Don Murray

Don Murray was named vice president of Quality Assurance in July 2019. Murray joined CoreCivic in 2004 as director of Addictions Treatment and Behavioral Programs. He was promoted to managing director of Quality Assurance in 2005 when CoreCivic established the Quality Assurance program. In that role, Murray's leadership helped develop and implement companywide internal audit and compliance strategies that reflect numerous audit industry best practices. In addition, he has assisted multiple CoreCivic facilities in attaining accreditation by the American Correctional Association (ACA), a professional organization for all individuals and groups both public and private that share a common goal of improving the justice system. Accreditation by the ACA is an award bestowed upon correctional facilities that have met or exceeded the correctional industry's highest quality operational standards. Prior to joining CoreCivic, Murray served over 22 years with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, where he served in multiple positions of progressively increasing responsibility at the facility, regional and national levels. He received numerous awards for his bureau service, including the prestigious Director's Special Recognition Award. Murray is a member of several professional associations including the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the ACA, where he has served on numerous industry‑wide committees. He holds a doctorate in psychology from West Virginia University, a master's degree in psychology from Radford College, and a bachelor's degree in psychology, cum laude, from West Virginia Wesleyan College.