Donald A. Arias
Southeast Regional Administrator
Department of Corrections
Donald has worked for the Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole, for over 19 years. He currently hold the position of Regional Administrator for the Southeast Region. In this position, his role is to provide oversight of the operations of all district offices, community supervision centers, and institutional parole offices in the Region. This includes building relations with all relevant criminal justice areas and agencies across the region, collaborating with various resource partners to develop effective program services, contract management, budget management, policy and procedure management/development, resource allocations, providing team member support, and budget administration. During his years of service, he has held the positions of Field Probation and Parole Officer, Field Unit Supervisor, District Administrator, and TCSTL Superintendent. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Mary’s University, Winona Minn. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.