Cheri Maples

Cheri Maples was a dharma teacher, keynote speaker, organizational consultant and trainer, and the cofounder of the Center for Mindfulness and Justice. In 2008 she was ordained a dharma teacher by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, her long-time spiritual teacher. For 25 years Cheri worked in the criminal justice system, as an Assistant Attorney General in the Wisconsin Department of Justice, head of Probation and Parole for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and as a police officer with the City of Madison Police Department, earning the rank of Captain of Personnel and Training. Cheri passed away in late July, 2017.