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Cheri Maples
Ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh as a dharma teacher. Co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness and Justice after 25 year criminal justice career
Cheri Maples is a dharma teacher, keynote speaker, and organizational consultant and trainer. In 2008 she was ordained a dharma teacher by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, her long-time spiritual teacher. For 25 years Cheri worked in the criminal justice system, as an Assistant Attorney General in the Wisconsin Department of Justice, head of Probation and Parole for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and as a police officer with the City of Madison Police Department, earning the rank of Captain of Personnel and Training. She is the cofounder of Center for Mindfulness and Justice.