HEATHER RICE-MINUS
President and CEO
Heather Rice-Minus is the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship. Previous to this role, Heather was Prison Fellowship’s executive vice president of strategic initiatives. In this position, she led teams that built partnerships with churches, helped strengthen relationships between incarcerated parents and their children, fostered partnerships with donors at every level, and advocated for restorative criminal justice reform. Prior to that, Heather led Prison Fellowship’s advocacy team and was a leading voice behind the passage of the First Step Act.
A sought-after public speaker on the intersection of faith, justice, and incarceration, Heather has addressed audiences at national conferences and events including Wilberforce Weekend, Q Ideas Conference, and more. She has also contributed to Christianity Today, Slate, CBN News, The Marshall Project, PBS' Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, and many other media outlets.
Previously, Heather managed prison reform advocacy efforts at the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and taught English in East Africa.
She graduated cum laude from Colorado State University with a degree in liberal arts and social work. After earning her J.D. from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, she became a member of the Virginia State Bar, a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network and Faith & Public Life Ideas Council, and a Colson Fellow.
She resides in Southeast Washington, D.C., with her husband and two daughters.
KATE TRAMMELL
Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Legal & Research
Kate Trammell leads Prison Fellowship’s advocacy, legal, and research teams. She and her teams work to change culture through leveraging cutting-edge research, grassroots mobilization, and legislative campaigns. Trammell oversees the development of Prison Fellowship’s policy positions on criminal justice issues. She also directs the organization’s advocacy initiatives designed to bring justice that restores to those impacted by crime and incarceration at the state and federal levels. Additionally, Trammell leads the in-house legal team at Prison Fellowship, working to honor the mission and vision of the organization through appropriate risk management and guidance.
Trammell has contributed to articles on crime and incarceration in The New York Times, Christian Post, Business Insider, and a variety of national and regional publications.
A member of the Virginia State Bar, Trammell previously served as a magistrate for the Supreme Court of Virginia. She is a graduate of Liberty University School of Law with added studies in international law and comparative criminal procedure. She resides in Florida with her husband and two children.
CODY WILDE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS
Cody Wilde oversees Prison Fellowship’s correctional programming in approximately 1,200 prisons across all 50 states. Cody previously served as an Academy director at Lino Lakes Correctional Facility, as a regional director for the Midwest and Great Lakes territory, and as national director of operations for the Academy team.
Originally from North Dakota, Cody is a former officer in the United States Army. He received his undergraduate degree in history from Northwestern College in St. Paul and holds graduate degrees in theology and international affairs from Bethel Seminary and the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University. He is a student in a business management certificate program at the University of Texas, Austin.
Cody is married with three children and lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where he serves on the elder board at his local church.
JERMAINE WILSON
MISSION AMBASSADOR, PRISON FELLOWSHIP
Jermaine Wilson is a mission ambassador at Prison Fellowship. He has also served as a two-time mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas (2019 and 2022). As a servant leader, his passion for helping others stems from his humble beginnings and troubled childhood.
Jermaine spent seven years behind bars—four of them as a juvenile. While incarcerated as an adult, he participated in biblically based programs through Prison Fellowship and experienced the life-transforming power of God’s Word. With renewed purpose and vision, Jermaine no longer saw himself as a failure and a mistake.
After his release from prison, Jermaine created a nonprofit organization, Unity in the Community, to establish trust between citizens and law enforcement. When his criminal record was expunged, he increased his political and civic involvement. In 2017, he was elected city commissioner for Leavenworth, Kansas. In 2020, he became the first formerly incarcerated person to serve on the Kansas Sentencing Committee.
Jermaine is an ordained minister, husband, and father of five children.