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Founding Partner Charles H. Ramsey has been at the forefront of developing innovative policing strategies and leading organizational change for the past 35 years. He brings over fifty years of knowledge, experience, and service in advancing the law enforcement profession in three different major city police departments, beginning with Chicago, then Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. He is an internationally recognized practitioner and educator in his field and is a past president of both the Police Executive Research Forum and the Major Cities Chiefs Association. He is the only law enforcement professional to have served as president of both prominent organizations at the same time and to receive the Leadership Award from 3 major law enforcement organizations: the FBI National Executive Institute, the Police Executive Research Forum, and the Major Cities Chiefs Association. In December 2014, following several high-profile incidents involving police use of force, President Barack Obama chose Commissioner Ramsey to serve as co-chair of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. He is currently a Distinguished Policy Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law and an advisor to the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Commissioner Ramsey was appointed Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department on January 7, 2008, by Mayor Michael A. Nutter. He retired in January 2016 after serving eight years as Commissioner and leading the fourth-largest police department in the nation, with over 6,600 sworn members and 830 civilian members. He also served as the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia (MPDC), from April 21, 1998, to January 1, 2007. During that tenure, he oversaw and participated in numerous high-profile investigations and events in Washington, DC, including the 9/11terrorist attacks, the 2001 anthrax attacks, the 2002 DC sniper investigation, and the 2001 and 2005 presidential inaugurations.

Commissioner Ramsey holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the FBI National Executive Institute, and the Executive Leadership Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security.  In December 2015, the Philadelphia Police Department Training Academy Auditorium was named in his honor, and the United States Congress approved a U.S. postage stamp bearing his likeness.

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Founding Partner Sean Smoot is a subject matter expert on policing and public safety and the Managing Partner of 21CP. Building on a 30+ year career in law and policing, he now consults internationally on issues related to Constitutional Policing, Public Employment Labor Law, Pension & Benefits Law, Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation, Body Worn Cameras, Use of Force, Supervision, Officer Safety & Wellness, Recruiting, Retention, and Hiring. 

Mr. Smoot was a police and public safety advisor to the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Teams and a Member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. He also was part of the Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government from 2008 to 2014. He is a member of several national boards and committees, and regularly speaks at conferences, meetings, and forums on topics related to public safety, police-community relations, and law enforcement agency operations. He has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, and several national news affiliates discussing critical issues in modern policing.

Mr. Smoot’s career in law enforcement labor relations and legislative advocacy began in Illinois and he remains the Emeritus Director and Chief Counsel of the Police Benevolent & Protective Association of Illinois. He also is the Area 4 Vice-President of the National Association of Police Organizations (“NAPO”), a national law enforcement advocacy group representing over 250,000 police officers across the United States. Other noteworthy service in his native state includes his 2015 appointment to the Illinois Commission on Police Professionalism by then-Governor Bruce Rauner, and his current role on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB). First appointed to ILETSB in 2020 by Governor J.B. Pritzker, he was elected Chairman of the Board in 2023. As ILETSB’s Chairman, he is responsible for the oversight and training of more than 35,000 sworn law enforcement officers and over 6,500 sworn correctional officers across the state. Mr. Smoot also spent 12 years as an elected alderman and ten years as the police commissioner in Leland Grove.

Mr. Smoot holds a BS in Criminal Justice Sciences from Illinois State University and a JD from the Southern Illinois University School of Law, where he served as the Business Editor of the SIU Law Journal.

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Founding Partner Roberto Villaseñor served with the Tucson Police Department for over 35 years, including six years as the chief of the department. He served in every division and bureau, including Patrol, Investigations, Internal Affairs, Bike Patrol, PIO, Hostage Negotiations, Community Policing, Administration, and Communications. As an assistant chief for 9 years, he commanded all four bureaus of the department and served as the union liaison involved in discipline grievances and labor negotiations. His career history and assignments have given him a thorough understanding of all facets of policing and police management.

Villaseñor served on several state and national boards and committees, including the Arizona HIDTA (Chairman), the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police (President), the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Executive Board, the FBI CJIS/UCR Working Group, and currently sits on the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Ethics and Integrity Advisory Panel. In 2014 Chief Villaseñor was appointed by President Obama to the President’s National Task Force on 21st Century Policing, and in 2015 was appointed by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to the Arizona Criminal Justice Council.

Chief Villaseñor has a BS from Park University and an MEd from Northern Arizona University. He attended the PERF Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP), the University of California at Long Beach Leadership Development Series, the FBI National Academy, and the FBI National Executives Institute (NEI). Throughout his career, in addition to numerous commendations and letters of appreciation, he received the department’s Medal of Distinguished Service, three Medals of Merit, and was Officer of the Year for 1996. In 2015, the Tucson Branch of the NAACP presented him an award for “Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice,” and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber named him as the 2015 Arizona Public Servant of the Year.

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Ronald Davis was nominated by President Joseph Biden and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the 12th Director of the United States Marshals Service (USMS). As director of America's oldest federal law enforcement agency, Mr. Davis led a workforce of over 10,000 professionals, including over 5,500 operational and administrative employees and approximately 5,000 special deputies and court security officers, spanning over 500 domestic offices and four foreign field offices. Mr. Davis also gained valuable experience into judicial security including facility security, risk assessments, and executive protection, as well as fugitive apprehension, witness security, and prison operations.

