Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today the appointment of Alan Clark as Director of Internal Affairs and the appointment of Daniel Roberts as Correctional Food Service Administrator.
“The Department of Correction relies on highly capable leaders and professional staff with a wide variety of skills to meet our public safety and reentry mission,” said Deputy Commissioner Terra Taylor.” Internal Affairs Director Clark brings deep knowledge of the DOC and a distinguished career in law enforcement and investigations to his important role. Food Services Administrator Roberts has demonstrated in both the private sector and at the DOC his ability to lead all facets of complex food service operations to ensure that kitchens operate effectively and efficiently around the clock to prepared thousands of nutritious meals each day. We appreciate the critical work they and their teams provide in service to the DOC.”
Director of Internal Affairs Alan Clark has 40 years of law enforcement experience, notably 27 years as a City of Philadelphia Police Officer with 11 years of command level supervisory experience including several District Command assignments in South Philadelphia, Central Philadelphia and a Command in the Internal Affairs Bureau. Director Clark graduated from the highly selective FBI National Academy, graduated from the Northwestern School of Staff and Command and has completed multiple advanced National Incident Management and Incident Command System trainings. Director Clark earned a Bachelor’s degree in Corrections from York College of Pennsylvania and a Master’s degree from Saint Joseph’s University. He has been a member of the Delaware DOC Internal Affairs Unit since 2015.
The Internal Affairs Unit within the Office of the Commissioner is responsible for conducting investigations involving DOC employees, contractors, vendors and volunteers having security clearances and doing business with the Department.
Correctional Food Service Administrator Daniel Roberts joined the DOC in 2016 as the Food Service Quality Control Administrator where he has been responsible for conducted trainings for food service personnel and inmate workers, performing kitchen and warehouse inspections and evaluations to ensure compliance with policies and standards, overseeing a quality assurance program, managing the Food Service ServSafe Certification program for personnel and inmate workers, and assisting in securing and retaining American Correctional Association accreditation. Roberts came to the DOC from Aramark Dining Services (2004-2016) where he most recently worked as Executive Chef at JP Morgan Chase in Newark, Delaware managing their multi-million dollar food service contract. Roberts also worked on the Aramark culinary design team which focused on new recipe creation, menu design, and catering concepts at its Philadelphia headquarters. Roberts is a graduated of the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute with an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts.
The DOC Food Services Unit provides central administration for central food supply and facility kitchens that prepare more than 20,000 meals each day and more than seven million meals annually. The Correctional Food Services Administrator provides leadership and guidance over operations that employ more than 100 institutional food services personnel, develops menus in consultation with a registered Dietitian, directs purchasing and warehousing of supplies, collaborates with healthcare staff to meet special dietary needs, and ensures compliance professional standards related to security, sanitation, physical hygiene and safety.
Photos of Internal Affairs Director Alan Clark and Correctional Food Services Administrator Daniel Roberts are below.
