Nicholas J. Deml

Nicholas J. Deml (born May 14, 1987) is an American attorney, intelligence official, and politician who has served as the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections since November 2021. Previously, Deml worked as a clandestine intelligence officer in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and as an aide to U.S. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin and U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Deml holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Marquette University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in political science from Southern Illinois University. He is an advocate of corrections reform in Vermont. He is a member of the Correctional Leaders Association (CLA), serves as the Chairman of the CLA Restrictive Housing Committee, and an advisory board member of the Council of State Governments Justice Center.