Mr. Davis previously served as the Director of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) from 2013 to 2017. It was during that tenure that President Barack Obama appointed him to serve as the executive director of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

He also spent more than 28 years in local law enforcement, starting in 1985 with the Oakland, California, Police Department rising to the rank of captain. Then in 2005, Mr. Davis became the police chief for the City of East Palo Alto, California, and held that position for more than 8 years. As the police chief, Mr. Davis worked collaboratively with the community to improve public trust, enhance organizational accountability, and dramatically reduce crime and violence in a city once named the murder capital of the United States.

Mr. Davis possesses a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University and has completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, where he also served on the Executive Session on Police and Public Safety.

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Kathleen O’Toole has held several executive positions in the public and private sectors and is widely recognized for her principled leadership and successful reform efforts in North America and Europe. As a law school student, Kathleen accepted a position as a patrol officer with the Boston Police Department and quickly rose through the ranks. She became chief of the Metropolitan District Commission Police in Boston, a lieutenant colonel overseeing special operations in the Massachusetts State Police, and the Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety.  She has served as the Boston Police Commissioner and the Seattle Chief of Police. She also served as chief inspector of the Garda Síochána, the Irish national police service. Chief O’Toole was a member of the Independent Commission on Policing during the Northern Ireland Peace Process, the Commission on the Future of Policing in England and Wales and recently chaired the Commission on the Future of Policing in the Republic of Ireland. 

Chief O’Toole’s public safety experience extends well beyond policing. When serving as Secretary of Public Safety in Massachusetts, she was responsible for twenty agencies, boards, and commissions, including the Massachusetts State Police, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Fire Services, the Department of Correction, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles. She chaired the Boston Fire Department Review Commission and was a member of a four-member panel that developed the framework for reform of the Northern Ireland Prison Service. She has overseen and directed planning, operations, and recovery for hundreds of major events and natural disasters.

As a practicing attorney, she has represented clients on civil matters and acted “of counsel” to a Boston law firm. She also served as a corporate security manager at Digital Equipment Corporation with global responsibility for executive protection, crisis management, and threats of violence in the workplace. In the academic arena, Chief O’Toole has conducted and published research in the areas of organization science, law, and criminal justice. She served as an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern University, the University of Ulster, and Seattle University.  She holds a BA from Boston College, a JD from the New England School of Law, and a PhD from the Business School of Trinity College Dublin.

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Matthew Barge is a police practices and civil rights expert with 18 years of experience working with law enforcement agencies, city governments, and communities on public safety challenges. He currently serves as the Deputy Managing Partner of 21CP and leads work on outcome assessments and compliance reviews for the federal monitoring team overseeing the consent decree involving the Baltimore Police Department. From 2015 through 2019, he served as the federal court-appointed monitor overseeing a federal consent decree involving the Cleveland Division of Police. He has also been a member of the monitoring team in Seattle from 2013 through 2018 and from 2020 to the present. 

In his work with 21CP Solutions, Mr. Barge has provided expertise and counsel to the California Department of Justice, New York Attorney General’s Office, and Minnesota Department of Human Rights on investigations and oversight of police practices. He has conducted voluntary, comprehensive assessments of police departments for numerous communities, including Aurora, Colorado; Raleigh, North Carolina; South Bend, Indiana; and Tacoma, Washington. He has also assisted universities and colleges, from Harvard University and Yale University to the University of Oregon and the University of Southern California, in addressing community safety issues.

Mr. Barge has been a Senior Policing Fellow with the Policing Project at N.Y.U. School of Law since 2017.  In that capacity, he has served as a member of the design team on an initiative focused on re-imagining the delivery of public safety services; helped to design a tool to help police departments assess their performance and operations; and worked to implement a Neighborhood Police Initiative promoting community problem-solving approaches at the Chicago Police Department.

A lawyer, Mr. Barge previously worked as a litigator specializing in complex, multi-district litigation at the law firms of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan in New York City. He is a graduate of NYU School of Law and Georgetown University.

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Nola M. Joyce is a nationally recognized policing expert. She also served as deputy commissioner for the Philadelphia Police Department and held executive positions in the Washington, D.C., and Chicago Police Departments. She spearheaded significant organizational change efforts in these demanding public safety agencies, demonstrating exceptional ability to drive transformation.

Her achievements and recognition in policing and public safety are extensive and diverse. She served on several prestigious advisory boards, including the American Law Institute’s project, Principles of the Law: Policing, and the National Science Academy’s Panel on Modernizing the Nation’s Criminal Statistics. Her expertise is widely recognized, as evidenced by her role on the International Association of Police Chiefs (IACP) Research Advisory Committee, the Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Research Council, and as a Senior Executive Fellow of the National Institute of Policing. She received the Gary P. Hayes Award from PERF and the Award of Research Excellence from IACP, further validating her significant contributions to the field.

