Maus
Brown County Community Corrections has a new executive director, who is no stranger to the area.
The community corrections advisory board came before the Brown County Commissioners on Sept. 7 seeking approval to hire Mallory Maus for the position, which commissioners approved.
She was one of two applicants for the role.
Commissioner Jerry Pittman said he reviewed both applications and believed that Maus was a good choice.
Her first official day was Sept. 26.
Maus grew up in Brown County, graduating from Brown County High School in 2013.
After graduation she attended Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and studied criminal justice. She graduated from the school with a bachelor of science in 2016.
After college she worked for a nonprofit, until July of 2018 when she joined Marion County Probation Department working as a presentence investigation writer. In November of 2019, she began working for Monroe County as a supervision officer, with a specialized caseload in sex offenders on probation.
Maus is currently engaged, and will marry Nathan Rockwell next month. He is the assistant supervisor of the grounds crew at Greenwood Community Schools, as well as the assistant wrestling coach at Greenwood Community High School.
She was drawn to criminal justice from childhood, watching her mother, Kim Maus, work as the chief probation officer in Brown County for about 13 years.
Kim is now the assistant chief probation officer in Bartholomew County.
“I grew up around it,” Maus said in her new office at the County Office Building last week.
“I always knew I wanted to work in the criminal justice field, but I wanted to work on the side where I’m helping people,” she said.
“To be able to help people in the community and have a positive change or impact on peoples’ lives.”
She was sent the job posting by Brown County’s chief probation officer, Jennifer Acton, who asked if Maus would be interested.
After taking some time to think it over, Maus ultimately decided she wanted to apply.
“I love this community,” she said.
“This community is home, and I want to continue to give back to this community in whatever way I can, and if that’s something I can do as a job, I would love to do that.”
As executive director, Maus will oversee operations within the department, ensuring they are abiding by guidelines established by Indiana Department of Corrections and using evidence-based practices in their supervision.
Maus hopes to see a collaborative effort between different agencies within the county to bring positive change to the community, she said.
“Being able to provide resources or connect people with resources, but also having a collaborative effort with different departments in the criminal justice system and also in the community is big in success.
“We want to help people, we don’t want to see them fail. We want to help people be productive and connect people with resources.”
In her first couple of weeks on the job, she tried to meet with different resources and agencies in the community in order to “engage and connect” with them, she said, to make sure she understood what resources were available.
Brown County Chief Prosecutor Ted Adams said that he is excited to have bene on the board interviewing committee to meet their “excellent candidates,” and that Maus had the credentials for which the board was searching.
“Ms. Maus exhibited the intellectual fortitude, possessed an excellent attitude and aptitude towards leadership, and possessed the high-caliber credentials that the Interviewing Committee was looking for,” he said.
“I think I can speak for the Board and for our local criminal justice stakeholders in saying that we were impressed by Ms. Maus, and we look forward to working with her.”
Maus said she has a love for the community and is excited to be able to give back to her home town however she is able.
“I want this to be a long term career for me here,” she said.
“Brown County is home.”
