Announcing CCT’s New Executive Director and Board Chair!
The Center for Community Transitions, Inc. (CCT) is proud to announce the next chapter in the agency’s evolution—one that honors CCT’s five decade history and boldly steps into the future transformative second chances.
LaCresa Morgan, Center for Women Program Director, will step into the role of Executive Director, effective June 2, 2025.
LaCresa is the right leader for this next phase. With her comprehensive background in criminal justice —from probation and corrections to reentry—she has been a positive force since joining the agency in 2017, stepping into Center for Women program leadership in 2023, and successfully leading the residential work release program through its first American Correctional Association (ACA) accreditation in 2024 and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) in spring 2025. LaCresa’s belief in the power of rehabilitation and accountability makes her leadership especially significant at this time. Reentry, in LaCresa’s vision, is about enabling supportive community supervision that helps individuals embrace new opportunities and leave behind behaviors that led to criminal justice involvement.
Her leadership is well aligned with North Carolina’s Reentry 2030 initiative, which emphasizes the importance of shifting from overly punitive models of supervision to relationship-based reentry strategies that prioritize human connection, self-determination, and belonging. By grounding CCT’s work in desistance from crime methods, we are creating a framework for lasting, holistic transformation that helps individuals reconnect with their true selves and their communities. This is the future we envision, one where people are no longer defined by their past mistakes or probability of rearrest, but instead, empowered by their potential for growth and change.
In addition, LaCresa’s pursuit of a PhD in Organizational Leadership reflects her commitment to building systems that support individual transformation and institutional change. Her approach will ensure that CCT remains at the forefront of this work, integrating relevant research with practical solutions that bring real, sustainable change to those we serve.
Justin Perry, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CSI of Perry Counseling, Healing and Recovery PLLC and dedicated CCT Board member since 2017, will assume the role of Board Chair, effective July 1, 2025.
Justin’s board membership since 2017 has been instrumental in helping shape CCT’s vision and impact, including expertise that helped launch behavioral health in 2021 at the Center for Women work release program. His leadership will continue to help guide CCT in continuing its vision of desistance-enabled opportunities for those impacted by the justice system.
Together, LaCresa and Justin’s leadership is anchored in the belief that second chances are a fundamental right for all. Their shared vision will help advance CCT’s mission of healing, growth, and reintegration through the principles of desistance and community power.
As we celebrate these exciting transitions, now more than ever, I implore you to continue supporting CCT in this new chapter. Your financial support ensures that our work of person-first centered reentry will thrive. Owning the journey together, we can all make a difference in the lives of those who need it most.
Thank you for your support of CCT’s vision and mission.