Board Members

The Pardon and Parole Board (PPB) is established through Article VI, Section 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution. The five-member, part-time board is charged with making impartial investigations and reviews of applicants for commutations, pardons, paroles, and clemencies. The PPB may grant parole for non-violent offenses, including specific restrictions, limitations, and services as deemed proper. In addition, the PPB may make recommendations to the Governor regarding commutations, pardons, and paroles for violent offenses, including suggestions regarding restrictions, limitations, and services as deemed appropriate. Members of the Board are appointed. Three (3) are appointed by the Governor, one (1) by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and one (1) by the presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The Board holds office coterminously with the Governor.

To be eligible for appointment as a Pardon and Parole Board member, a person shall possess:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and have at least five (5) years of experience in one or more of the following fields:
  • Criminal justice;
  • Parole;
  • Probation;
  • Corrections;
  • Criminal law
  • Law enforcement
  • Mental health services
  • Substance abuse services or Social work.
• At least two members of the Pardon and Parole Board shall have five (5) years of training or experience in mental health services, substance abuse services, or social work.

Judge Richard A. Miller served as Associate District Judge for Marshall County in the 20th Judicial District for 26 years. While on the bench, he also served on the Emergency Division of the Court of Criminal Appeals and was a member of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice System Task Force. Judge Miller's legal service also includes eleven years as a prosecutor in the 20th Judicial District and numerous years as an active retired Judge, by appointment of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Since 2018, Miller has served as Municipal Judge for the cities of Tishomingo and Madill. Judge Miller has been on the Board of Directors of Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers for the past 17 years and served as the board's president. Judge Miller is a 1978 graduate of the Oklahoma University City School of Law, where he was a member of the O.C.U. Law Review. His legal education also includes training at the National Judicial College. Judge Miller fills one of the positions that requires experience or training in mental health services, substance abuse services, or social work on the Pardon and Parole Board.

Judge Miller was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board by the Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals on January 4, 2023, and his first term will expire in January 2027. 

Dr. Konieczny retired at the end of 2021 as CEO/President/Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, where he oversaw all Episcopal Institutions, Schools, and Churches throughout the state of Oklahoma. Prior to becoming a Priest and Bishop, Dr. Konieczny served as a Police Officer in Southern California. As a Police Officer he worked Uniform Patrol/Field Supervisor; Child Abuse/Sexual Assault Investigations; a Crime Task Force; Vice/Narcotics; taught the D.A.R.E. Program in local schools, and was cited for Meritorious Service on two occasions. Dr. Konieczny holds an AA Degree in Administration of Justice; a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice; a Masters of Divinity Degree; a Doctor of Ministry; and two Doctor of Divinity Degrees, Honoris Causa.

Dr. Konieczny was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board by Governor J. Kevin Stitt on January 14, 2022. Governor Stitt reappointed Dr. Konieczny to a second term on January 20,2023, and his term will expire January 2027.

Calvin Prince holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Human Resources Counseling from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. In 2012, Calvin began working as an administrator of the Pontotoc County Specialty Courts program for the 22^nd Judicial District of Oklahoma. This includes adult drug court, juvenile drug court, mental health court, and misdemeanor court. He also administers court-mandated parent education classes on divorce. Before his appointment to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, Calvin served on the board for the Department of Corrections as vice-chair. He served as vice-chair for the City of Ada Public Transit Services board, and is a former chairman of the board for Mercy hospital Ada. Mr. Prince fills one of the positions that requires experience or training in mental health services, substance abuse services, or social work on the Pardon and Parole Board.

Mr. Prince was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board on January 20, 2023, and his term will expire in January 2027. 

Since 2018, Robert Reavis has been an Appeals Officer and Trial Magistrate serving five distinct Tribes, including the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Modoc Nation, Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma, and Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, at the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Miami Agency in Miami, Oklahoma.
 
Additionally, Mr. Reavis works for the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Albuquerque/Santa Fe Court of Indian Offenses in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Ute Mountain Ute Court of Indian Offenses in Towaco, Colorado, where he served as an Acting Trial Magistrate for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
 
From 1994 to 2018, he held the position of Associate District Judge in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, overseeing a wide range of legal matters. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the 13th Judicial District of Oklahoma from 1992 to 1994. During this time, he was Director of the Drug Task Force for the 13th Judicial District and Head of the Child Support Enforcement Unit.
 
Mr. Reavis was in private practice in Miami, Oklahoma, from 1991 to 1992, focusing on general practice with an emphasis on criminal defense cases.

Mr. Reavis was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma on August 17, 2023, and his term will expire in January 2027.

Kevin was born and raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he graduated from C.E. Donart High (Stillwater) in 1977. He attended Oklahoma State University from 1977-1981 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. Buchanan attended the University of Tulsa, College of Law from 1981-1984 and graduated with a Juris Doctorate degree. Buchanan began working for the law firm of Garrison, Brown & Carlson in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in 1982 while attending law school. Following graduation, he joined the firm and later became a partner in the firm of Garrison, Brown, Carlson & Buchanan. Kevin spent 26 years in private practice focusing primarily on criminal defense law, family law, and general civil litigation. During the years 1997-1998, Kevin was a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association Indigent Defense Committee. In 2010, he was elected to the position of District Attorney for District 11 which encompasses Washington and Nowata counties where he served three terms and retired January 1, 2023. During his term in office, Kevin served as President of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council from 2017-2018. Kevin is married to his wife of 24 years, Mary Beth. He has two daughters, Brittany Di Via and husband, Claudio, of Barcelona, Spain, and Kelsey Straub and husband, Ted, of Dallas, and one granddaughter, Sofia Di Via.

Mr. Buchanan was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board by Governor J. Kevin Stitt on August 3, 2023, and his term will expire January 2027.