Board Members
Vice Chairman James Mills
ames W. Mills is Vice Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Mr. Mills, of Hall County, was elected Vice Chairman of the Parole Board for FY15 and again for FY16. He was appointed to the Board in November of 2011.
The former State Representative served nineteen years in the legislature representing the 25th district. He served on numerous committees and he served as Secretary of the Rules Committee and Chairman of the Banks and Banking Committee.
During his legislative service, Mr. Mills sponsored key legislation, including the amendment that placed “IN GOD WE TRUST” on the Georgia state flag and he passed “proof of citizenship when registering to vote” legislation. He also helped to pass the Georgia Mortgage Fraud Law allowing district attorneys to prosecute mortgage fraud and the “Option of Adoption” legislation, the first-of-its-kind in the nation. He was invited to the White House on two occasions as recognition for his tax cutting efforts as a state legislator.
Mr. Mills was named Christian Coalition Legislator of the Year in 2001. In 2007, he was named “Legislator of the Year” by the Georgia Retail Association. He is the recipient of the “Pro-Life Hero Award" from the Georgia Right to Life organization, and in 2007, he was named the Pro-Life Hero Legislator by the Justice Foundation.
Mr. Mills is a successful businessman and three times he has been named to the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Who’s Who in Finance. Mr. Mills currently serves on the Board of Community Supervision.
Mr. Mills graduated from Mercer University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree.
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In 1990, he received a master’s degree from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (N.O.B.T.S.). Mr. Mills is involved in many community youth activities and he’s led numerous overseas mission trips through his local church.
Albert Murray
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State Board of Pardons and Paroles Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Report
lbert R. Murray, of Rockdale County, was appointed to serve on the Board in May 2010, leaving his post as Commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice. He is the longest serving juvenile justice commissioner
in Georgia’s history, serving in that capacity from January 2004 to May 2010.
Mr. Murray served as Chairman of the Parole Board from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014. Prior to serving as chairman, he served two, one-year terms as vice chairman.
Mr. Murray’s distinguished career includes 16 years in Tennessee where he served as Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Children Services and the Department of Youth Development. In 1996, he was named as the first commissioner of the newly created Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority and held this position until 2003. He was a deputy commissioner for the Alabama Department of Corrections in 2003.
A major accomplishment as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice was the completion of all requirements for the release from the agency’s memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on May 5, 2009, ending eleven years of federal oversight.