Anthony Carochi

Community Education Centers Inc. (CEC) recently welcomed Anthony Carochi as Colorado state director. Carochi brings more than 30 years of experience to CEC with an extensive background in correctional management in both the public and private sectors. Carochi has held senior management roles at 19 State of Colorado Correctional facilities and four private contract prison facilities.

He has been an advisor to Mexico on corrections programming for the United States Embassy on a wide-range of policy issues related to United States contributions. He began his career in corrections in 1985 working for the Colorado Department of Corrections and worked his way through the ranks holding positions of associate warden, warden and deputy director of prisons, to director of prisons in 2011.

Prior to joining CEC, Carochi served as regional vice president of JPay Inc., and was previously employed at the GEO Group. Carochi holds a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science from Colorado State University.