Ms. Joyce is driven by a deep passion for helping agencies reach new heights of performance and service. Her advanced degrees in sociology, public policy, homeland security, and her diverse experiences bring unique and valuable perspectives to her work. This combination of passion and expertise allows her to find innovative solutions to complex issues.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Hassan Aden retired as chief of police of the Greenville Police Department in Greenville, North Carolina. Prior to that he was the director of the Research and Programs Directorate of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), where he directly oversaw operational programs and research projects aimed at advancing professional police services.   He also served 26 years at the Alexandria Police Department in Alexandria, Virginia, rising to the rank of deputy chief. Chief Aden serves as the deputy monitor in the federal consent decree in Baltimore, the associate monitor in the Chicago state consent decree, and the independent police monitor for the Santa Barbara (CA) Police Department. He previously served as the monitor in Cleveland and deputy monitor in Seattle. Chief Aden also works with the U.S. Department of Justice providing technical assistance in areas such as violence reduction, internal accountability, and community policing in multiple cities.   He is a former commissioner of the governing board of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), served as a Senior Executive Fellow at the National Policing Institute, and is an active member of the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). Chief Aden holds a MPA from American University in Washington, DC.

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Jeff Asher is a nationally recognized data analyst with expertise in evaluating criminal justice data. His work has been instrumental in informing the public discourse on the challenges of using incomplete data to support analyses and inform decisions to solve complex problems.  Before launching AH Datalytics, Mr. Asher worked as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency where he worked on the U.S. Department of Defense, and as an analyst with the New Orleans Police Department. He has conducted countless qualitative analyses to produce comprehensive data products to support decision-making.  Mr. Asher has pioneered the use of data visualizations to display compelling insights into the New Orleans criminal justice system in his role as a public safety consultant for the New Orleans City Council. He has refined his authority as an analyst through ingenuity, creativity, and a strong belief that 21st Century analytics is the key to helping organizations access the information that matters.  His work has been published in numerous national publications, including FiveThirtyEight, The New York Times, Slate, and more. He obtained his master’s degree from George Washington University and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas.

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Carmen Best distinguished career spans public service and corporate security. She has served as the Director of Global Security at Microsoft, where she oversaw the comprehensive physical security infrastructure worldwide.  Previously, she was the Chief of Police for the Seattle (WA) Police Department, where she dedicated 28 years of service. Rising from an entry-level patrol officer to become the department’s first African American woman chief, Chief Best championed groundbreaking diversity hiring initiatives, established the Collaborative Police Bureau to strengthen community partnerships, and implemented vital safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.  A proud Pacific Northwest native and U.S. Army veteran, Chief Best has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the “Woman of the Year” award from the National Police Defense Foundation, and the FBI National Law Enforcement Ethics Award. She is also an Emmy-nominated public safety advocate and author of Black in Blue: Lessons on Leadership, Breaking Barriers, and Racial Reconciliation.  She serves on the United Negro College Fund Leadership Council, the YWCA King County Board, and the Seattle University Criminal Justice Advisory Committee. As a contributor for MSNBC, CNBC, and NBC News, Chief Best shares her insights on leadership, public safety, diversity, and police reform. She holds a MS in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University.

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Brenda J. Bond-Fortier, PhD, is Professor of Public Administration in the Institute for Public Service at Suffolk University. Dr. Bond-Fortier specializes in organizational change in criminal justice, systematic and collaborative approaches to organizational and community challenges, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of public safety policies and practices. Her book, Organizational Change in an Urban Police Department: Innovating to Reform (2020), analyzes changes in policy, practice and community relationships to understand innovation and organizational transformation in policing.  She has conducted research across the United States, published work in prestigious journals, and been cited in major media outlets. Dr. Bond-Fortier serves as a subject matter expert for the US Department of Justice's Strategies for Policing Innovation initiative and is a senior research fellow for the National Police Foundation. She previously served as a research associate at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Program in Criminal Justice Policy & Management, as a research advisor for the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, and as Director of Research and Development at the Lowell, Massachusetts Police Department.
Dr. Bond-Fortier received her PhD and MA in Social Policy from Brandeis University, and her MA in Community Social Psychology and a BS in Criminal Justice from University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

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Jennifer Cherkauskas, PhD, is a policing scholar with experience partnering with dozens of state, local, and university police agencies on research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects. She has over two decades of project management experience, leading multi-year, state-wide research projects and multi-agency projects.  In her role as a Director at the National Policing Institute, she provided executive oversight to a portfolio of over a dozen projects funded by federal, state, local, and philanthropic organizations.  Dr. Cherkauskas’ areas of expertise include police training, organizational change, and officer behavior. She holds a PhD from Pennsylvania State University.

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Jadine Chou has spent two decades working in government service with specializations in school safety, public housing operations, policy development and community engagement.  Most recently, she served as the Chief of Safety and Security at Chicago Public Schools for 14 years, promoting the safety of over 320,000 students and 40,000 employees in 640 schools across the city with management responsibilities for over 2,000 professional safety and security staff members.  She and her team partnered with colleagues on the academic teams to implement innovative, effective and proactive practices to drive calmer and safer school climates.   During her tenure, the district saw a 79% reduction in out of school suspensions and 68% reduction in police notifications.  Prior to joining Chicago Public Schools, she held executive-level roles at various Fortune 500 companies such as Kraft Foods and AT&T as well as at the Chicago Housing Authority, working under four Mayors.   She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including most recently, the City of Chicago Kathy Osterman Outstanding Innovator Award. Ms. Chou earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Maurice Classen has spent two decades in government and philanthropic positions in various leadership roles.  He served over two years as Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Chicago, with responsibility for day-to-day city operations, including throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic. In addition to managing the successful development and passage of budgets that resulted in the largest investments in violence reduction programming in Chicago, Mr. Clasen was also the primary drafter of the City’s police oversight legislation.  Mr. Classen previously served as Director of Strategy at the Chicago Police Department, building a 25-person team of analysts, auditors, and project managers focused on the mandates of the consent decree with the Illinois Attorney General.  The team also created Chicago’s data dashboards, an initiative that posted—for the first time in the city’s history—on the department’s website real time data on use of force, hate crimes, and community trust.  Mr. Classen served as a program officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation focused on community policing, procedural justice, violence reduction, police oversight and city accountability issues. He began his career in Seattle as criminal prosecutor in King County (Seattle), Washington. Mr. Classen holds a BS from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and earned his JD at the University of Washington School of Law.

