About US

Hope Cooper joined The Moss Group in 2022 as a Project Director. Prior to joining TMG, Hope Cooper served as the Deputy Secretary of Juvenile and Adult Community Based Services for the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) where she oversaw the Juvenile Services Division, to include the only juvenile correctional facility in Kansas, the Community Corrections Division, the Parole Services Division, and the Interstate Compact Unit. She served as the Commissioner for both adult and juvenile Interstate Compact for the State of Kansas as well as serving as national Vice-Chair for the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision. Her career with KDOC began in 2008, with roles including Program Consultant, Director of Community Corrections Services, and Warden at the state’s only female facility, Topeka Correctional Facility. Prior to joining KDOC, Hope worked for a juvenile treatment center for adolescent girls as a therapist, the Target Corporation, and as a Federal Probation Officer.

Hope is a member of American Probation and Parole and the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. She maintains her certification in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Hope earned her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology along with a master’s degree in Community Counseling from Chadron State College. Hope has a passion for people being the best version of themselves and believes every person has worth and is capable of change.

Jenise Durant joined The Moss Group as a Project Coordinator in 2022. She brings eleven years of criminal justice system experience having worked in training and as a detention officer. Jenise received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice as well as a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from Charleston Southern University. She began her career at Lexington Detention Center where she worked for five years. Duties performed included intake, booking, classification, and visitation. She also served as a Field Training Officer with the department. Jenise later worked for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice as a Training Instructor where she taught various certification courses for juvenile correctional officers. Most recently, Jenise worked with the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy (SCCJA) where she was a senior instructor in the detention program. She handled detention research, curriculum development, and basic training to include defensive tactics for detention and law enforcement officer certification. During her time with SCCJA, Jenise completed her master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Adler University.

joined The Moss Group in 2021 as a project coordinator following her graduation from the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies and a minor in Humanities, Health, and Medicine. Marian has extensive internship and experiential learning experiences in sexual assault prevention and response and reproductive health care. During her time at NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland as a policy research intern, Ms. Geiger helped to create a disability justice campaign that expands on disability within the reproductive rights movement. She also supported qualitative research efforts and created deliverables on the criminalization of pregnancy and disability on state and nationwide levels. While working with the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA), Ms. Geiger aided research and programming efforts around intersectional approaches to sexual violence prevention and response. In her final semesters at the University of Maryland, Marian actively contributed to campus efforts around hate and bias response and diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Ms. Geiger is excited to support The Moss Group’s efforts to improve correctional care practices. 

Ken Hyle joined The Moss Group as a Project Director in 2022. He began his career in the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1992, and throughout this time, he worked extensively on criminal justice issues and employment law matters. He retired from the agency as the General Counsel in 2022. Mr. Hyle had oversight of legal training and of a broad range of practice areas to include correctional law, litigation, policy development and review, real estate and environmental law, government contracting, the Freedom of Information Act, and government ethics. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2011 and has been recognized with two distinguished service awards from the U.S. Attorney General for his work on PREA regulations and staff diversity management. Mr. Hyle received a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Boston University in 1991. He attended law school at the National Law Center of the George Washington University and received his Juris Doctorate in 1994.

Raymond Ortiz joined The Moss Group in 2022 as a project manager. Mr. Ortiz has nine years of experience coordinating programs within the healthcare, education, and judicial System. He coordinated with several major NYC Hospitals in implementing programs at reducing hospital emergency room recidivism as well as leading an Oracle Implementation Project, which focused on improving talent acquisition and recruitment across the organizations. Prior to this, Mr. Ortiz served as a correction officer for Riker’s Island NYC DOC working primarily with the young adult gang affiliates, mental observation units, and special housing units. Following his departure from corrections, Mr. Ortiz worked with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services as an instructor to juvenile detention counselors for safety crisis management, security, and report writing. Mr. Ortiz has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Theology from St. John’s University.

joined The Moss Group in 2021 as a project manager working with agencies developing PREA programs under a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). She leads and organizes TMG’s project support for agencies under the BJA grant to achieve PREA compliance, including policy implementation and leadership development. She also is responsible for the coordination of efforts to train agency staff in the prevention, detection of, and response to incidents of sexual abuse and sexual harassment against inmates in their custody. She brings 25 years of experience working for non-profit agencies contracted with the New Jersey Department of Corrections and State Parole Board to provide residential community release programs for male and female inmates and parolees with substance abuse and mental health issues. Ms. Sheahan has experience in program development, policy implementation, monitoring program outcomes, and staff training. In 2015, she was responsible for the ACA and PREA compliance of 45 facilities throughout the country. From 2005-2011, she was a volunteer member of the Clifton, New Jersey Domestic Violence Response Team. She was a founding member of the Passaic County Sexual Assault Response team, where she volunteered for 10 years. She is certified as a Department of Justice (DOJ) PREA auditor. Ms. Shehan holds a master’s degree of Human Services from Lincoln University, with a concentration in counseling, and bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Duquesne University. 

joined The Moss Group in 2017 as a staff accountant.  She has an accounting degree and is responsible for the daily processing accounts payable and receivable, payroll review, and for assisting the accounting manager with tasks as they arise.  Ms. Shrestha works closely with the CFO, human resources department, and accounting manager to ensure that employees and consultants are paid timely and accurately.  Her work contributes to the delivery of budget to actual reports and the production of financial statements. Before joining TMG, Ms. Shrestha worked as the primary accountant for a consulting firm in Virginia. Ms. Shrestha has Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Athens State University, AL.

joined The Moss Group in 2017 as an accounting manager. As Director of Finance, Ms. Volkmann leads the financial planning strategy for the organization, including analyzing and reporting on financial performance. She is a certified public accountant and as an executive team member, works closely with the President and CAO in preparing forecasts and budgets and developing and implementing accounting principles. Ms. Volkmann has oversight of the accounting team, including AP and AR, and the delivery of budget to actual reports, projections, and financial statements. Before joining TMG, Ms. Volkmann worked in the finance department at a hedge fund in Boston, MA. Ms. Volkmann has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The University of Connecticut.