About Us

About the Team

Hampton Morgan Jr.

Executive Director
Hampton has been involved in delivering reentry programming since ‘09, first at USP Canaan in Waymart &, for the past 5 years, at Pike County Correctional Facility (PCCF). During which he wrote “Choosing Forgiveness” and “Choosing Integrity,” two 12-week courses currently being used at PCCF with male & female inmates. Hampton & Gean were 2 of the original 3 men that incorporated Choosing Integrity as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in PA in 2014.

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Sharon Daniel

Certified Recovery Specialist
Sharon has been Choosing Integrity’s lead provider of reentry programming at Pike County Correctional Facility since September 2022. She leads weekly peer support groups for men and women at the correctional facility and co-leads Choosing Integrity’s weekly Smart Recovery meeting at its office in Milford. Sharon has a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy and has worked in an inpatient alcohol treatment center.

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Gean Bechthold

Director & Chairman
Gean has been involved in prison reentry programs since 2009. He began by working within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at USP Canaan and in 2015, added the Pike County Correctional Facility (PCCF) to his volunteer work. At Canaan, Gean works within the Religious Services Department teaching faith-based programming. At PCCF, he teaches employment skills to men in the reentry program: Actively Reducing Recidivism Opens Windows (ARROW).

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Luke Barbalich

Director
Luke’s work and passion are largely focused on improving the health and wellness of communities through utilization of education and prevention tools, enhancing access to care, advocacy, collaboration and coalition building. Much of his extensive career in healthcare and human services has been dedicated to leveraging health system and community resources to enrich the lives and overall wellbeing of individuals and families.

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Jack T. Donson

Director
Jack is a retired DOJ-Federal Bureau of Prison’s employee with over 30 years of experience working with the incarcerated, attorneys and law enforcement. While employed with the government, he worked in case management capacities for the Correctional Programs Division, which included assignments in the Philadelphia Regional Office and the New York City Community Corrections Office.

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Martha Dubensky

Director & Treasurer
As the founder and director of a non-profit organization now in its 23^rd year, and a board member or chairperson of other community and church organizations, Martha is well established in the Pike County community. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and Microbiology from the University of New Hampshire, an Master of Science in Food Science from Cornell University and an Master of Science in Psychology from Kaplan University.

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Steve Guccini

Director
Steve not only serves on the Board of Directors of Choosing Integrity, Inc, he is also the President of the United Way of Pike County and an Advisory Council member of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Berks, Pike & Wayne Counties. He earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1979 from the University of Miami School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and History in 1974 from the Pennsylvania State University.

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Marti Licon-Vitale

Director & Secretary
Marti began her career as a correctional officer in 1992, in Texas and promoted to positions with greater responsibility through the ranks of the Correctional Programs Division. She activated one of the very first Residential Drug Abuse Programs in the federal prison system as a case manager. She was on the team which activated the largest detention center in the Bureau of Prisons in the position of unit manager in 2000.

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Brain Altomare

Director
Brian has spent most of his career in the startup space. He’s created and run companies in the college, travel, logistics, and marketing industry. He’s a native New Yorker who has been coming to Pike County since he was a child to stay at cabins and a property his great grandparents built in the 1950’s. In 2019, he left Brooklyn and moved to one of the cabins to live and work remotely.

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Tara Bates Kaires

Director
Attracted to Choosing Integrity’s mission, Tara became a volunteer in 2021, bringing her strengths and expertise in the areas of fundraising, administrative and organizational support to the organization. She has been involved in planning and organizing fundraising events, all the while becoming passionate about helping Choosing Integrity achieve its important goal of promoting the successful reentry of returning citizens.

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Anthony Waldron

Director
Tony is an attorney specializing in Real Estate (Commercial & Residential) Land Use, Municipal Government, Land Conservation, Estate Planning and Administration and Small Business formation and operation. He is the Solicitor of the Wallenpaupack Area School District and Lackawaxen Township. He has also served as a Pike County Commissioner

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