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Hugh T. Clements Jr. worked his entire 38-year law enforcement career with the Providence (RI) Police Department. He rose through the ranks, working undercover in the Special Investigations Bureau, and in the Detective Bureau before becoming a District patrol commander, and serving his last twelve years as the chief.  In 2023, Chief Clements was appointed by Merrick Garland to serve in the U.S. Department of Justice as the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). In that role he directed the overall grants, training & technical assistance, and resources of the Office. He is the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding police work including the PPD’s Chief’s Award, awards from the FBI, ATF, and DEA, the White House Champions of Change, and the 2024 President’s Award from the Major County Sheriff’s Association. He entered the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Hall of Fame in 2018, and the City of Providence named the Public Safety Auditorium and Roll Call room in his honor. Chief Clements holds a BA from the University of Rhode Island, a BS from Roger Williams University and an MS in Criminal Justice from Boston University. Chief Clements also served as a visiting Fellow with Brown University and the Policy Lab for several years.

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Christine Cole is a subject matter expert in public safety, improving police performance, and community engagement. For decades, Ms. Cole worked across local, regional and state levels of government in policing, institutional and community-based corrections, victim advocacy, community organizing, and emergency response planning as well as working as part of a prosecution team. She has contributed to research and writing about police organizations, leadership, oversight and the organization of first responders to mass casualty and active shooter events. Ms. Cole previously served as the executive director of the Crime and Justice Institute at CRJ, a national non-profit working on justice and safety reform. She ran the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School and served as chief of staff at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety where she led and monitored policy and operational reform efforts throughout 14 state agencies and 22 commissions. Ms. Cole holds a MPA from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, MA in community psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and BA from Boston College.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Jason Drake is a management professional with over 25 years of experience in marketing, financial management, and new business development. He earned his MBA through the University of Maryland Global Campus, where he expanded his business management education to match his work experience. He received leadership training through The Boy Scouts of America, earning the highest rank of Eagle Scout. Mr. Drake serves in his community as the Scoutmaster for Troop 419 and the Baltimore Area Council International Committee Member.
In his previous position as Chief Operations Officer for Strategic Applications International (SAI) and Servant Forge, he helped manage federal, state, and local grants. He also provided financial consulting services for international, national, and government organizations and partners. He completed his DOJ Grants Financial Management Certificate and remains on top of business practices to protect organizations from internal and external financial audits. He has managed large federal projects, including the President's Taskforce on 21st Century Policing and the COPS Office Emerging Issues Forums. Mr. Drake attended Towson University for his BS in Business Administration and obtained his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC).

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

With over 20 years of experience in volunteer and program management, community outreach, and project development, Jessica Drake has made an immediate and long-felt impact on each organization she touches.  As Vice President of Program Management and Development at Strategic Applications International (SAI), Mrs. Drake provided facilitation and support services for President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.  She has managed multiple grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, including one that led to the Law Enforcement Officers Mental Health and Wellness Case Studies guide that was presented to Congress during the 2019 legislative session. Mrs. Drake also led efforts to host forums on emerging issues in policing for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). These forums brought together the foremost experts in law enforcement to address the challenges and tout the successes of police, city officials, and the communities they all are called to serve.  Mrs. Drake previously served as the Director of Community Outreach and Volunteerism at the Living Classrooms Foundation in Baltimore’s historic Fells Point area, as the School & Youth Coordinator for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Maryland, and as the Advocacy and Youth Engagement Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Tyeesha Dixon is a strategic advisor and attorney with a deep background in public safety strategy, civil rights, and government and organizational development. She most recently served as Deputy White House Counsel and Deputy Assistant to President Biden, leading legal efforts to embed civil rights across federal policymaking. Ms. Dixon previously served as Deputy Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, where she led implementation of the city’s policing consent decree and founded the office's Public Safety Reform Division. Ms. Dixon has served as a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and practiced at national litigation firms in Washington, DC, and Boston. At 21CP Solutions, she draws on this cross-sector experience to help jurisdictions and organizations navigate complex change and build stronger systems. Ms. Dixon holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland.

