Board Members

Chuck Pyle served as a United States Magistrate Judge in Tucson and Flagstaff from 2001 - 2018. In 2014, along with then Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, Judge Pyle co-founded Second Chance Tucson. He is now Executive Director of Second chance Tucson and remains very active on reentry issues in Southern Arizona. Judge Pyle also works to make the 5-Needle ear acupuncture protocol more widely available to help people, including justice-system involved people, find relief from the effects of trauma and addiction.

Ashley Jackson is an experienced HR and workforce development leader who strongly focuses on creating sustainable workforce solutions within public health. As the Infrastructure & Workforce Development Director at Pima County, Ashley designs programs that boost employee engagement, retention, and career growth while fostering a culture of trust and effective communication. With expertise in leadership development and process improvement, Ashley leverages data-driven insights to optimize recruitment and enhance team performance. Passionate about building diverse and high-performing teams, Ashley works to ensure that organizations attract, develop, and retain top talent, aligning workforce strategies with broader public health goals.

Bear Barley has spent his nearly 30-year career working in different capacities in both the healthcare industry for a managed care organization (MCO) and building programs for various community-based organizations (CBOs). Bear has focused his time on leading, guiding, coaching, and advising people of all socio-economic backgrounds and demographics in each role he has had the honor of holding. Key populations served range from those with long term care health issues, opportunity and street youth, to those individuals who are homeless, have substance abuse challenges or who have justice involvement and have been justice impacted.   Bear currently, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services, a Masters of Business Administration, and is a Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist. In almost a ten-year career with Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) as a Medical Assessor and then as a Health Program Manager with operation oversite of a AHCCCS Branch office. Bear was able lead an underperforming team and an office on the brink of closure back to one of the top performing teams and offices in the State of Arizona within a short period of time. During Bear's time with AHCCCS, he had the opportunity to participate in AHCCCS Leadership through Engagement Series, and received certificates in Crucial Conversations and AHCCCS Coaching for Success Program. Bear has worked tirelessly in the community for non-profit CBOs in both Program Management and Director capacities, building and leading out on various programs and department efforts. Some of the programs include, veteran and youth transitional housing programs, youth emergency shelters, workforce development department initiatives, reentry communities, and outreach programs for opportunity street youth, young adults and adults who have judicial involvement or whose lives have been impacted by the justice system, and those with substance abuse challenges and suffer from homelessness. Bear has been able to establish valuable ongoing community-based programs such as Safe Place Program, the Homeless Work Program, and worked with Pima County's INVEST Reentry Program on transitional housing and intensive outpatient programming partnership for individuals reentering the community after incarceration. Bear is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys spending time in nature fishing and boating. Bear played in the Collegiate and Arena football league before hanging up his cleats for a rod, reel, and hooks.

I grew up in Tucson, attending grade school and high school here. I attended Northern Arizona University and graduated from the University of Arizona. I worked in banking for 21 years, starting as a teller and eventually becoming a vice-president with Valley National Bank (now Chase). I attended the University of Oklahoma, where I received my Master’s degree. While there, I decided to make a career change and go into higher education. I joined Pima Community College as the Advanced Program Manager for the State and Federal Prison programs. I supervise a team of instructors who teach college-credit vocational courses at the AZ State Prison Complex – Tucson and the AZ State Prison Complex – Douglas. We also teach Business and Management courses at the Federal Corrections Complex – Tucson. I hope that our programs at the three prisons will give inmate-students the knowledge and skills to succeed in finding employment upon release. I hope that my participation in the Second Chance Tucson organization will give formerly incarcerated men and women the opportunity to succeed and never return to prison.

Michele Keller is the Senior Instructional Specialist with the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson. “I am a person in recovery. After 23 years of addiction and 3 different trips, adding up to close to 8.5 years in the ADOC, I have now been clean and sober for close to 20 years. I have been working in the Behavioral Health field for 18 years now. Assisting those with SA, SMI, mental health, dual diagnosis. I was on the board of the Safety and Justice McArthur grant and then about a little over a year ago I joined the SCT. I love what SCT has to offer, the population we serve and what the future holds.”

Karen Caldwell is the Director of Workforce Development for the Primavera Foundation in Tucson, Arizona. She oversees Primavera Works, a social enterprise which offers workers experiencing homelessness or other barriers an alternative to day labor halls. Primavera Works provides temporary employment and permanent job search assistance. She was born and raised in Tucson, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS degree in Sociology. She has worked at the Primavera Foundation since 1998.

Kenny Curiel Department of Economic Security Reentry Coordinator. In 2017, established Reentry inside the Tucson Complex serving clients 60 days to release with job development and job readiness such as Resume Building, Soft Skills, Mock Interviewing techniques. Currently servicing nearly 47 percent of the justice involved clients released monthly across the State. Implemented a Federal Grant funded Program for out of State clients releasing to 13 grantee states across the Country.

Lillian Lewis is the Human Resources Director for the Jim Click and Holmes Tuttle Automotive Team. She is a native Tucsonan, who graduated from the University of Arizona. Prior to her Human Resources career, Lillian worked in a local community corrections center for 11 years with incarcerated individuals and those on Probation and Parole. She understands the challenges faced by those involved in the justice system and has continued to assist them through employment opportunities, career development and community resource referrals.

Andy Silverman directs the Civil Rights Restoration Clinic at the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona. Andy co-founded the clinic in 2006 and has directed it since that time. The clinic represents people with criminal convictions in applying for such relief as restoration of civil rights, set aside of convictions, sealing of case records, etc. Andy has taught in the criminal law and immigration law fields since 1970. He is very active in the Tucson community and throughout the state of Arizona. In addition to being a Second Chance Tucson board member, he is also on the boards of the Arizona Capital Representation Project, Asylum Program of Arizona, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, and Casa Maria.