement Investment Board, the Pennsylvania Employees’ Benefit Trust Fund, and the JNET Council (Justice Network).
From 1995 until 2000, Martin Horn was Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Corrections. During his tenure, staff and inmate safety and health care improved, suicides were reduced, three long-standing consent decrees were dissolved, and classification and information systems were modernized. He created an innovative addiction treatment program, improvements to the provision of mental health services, and innovative release programs for inmates with mental illness.