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Michael Eddlemon is a distinguished law enforcement and corporate security executive with over 30 years of experience in leadership, risk advisory, and strategic development. Throughout his law enforcement career, Mr. Eddlemon rose through various leadership roles, ultimately retiring as Assistant Chief of Police in Peoria, Illinois. While with the department, he excelled in criminal and special investigations, and community engagement initiatives. His transformative approach to policing and dedication to building community trust have earned him widespread acclaim. In the private sector, Mr. Eddlemon served as Vice President of the U.S. and Canada for a global security agency, where he was responsible for operations in over 100 countries. He led the Enterprise Security Risk Management strategy, demonstrating exceptional strategic planning and protection strategies that aligned teams and projects with organizational vision.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Robin S. Engel, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, following 25 years in academic positions at the University of Cincinnati and the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Engel has spent her career testing evidence-based crime reduction practices and transforming police agencies. She’s served as Principal Investigator for over 100 funded research studies and projects and ranks among the top academics nationally in criminal justice based on publication in peer-reviewed journals. From 2015 to 2019, she was the Vice President for Safety and Reform at the University of Cincinnati, where she had oversight of the successful implementation of comprehensive police reforms in the aftermath of a fatal shooting of an unarmed motorist.  Dr. Engel’s work has been honored with the 2008 IACP/Motorola Webber Seavey Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement, the 2009 IACP/West Award for Excellence in Criminal Investigations, the 2008 National Criminal Justice Association’s Outstanding Criminal Justice Program Award, and the 2022 O.W. Wilson Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Dr. Engel serves as a governor-appointed member of the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board, is a former Co-chair of the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Research Advisory Committee, and as a consultant for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Terry Gainer served 47 years in law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. He began his career in law enforcement with the Chicago Police Department in 1968, spending years as a homicide detective and after law school, became that agency's Chief Legal Officer. After 20 years with the Chicago Police Department, he served as the director of the Illinois State Police from 1991 to 1998, when he was named Executive Assistant Chief of the Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C., responsible for all operations.  From 2002 to 2006 he served as Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police. Chief Gainer was then appointed as the 38th U.S. Senate Sergeant-At-Arms, the Senate's chief law enforcement and administrative officer. A native of Chicago, he is a decorated veteran who served in Vietnam and retired as a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve. He is the past commissioner of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), a board member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and member of the Police Executive Research Forum. Mr. Gainer received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Saint Benedict’s College, a Master of Science and a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Maggie Goodrich retired in 2017 as Chief Information Officer for Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles, a role with responsibility for the Los Angeles Fire Department as well as the Los Angeles Police Department. As CIO for the LAPD for seven years, Ms. Goodrich was responsible for all technology, procurement, contracts, and grant funding.  Prior to becoming CIO, she was a Commanding Officer responsible for the development and implementation of all LAPD Training Evaluation and Management Systems (TEAMS II), which included the early intervention, complaint management, and use of force systems, and worked closely with the U.S. Department of Justice and the court-appointed monitor to ensure the city’s compliance with a federal consent decree.  Previously, Ms. Goodrich also served in the Office of the Mayor as a Policy Director for Homeland Security and Public Safety and held legal and technology positions in the public and private sector. Ms. Goodrich serves as a consultant to the University of Chicago Crime Lab and on the Baltimore and Newark police department federal monitoring teams. Ms. Goodrich received her bachelor’s degree from Chapman University, graduating Magna Cum Laud, and her JD from UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Emily Gunston is a police practices expert and civil rights lawyer with more than 20 years of experience working with law enforcement, cities, and communities on constitutional policing. This includes an extensive background in investigations regarding public safety. Most recently, she was the First Assistant Attorney General at the Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia.  Previously, she was a Deputy Chief of the Special Litigation Unit within the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she led and supervised numerous police investigations and settlements involving major-city police agencies. Ms. Gunston began her career as a Public Defender at the Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender and is a graduate of the UC–Berkeley School of Law.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Eve Gushes is the former Deputy Chief for the Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform for the Chicago Police Department, where she oversaw and led all personnel assigned to the CPD reform effort and initiatives relating to compliance with a state consent decree. In her 32 years with CPD, Ms. Gushes developed and implemented the CPD’s first–ever Force Review Unit to increase citizen and police officer safety to reduce exposure to civil liability. She also coordinated cooperation among Bureaus in the CPD to ensure reform efforts were understood and looked upon as a Department-wide strategy.  Ms. Gushes served as a Compliance Officer and Community Liaison with the Portland Police Bureau in support of a Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.  She also serves as a Strategic Site Liaison within the Department of Justice's National Public Safety Partnership Program to assist the Albuquerque Police Department in implementing strategic violence reduction initiatives.  Ms. Gushes earned a D.Ed. and a Master of Science in Training and Development from Loyola University of Chicago.  She holds a B.S. from DePaul University in Chicago.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Mr. Marvin “Ben” Haiman is the Executive Director of the Center for Public Safety and Justice at the University of Virginia and a Visiting Fellow at Rutgers University. A respected leader in public safety, Mr. Haiman consults nationally and internationally on law enforcement policy, recruitment, training, and technology. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., overseeing key units, including Communications, General Counsel, Equity and People, and Professional Development. He led the MPD’s Professional Development Bureau from 2017 to 2021, where he advanced recruiting, training, testing, and HR operations, following several roles related to technology and policy. Mr. Haiman’s extensive background also includes directing the Homeland Security Advisory Council at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he developed critical task forces on national security issues. He holds a master’s degree in management from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Iowa.  Recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police as a 40 Under 40 honoree, Mr. Haiman has also earned the prestigious Gary P. Hayes Award from the Police Executive Research Forum. He continues to serve as a reserve officer with the MPD.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Ben is a nationally recognized expert in data-driven policy management and criminal justice data systems. His work has been instrumental in analyzing organizational problems, evaluating possible solutions, and building data-driven organizations. Mr. Horwitz’s influential collaborations have been with the US Department of Justice, National Policing Institute, Albuquerque Police Department, Puerto Rico Police Bureau, the Baltimore Police Department, and others. Before launching AH Datalytics, he worked as the Director of Analytics for the New Orleans Police Department, where he instituted a crime analyst unit and implemented the nationally recognized Management Analytics for Excellence (MAX). This platform assists in optimizing police management in the areas of crime, community policing, consent decree compliance, and much more. He has built numerous dashboards and data visualizations that are publicly available and has created methodologies, authored analyses, and disseminated economic, demographic, and other data sets to serve governmental, business, and non-profit organizations. Mr. Horwitz has a master’s degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University that specializes in the intersection of data, information systems, and public policy. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from American University.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Melissa R. Hyatt served as the Assistant Director for the newly formed Office of State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement for the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Prior to that position, she supported the USMS as a senior advisor to the Director.

