D. Nichole Parisi
CEO
Nichole Parisi is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for APA. Nichole returned to the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in March 2015 as the General Counsel after formerly serving as a law clerk for APA following law school.
Steven Naugle
Treasurer/CFO
Mr. Steven Naugle is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA). He is responsible for maintaining and handling all accounting for APA’s expenses and grant management activities.
Marlene Biener
COO
Mrs. Marlene Biener serves as Chief Operating Officer at the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), where she previously held the role of General Counsel. As COO, Marlene oversees APA’s operations and programs, ensuring alignment with its mission to provide prosecutors nationwide with critical resources, education, and support.
David LaBahn
President
Mr. David LaBahn is President of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), a national association representing elected and deputy or assistant prosecutors, and city attorneys.
Sasha D. Beatty
General Counsel
Sasha Beatty joined the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in July 2019 after previously working for the Nashville District Attorney’s Office for two years as an Assistant District Attorney General.
Aviva Kurash
Senior Program Manager
Aviva Kurash joined the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in September of 2022 after previously working at The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) for twenty-one years.
Robert Hood
Project Director
Robert W. Hood joined APA in 2010 as a contract Senior Attorney and played a key role in the development and execution of the 6th National Community Prosecution Conference held in Washington, DC.
Beth Merachnik
Project Director
Beth Merachnik serves as Project Director of the Association of Prosecuting Attorney’s (APA) Addressing Disparities to Reproductive Health Project.
April Doherty
Program Coordinator
April spent 20 years as a Paralegal at the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore County, working in both the Felony Review and Victim Witness Units.
Gretchen Halpern
Training Coordinator
Gretchen Halpern serves as the training coordinator for the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA). A graduate of Louisiana State University, Gretchen brings with her over 10 years of experience in her field.
Roxanne Barrios Juneau
Training Manager
Roxie Juneau serves as the APA Training Manager. She brings her 40+ years of association management and training oversight to APA to enhance the excellence currently provided by APA to its membership.
Gabriel Ibarra
Accounting Business Associate
Gabriel joins the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys as a Business Accounting Associate. He graduated with a Degree in Accounting at CETYS University in Baja California.
Aimee Peterson
Program Associate/Membership Director
Aimee Peterson served as the Child Abuse Prosecution Project Program Assistant and currently manages membership. Aimee holds a B.A. from St. Johns University in Government and Politics and comes to the project from the Department of Homeland Security
Reid Peck
Administrative Assistant
Reid Peck is the administrative assistant for The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA). With a bachelors degree in psychology he worked in the field of mental health with children and teens on the autism spectrum.
Aimee Peterson
Program Associate/Membership Director
Aimee Peterson served as the Child Abuse Prosecution Project Program Assistant and currently manages membership. Aimee holds a B.A. from St. Johns University in Government and Politics and comes to the project from the Department of Homeland Security
Sasha D. Beatty
General Counsel/Technology Lead
Sasha Beatty joined the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in July 2019 after previously working for the Nashville District Attorney’s Office for two years as an Assistant District Attorney General.
Beth Parker
Communications
Beth Parker manages communications for the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA). Throughout her career, she has worked to build awareness around issues and solutions related to public health, education, and justice.
Rod Underhill
Senior APA Fellow
Rod Underhill served as the elected District Attorney for Multnomah County from January 2013 to August 2020. Rod graduated from the University of Oregon Law School in 1988 and then spent his nearly 32 year professional career, up to now, working as a prosecutor in Multnomah County.
Annmarie Taggart
Senior APA Fellow
Annmarie Taggart is a Retired Assistant Attorney General with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, Division of Criminal Justice. During her tenure at the Division of Criminal Justice, she was appointed Acting Prosecutor for both Somerset and Sussex Counties in New Jersey.
Mike Feuer
Senior APA Fellow
Mike Feuer has served as Los Angeles City Attorney; the Majority Policy Leader and Judiciary Committee Chair of the California State Assembly; a member of the Los Angeles City Council, where he was Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee; and as Executive Director of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, the House of Justice.
Jean Peters Baker
Senior APA Fellow
Jean Peters Baker has spent over twenty-five years in the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office in Kansas City, Missouri, serving in nearly every unit of the office. Baker tried 75 felony cases during her tenure and specialized in sexual violence, child abuse and street violence. She was appointed to lead the office in May 2011, only the second woman to lead the office; the first, former-U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, hired Jean as a young assistant prosecutor.
Niki Blumberg
APA Fellow
Niki has been a prosecutor at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for over 20 years. She has investigated and tried a wide variety of homicides, police shootings, rapes, robberies, burglaries, and other crimes of violence.
Mark Dumaine
APA Fellow
Mark Dumaine is the Retired Chief of Administration for the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office (Louisiana). He was responsible for the operations of a 160+ person prosecutor’s office, finance and budget expenses of $14 million, information technology improvements...
Joy Repella
APA Fellow
Joy Repella was an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County for over 28 years and prosecuted felonies from Robbery to Murder. She also handled Involuntary Mental Health Treatment and Commitment as well as Expungement and Sealing.
Andrew Fogle
Andrew Fogle presents Continuing Legal Education (CLE) expungement seminars and assists local and State agencies in the development of expungement forms and training for pro-se petitioners and pro-bono attorneys.
Don Cocek
APA Fellow
Don Cocek’s legal career at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office spanned 32 years. He was the Supervising City Attorney in charge of both the Animal Protection Unit and the Code Enforcement Unit. Don prosecuted hundreds of cases from the spcaLA, LA Animal Services, CA & US Fish & Wildlife, and other agencies involving animal cruelty, animal neglect,...
Kevin Rardin
APA Fellow
Kevin Rardin been a career prosecutor for well over thirty years. From 1984 to 2016, he was an assistant district attorney with the District Attorney’s Office in Memphis, Tennessee. During this period, he represented the state in many jury trials against defendants charged with murder, armed robbery, carjacking, and sexual offenses.
Maureen Renno
APA Fellow
Maureen Renno retired after a 28-year career as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County serving the public and pursuing justice. She prosecuted many felony jury trials including murders, kidnapping, robbery, and weapon cases. She prosecuted cases on the south side of the city working with the community to prevent crime through problem solving issues impacting the area.
Merrill Mezzacappa
APA Fellow
Merrill Mezzacappa is a former Chief Assistant Prosecutor with the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey. Throughout her 25 year career, Merrill successfully tried complex cases including vehicular homicide, homicide, sexual assault and strict liability for drug induced death, while mentoring assistant prosecutors.