R. Perez Board Member

Raymond Perez II

Regional Administrator | Retired

Board Member

Raymond Perez II was born in Hanford and his family relocated to the Bay Area where he resided in the town of Santa Clara, CA until age 23.  Raymond decided to follow his family when they relocated back to Central Valley in 1977.  Ray has approximately 42 years of experience working in community corrections.  Ray began his working career in corrections when he joined the Tulare Co Probation Department in 1979 as a Group Supervisor at the Tulare Co. Juvenile Hall.  During the three years he worked at the Juvenile Hall he was assigned to the Juvenile Probation Work Program.  In the following years Ray earned his four-year degree in Criminology-Corrections and in 1983 he began his career with Turning Point of Central California and worked in various management positions until his retirement in September 2022.  Throughout the 39 years of his full-time employment with Turning Point of Central California Ray served as Residential Corrections Case Manager, Outpatient SUD Counselor, Assistant Program Director, Facility Director, Outpatient Program Director, Deputy Regional Administrator and Regional Executive Director.  He has many years of experience managing residential corrections and treatment programs, outpatient treatment programs, offender employment training programs, wellness and recovery, and transitional housing programs, which were provided through county, state, and federal contracts.   Ray has many years of experience working with CDCR, Federal Bureau of Prisons, United State Probation, United States Pretrial Services and Fresno County Probation contracts. 

Serving as an administrator for two agency regions during the last few years has provided Ray with an abundance of knowledge in areas of employee relations, program development, program implementation, contract review, and contract compliance.  Throughout the past few years Ray has served on Turning Point advisory boards for Fresno County programs, Madera County and Monterey County programs.

Ray is married and he and his wife reside in Tulare County.  Ray and his wife have 6 children, 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.