Before joining the USMS, Hyatt served over 20 years with the Baltimore (City) Police Department, holding positions such as Chief of Staff to the Police Commissioner, Chief of Patrol, Chief of the Special Operations Division, District Commander, and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT). In 2018, she retired at the rank of Colonel to become Vice President for Security for Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University, where she oversaw security for the global enterprise. In 2019, Hyatt was sworn in as Baltimore County’s 14th Police Chief.

Hyatt holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in management from Johns Hopkins University. She is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s Executive Leaders Program, and the Major Cities Chiefs Police Executive Leadership Institute. Hyatt is also a 2021 Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellow.

Melissa Hyatt has served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Chiefs of Police and as Chair of the Human Resources and Emerging Issues Committee for the Major Cities Chiefs Association. She is also a past President of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association. Hyatt serves on the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Humane Society and for Special Olympics Maryland.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Richard Jerome is a lawyer who has spent his career working on civil rights and criminal justice issues. Previously, he was project manager of the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Charitable Trusts helping states advance fiscally sound sentencing and corrections policies that protect public safety, hold offenders accountable, and control corrections costs.  Prior to joining Pew, Richard served as Deputy Monitor and court-appointed Special Master for two police reform settlements in Cincinnati, Ohio. Other projects included reviews of the Denver Police Department’s and Portland, Oregon, Police Bureau’s police shootings; reviews of police oversight systems in Farmington, NM, Milwaukee, WI, and Albuquerque, NM (with the Police Assessment Resource Center); and assistance to the District of Columbia Council on police department responsibilities and standards for handling First Amendment demonstrations. From 1997 to 2001, Richard was Deputy Associate Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, overseeing the work of the Civil Rights Division and the Community Relations Service, as well as coordinating the Justice Department’s efforts to promote police integrity, including the Department’s publication of “Principles for Promoting Police Integrity.” He has been a senior trial lawyer in the Civil Rights Division and has worked on Capitol Hill and in private practice.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Michelle Leung was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Rights Unit in the District of Massachusetts. Her civil rights practice focused primarily on pattern or practice cases involving police misconduct, conditions of confinement in prisons, and sexual harassment in housing. She investigated and negotiated multiple settlement agreements and tried a case regarding a sober home owner’s sexual harassment of tenants with substance use disorder, which resulted in a $3.8 million jury verdict for the victims. She also completed the investigation that led to the first ever pattern or practice finding involving the sexual misconduct of police officers.  Prior to her service at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Michelle was an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. Before that, she served as a Trial Attorney in the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, where she investigated the Seattle Police Department and the Antelope Valley stations of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. She began her career as a litigation associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco.  Michelle received her BA, with Honors, from Stanford University, and her JD from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Jonathan Lewin most recently served as Deputy Director of Operations for the Cook County (IL) Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security. He previously served as a Domain Lead with a focus on artificial intelligence, situational awareness, and CJIS integration at the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to that, he was Executive Officer for Operations and Acting Deputy Director at INTERPOL Washington, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice.  Lewin retired from the Chicago Police Department as Chief of the Bureau of Technical Services following a 28-year career as a sworn member. He has also served as a subject matter expert and peer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Justice on a wide range of law enforcement technology topics, including real-time crime centers and body-worn cameras. Lewin was named Technology Champion of the Year by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and recognized as one of Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers.  He has presented nationally on emerging public safety technology topics and holds an MA in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, an MA in Public Policy from Northwestern University, and a BS in Administration of Justice from Southern Illinois University.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Tracey Meares is a professor of law at Yale University. Professor Meares has worked extensively with the federal government, having served on the Committee on Law and Justice, a National Research Council Standing Committee of the National Academy of Sciences from 2004–2011. Additionally, she has served on two National Research Council Review Committees: one to review research on police policy and practices, which produced the book, Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence (2004, Skogan and Frydl, eds.) and another to review the National Institute of Justice, Strengthening the National Institute of Justice, (2010, Welford, Chemers and Schuck, eds). In November of 2010, Meares was named by Attorney General Eric Holder to sit on the Department of Justice’s newly created Science Advisory Board.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Michel R. Moore served as the 57th Chief of Police for the Los Angeles Police Department from 2018 until his retirement in February 2024. During more than four-decades of service with LAPD, Chief Moore was positioned in critical roles in the pursuit of crime reduction, achieving compliance with a Federal Consent Decree, crafting and implementing police use of force reforms, modernizing technological systems, and improving the diversity and wellbeing of the Department's workforce.  Chief Moore has built a career of public service based on the guiding principles of policing with purpose, with compassion, and in partnership.  During his time as chief, he expanded the implementation of effective crime reduction initiatives, institutionalized the Community Safety Partnership model, focused heavily on community engagement and de-escalation of force, and the modernization of the Department's technology.  He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business and Management and an MBA. He has also completed advanced coursework in emergency management, counterterrorism, conflict management and process improvement. Chief Moore has also received various notable commendations and awards for his police service including the Department's Medal of Valor, the Police Medal, the Police Star, and the Meritorious Service Medal.

