Casey Sikes, a Berry College graduate and former Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit (LMJC) employee, has been appointed to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles Clemency Division as a criminal investigator.

Sikes is a 2010 graduate of Berry College and began her career in 2014 with LMJC as a parole officer.  In 2015, she transferred to the newly created Department of Community Supervision. While there, she served as a Field Training Officer, Arrest Team Coordinator, EM Specialist, and Body Cam Specialist. She obtained her Post Instructor certification in 2017. She then went on to receive her Firearms Instructor and Defensive Tactics Instructor certifications in 2018, as well as her Trauma Informed Care Instructor certification.

In 2019, she served in a temporary role in Data Operations attached to IT, where she served as a liaison between the field and IT. She then went on to work in the Jones Circuit, where she worked as a Community Supervision Officer and court specialist.