Jason Guidry was appointed to the Board of Parole by Governor Polis in 2019.
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, he began his undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin
before moving to Colorado where he completed his B.A. in Sociology and receiving Department Honors
at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Mr. Guidry received his M.A. in Counseling from Regis
University with Graduate Honors. He began working with the Colorado Department of Corrections in
2011 as a Mental Health therapist at the Sterling Correctional Facility as the primary therapist to clients
in Protective Custody. He has also worked at the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center completing
mental health assessments for all new arrivals to the Department of Corrections. His primary expertise
has been providing mental health and offense specific treatment to the female population at Denver
Women’s Correctional Facility. Mr. Guidry has held several positions with Sex Offender Treatment and
Monitoring Program (SOTMP) including Treatment Provider, Victim Liaison, Support Education and as
the Denver Complex Program Coordinator. In 2015, Mr. Guidry received the SOTMP Leadership award
and was awarded SOTMP Supervisor of the Year in 2017. Mr. Guidry has specialized training in Trauma,
Honoring Victims Voice in Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, and completing Metropolitan State
University of Denver’s “Colorado Victim Assistance Academy.”