SENIOR ADVISOR

J. Thomas Manger served as the Chief of the United States Capitol Police from July 2021 to June 2025; the capstone of 46 years in the policing profession, including more than two decades as chief of police for two of the largest police agencies in the National Capital Region. He was chief of police in Montgomery County (MD) from 2004 to 2019 and in Fairfax County (VA) from 1998 to 2004.  He received numerous awards during his career, including the Silver Medal of Valor in 1993, the 2007 Law Enforcement Award from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the 2016 Gorowitz Institute Service Award from the Anti-Defamation League, the 2018 FBI National Executive Institute Associates Penrith Award, the 2019 Major Cities Chiefs Leadership Award, the 2022 William H. Webster Profiles in Leadership Award for Federal Law Enforcement, the 2025 National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2025 Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Leadership Award. Chief Manger was also inducted into the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2012.  He also serves as Chairman of the Cardinal’s Child Protection Advisory Board for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Chief Manger served from 2014 to 2018 as President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, and from 2013 to 2017 as Vice President of PERF.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Kevin Morison has spent more than four decades working in the criminal justice system at the local, state, and federal levels, as well as in the private non-profit sector. Mr. Morison started his career at the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, a state planning and research agency, where he served as Public Information Officer and publications editor. He subsequently served in leadership positions at both the Chicago Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, DC. In Chicago, he was part of the team that developed the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS), the police department’s innovative philosophy of community policing and problem solving. He also served as Director of News Affairs and chief spokesperson for the department. Mr. Morison has also served as Director of Communications for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Assistant Sergeant at Arms for the United States Senate, and Chief Program Officer for the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Mr. Morison holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Tim Mygatt is a civil rights lawyer with two decades of public sector experience working with communities, advocacy organizations, law enforcement agencies, and state and local governments.  He was selected to serve as one of two career Deputy Assistant Attorney Generals in the Civil Rights Division, one of the highest career positions in the U.S. Department of Justice.  In that role, he oversaw the Division’s Criminal, Special Litigation, Disability Rights, and Federal Coordination and Compliance Sections and provided advice and legal counsel to Department leadership.   Previously Mr. Mygatt served as Deputy Chief in the Division’s Special Litigation Section, where he led teams involved in high-profile investigations, litigation, and implementation of reform agreements. He litigated the first-ever trial under 34 U.S.C. § 12601, the police pattern-or-practice statute, negotiating a settlement while an appeal was pending.  Mr. Mygatt has also worked extensively to create alternatives to police response, particularly for people with disabilities or in crisis.  Mr. Mygatt is a Senior Fellow with Georgetown Law’s Center for Innovations in Community Safety. He received his BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his JD from the University of Michigan Law School.  He clerked for Judge John Marshall Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2003.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Tom Ogden served as the Chief of Police at Carnegie Mellon University from 2008 until his retirement in 2022. In 2007, Carnegie Mellon became the first university police agency accredited in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Chief Ogden began his career as a police officer for the Borough of Carnegie in 1979. He then served with the Mt. Lebanon Police Department from 1980 until 2008. He held all five ranking positions in that agency and served as Chief for 10 years.  Chief Ogden worked as an accreditation assessment team leader for 18 years and as a senior member of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Accreditation Commission.  He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy and the 181st Session of the FBI National Academy.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Point Park University and a graduate degree in public policy from the University of Pittsburgh.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Erin Lang Choi Pilnyak has served in a variety of public sector positions relating to policing and public safety. Ms. Pilnyak began her career at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (DANY), where she spent 10 years and was a member of the Sex Crimes and Crime Strategies Unit among other units. After DANY, she served as the Deputy Director of Crime Strategies at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice where she oversaw all criminal justice strategies in New York City and devised and implemented criminal justice reform initiatives for the City. She then joined the NYPD where she held the two-star position of Assistant Deputy Commissioner at the Risk Management Bureau. In this capacity, she focused on developing policies and programs aimed at guiding the NYPD in implementing mandated reforms. Additionally, she managed the day-to-day operations of the approximately 200-person bureau. Ms. Pilnyak transitioned from her role at the NYPD to become the Chief Operating Officer at IntegrAssure. Concurrently, she served as the Deputy Consent Decree Monitor for the City of Aurora (CO) and as the Deputy Independent Police Auditor for the Cities of Petaluma and San Leandro (CA). She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Cornell University School of Law.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Laurie Robinson is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, a position she has held since 2012. She served as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2009 to 2012. From 1993 to 2000, she served her first term as the Assistant Attorney General for OJP. Ms. Robinson is a Senior Fellow at the George Mason University Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, and serves as co-chair of the Research Advisory Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police.  She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Vera Institute of Justice. Ms. Robinson received a B.A. from Brown University.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Perhaps best known for advancing innovative approaches to policing, Darrel Stephens has earned a national reputation as a leader in law enforcement. He retired as the Chief of Police for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, where he served from 1999 to 2008. Prior to his service in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, he served as Chief of Police and City Administrator for the City of St. Petersburg (FL), Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum, Chief of Police for Newport News (VA), Chief of Police for Largo (FL), Assistant Chief of Police for Lawrence (KS), and rose through the ranks from officer to commander in the Kansas City (MO) Police Department.  The Major Cities Chiefs Association elected Chief Stephens vice-president in 2005 and president in 2007. He was also awarded the O.W. Wilson Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Police Executive Research Forum’s Leadership Award. He was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and served on the Harvard University Executive Session for Policing, Domestic Terrorism, and Community Policing. He holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Central Missouri State University, where he also earned a MS in Public Services Administration. Chief Stephens is also a faculty member for Public Safety Leadership Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Scott Thomson has a distinguished record of public service with more than 27 years of law enforcement experience, including 11 years as Chief of Police of the Camden County (NJ) Police Department.  In 2013, Chief Thomson pioneered an innovative strategy that transformed the public safety profile of Camden, a city perennially labelled as the “Nation’s Most Dangerous City.” He created a new department that was responsible for unprecedented reductions in crime, culminating in a 50-year low in 2018. Chief Thomson developed unique strategies, harnessed technologies, and bolstered an organizational culture that led to the President of the United States in 2015 recognizing Camden as a model for 21st Century Policing.  Chief Thomson has served on numerous boards and committees including the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the United States Attorney General Global Advisory Committee, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and was a founding member of the Harvard University Law Enforcement Summit Executive Leadership Group. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, School of Administrative Science.  From 2015 to 2019, Chief Thomson was the elected President of the Police Executive Research Forum. He holds an MA in Education from Seton Hall University and a BA in Sociology from Rutgers University.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Teresa Towey, Director of Operations and Associate Consultant at 21CP Solutions, has a decade of project management experience in non-profits, corporations and consulting companies.  Over the years she has specialized in driving organizational and community-based outcomes, and gained extensive research experience. Ms. Towey has been instrumental in building and managing national youth initiatives aimed at removing barriers to opportunity, including creating and implementing youth development programs for under-served refugee and immigrant youth. In her role at Strategic Applications International (SAI), she developed a community policing training on Public Law 280 (PL280) for tribal and non-tribal law enforcement officers in six states. She holds a Master’s of Science in Global Affairs and Human Security from the University of Baltimore.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Neil Trugman served as Chief of Police of the Amtrak Police Department 2017 until his retirement in 2020, where he oversaw 470 officers and 30 civilian employees. He served in the department for over 14 years.  Chief Trugman began his law enforcement career in 1973 as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., later becoming an undercover officer assigned to the narcotics and prostitution unit. He retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in July 2000 but chose to remain with the agency in a civilian role as the Law Enforcement Intelligence Coordinator. He helped establish the Synchronized Operation Command Center, along with the Joint Operation Command Center.  Chief Trugman then worked in the Intelligence Analysis Unit of the United States Capitol Police, where he served primarily as a liaison with the Department of Homeland Security. He was responsible for assessing threats to the U.S. Capitol Complex and for high-profile events such as the State of the Union Address, Presidential Inauguration, and political conventions. Chief Trugman has received numerous awards and commendations, including the prestigious Medal of Valor, Medal of Honor, and Silver Medal of Valor He attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and often serves as a lecturer at various law enforcement conferences.

