Complete List of Wardens

Wardens of the correctional facilities of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections

Wardens of the New Hampshire State Prison

  1. Trueworthy G. Dearborn (1812-1818)
  2. Moses Pilsbury (1818-1826)
  3. Daniel Connor (1826-1829)
  4. Abner P. Stinson (1829-1834)
  5. John M'Daniel (1834-1837)
  6. Moses Pilsbury (1837-1840)
  7. Lawson Coolidge (1840-1843)
  8. Samuel G. Berry (1843-1846)
  9. James Moore (1847-1850)
  10. Rufus Dow (1850-1853)
  11. Gideon Webster (1853-1855)
  12. William W. Eastman (1855-1859)
  13. John Foss (1859-1865)
  14. Joseph Mayo (1865-1870)
  15. John C. Pilsbury (1870-1880)
  16. Frank S. Dodge (1880-1887)
  17. J. Horace Kent (1887-1888)
  18. George W. Colbath (1888-1894)
  19. Nahum Robinson (1894-1896)
  20. Charles E. Cox (1896-1905)
  21. Henry K.W. Scott (1905-1913)
  22. Charles H. Rowe (1913-1918)
  23. Edward M. Cogswell (1918-1921)
  24. Charles B. Clarke (1921-1950)
  25. Parker L. Hancock (1950-1972)
  26. Joseph C. Vitek (1972-1974)
  27. Raymond A. Helgamoe (1974-1977)
  28. Everett I. Perrin, Jr. (1977-1983)
  29. Michael J. Cunningham (1983-2000)
  30. Jane Coplan (2001-2004) *
  31. Bruce W. Cattell (2004-2007)
  32. Richard M. Gerry (2007- 2015)
  33. Michael A. Zenk (2016-2018)
  34. Michelle Edmark (2018 - Present)

* Acting Wardens served from 2000-February 2001

New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women

  1. Edda S. Cantor (1988-1994)
  2. Jane Coplan (1994-2000)
  3. Jeanne North (2000-2001)
  4. Richard M. Gerry (2001- 2007)
  5. Joanne Fortier (2007 - 2020)
  6. Nicole Plante (2020 - 2023)
  7. Sarah Provencher (2023 - Present)

Lakes Region Facility

  1. John Sanfilippo (1991-2004)
  2. Jane Coplan (2004-2009) - This facility closed June 30, 2009

Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility

  1. Sidney Bird (1999-2000)
  2. Bruce W. Cattell (2001-2004)
  3. Larry D. Blaisdell (2004 - 2011)
  4. Edward Reilly (2012 - 2015)
  5. Michelle Edmark (2015 - 2018)
  6. Corey Riendeau (2018 - Present)