OFDT is led by the Federal Detention Trustee; the Deputy Federal Detention Trustee assists the Federal Detention Trustee in promoting her vision. Together, the OFDT leadership team brings vision, deep knowledge and expertise to Federal detention operations and management. Learn more about the people responsible for leading OFDT into the future by reading their biographical information below.

Stacia Hylton, Federal Detention Trustee

Stacia Hylton was appointed as the Federal Detention Trustee by the Attorney General on June 14, 2004. Ms. Hylton has served as Assistant Director for the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Prisoner Operations Division and as the Chief Deputy United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina. From January 2001 to June 2001, she was designated by the Attorney General to serve as Acting Deputy Director of the USMS.

During her 25 years in Federal law enforcement, Ms. Hylton has served in field operations in the District of Columbia, the Southern District of Florida, and the Eastern District of Virginia. She has held positions as an instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, an inspector in the Witness Security Program, and as Chief of the USMS Court Security Programs. She served as Incident Commander for the USMS Emergency Response Team at Ground Zero after the September 11th terrorist attacks. In 2001, she was the Operational Commander for the Vieques, Puerto Rico operation. From 1983 to 1991, Ms. Hylton was also a member of the USMS Special Operations Group, serving on the dive team, helicopter repel and stabo team, and as a water survival instructor. In 2003, she was designated by the USMS Director as the Agency Deciding Official for all adverse actions. In 2001, she chaired the USMS Merit Promotion Career Board.

Ms. Hylton received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, which she attended on a full athletic scholarship.

Ms. Hylton is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in 1995 and the Presidential Rank Award in 2007. She is a member of the American Corrections Association and the National Sheriff’s Association.

David Musel, Deputy Federal Detention Trustee

David (Dave) Musel was appointed as the Deputy Federal Detention Trustee in July 2004. Previously, Mr. Musel served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Marshals Service. He also served as a Department of Justice Trial Attorney with the Environment and Natural Resources Division arguing environmental enforcement cases in the Federal District Courts of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth United States Circuits.

Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Musel was a Trial Attorney for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) where he served as Agency Counsel, responsible for all FEMA responsive/affirmative litigation and administrative adversarial proceedings. Mr. Musel served in the United States Army as both a member of the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps and as a combat arms and combat support officer. While in the JAG Corps, he served as Appellate Counsel with the Government Appellate Division in Falls Church, Virginia, as well as Trial Counsel and International and Operational Law Counsel for the 2nd Infantry Division in the Republic of Korea.

He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the State Bar of Iowa, the American Bar Association and the American Corrections Association.

Dave also is the recipient of several awards and honors including the 2005 Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Information Technology.

Mr. Musel received his B.A. in Organizational Communications from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also received his Juris Doctorate in May 1993 from the School of Law.