SENIOR ADVISOR

James Whalen retired after a 40-year active law enforcement career in 2022, last serving as the Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at the University of Cincinnati. Chief Whalen joined the University of Cincinnati after retiring from the Cincinnati Police Department in September of 2015, where he served for nearly 30 years. He made his way through the ranks and was appointed an Assistant Police Chief for the City of Cincinnati in June 2005. Chief Whalen played a significant role in the development of the collaborative agreement as well as the memorandum of understanding between the US Department of Justice and the Cincinnati Police Department and was charged with implementing many of the reforms derived from those historic documents. He joined the University of Cincinnati at a time of great turmoil and played a significant role in implementing and maintaining reform measures there as well. he holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice/law enforcement from the University of Cincinnati and earned his JD at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy. In 2013, Chief Whalen was inducted into the Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame at George Mason University.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Terri Wilfong’s 30-year career in law enforcement included seven years as Chief of Police in Greenville, South Carolina.  She also served in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, the Kentucky State Police, and the Jefferson County Police Department. Chief Wilfong was a Lieutenant Colonel when the creation of the consolidated city-county government formed Louisville Metro Police Department.Chief Wilfong regularly works with the U.S. Department of Justice providing assistance to reduce gun violence through training, peer exchanges, and subject matter experts in technology, crime analysis and criminal investigations for Richmond Virginia and Raleigh North Carolina Police Departments.  She is also part of the monitoring team in the federal consent decree in Baltimore (MD) Police Department.  Chief Wilfong holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in justice administration, both from The University of Louisville. She is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute, 95th Administrative Officer's Course and served on the National SPIAA Executive Board.  She has served as the Chair of the Crime Prevention Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Ms. Wilfong has received the Liberty Award by the Greenville Bar Association, the YMCA Women of Achievement Award, the Breaking Class Ceiling Award from the National Center for Women and Policing and the Southern Police Institute Alumni Association Outstanding Performance Award.