John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Center for Career and Professional Development

Spring 2014 Pi Alpha Alpha National Public Administration Honors Society Career Panel

 Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 5:30-7:00 PM in L.61

From left -to-right: Mary Ann Triest, Prof. Dan Feldman, Denise Dizzine, and Merline Denis Barrington

In collaboration with Prof. Dan Feldman, Faculty Advisor to the Pi Alpha Alpha (PAA) chapter at John Jay College, the Center for Career & Professional Development hosted Ms. Denise Dizzine and Ms. Merline Denis Barrington as our career panelists.  Both women are John Jay MPA program and PAA members.  They discussed their personal career paths and opportunities within the NYS Unified Court System and the Port Authority of NY & NJ.   If you were unable to make it and interested in what we discussed, reach out to mtriest@jjay.cuny.edu for information about this event.

Bios

Ms. Denise Dizzine

Ms. Dizzine worked as a Senior Case Manager in Manhattan Family Treatment Court monitoring parents in substance  abuse  treatment  with  the  goal  of  achieving  reunification  with  their  children  from foster care or preventing their children from being removed.  For the past year, she has worked in the role of Child Welfare Court Improvement Project Liaison for Bronx Family Court, where she works  with the judicial  and non-judicial  staff on a local, citywide,  and statewide  level to improve  the  outcomes  of  child  welfare  cases  from  the  court’s  perspective.    Ms.  Dizzine  is involved  with various  committees  and initiatives  in the courthouse  and at the citywide  level, which focus on topics such as the disproportionate minority representation of children in foster care and the needs of youth transitioning out of foster care.

 Ms. Merline Denis Barrington

As only the third student from the CUNY system, Merline was offered the opportunity to joi n the  Port  Authority of  New  York and  New  Jersey’s distinguished  Leadership Fellows program, 2013 class.  Becoming John Jay College’s first ever alumni to join the program, Merline graciously took on the challenge and often draws from the firm foundation cultivated as a student at John Jay .  Merline’s first Leadership Fellows assignment is within the Human Resources Department sphere heading the 113th    Police Academy Recruitment process, leading the efforts to onboard approximately 275 Port Authority Police Officers who will  keep  our  ports,  bridges,  tunnels  and  trade  center  safe.  While rotating in the HR department, Merline has also worked on several strategies  for integration  of work streams and diversity throughout the Port Authority Human Capital department as well as recruitment optimization.