THOMAS J. BAKER

“Biometrics for Intelligence Led Policing”

Thomas J. Baker is an international law enforcement consultant. His background includes over 30 years of management, investigative, and crime prevention services with the FBI. He has extensive experience with police management and training issues, having served as a management instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico. He has a network of contacts and knowledge of police and security systems worldwide.

Mr. Baker’s international experience is extensive. From 1987 through 1998, he served outside of the United States. First, in Ottawa, Canada, then as the Legal Attaché at the American Embassy in Canberra, Australia, where he was responsible for maintaining U.S. law enforcement interests in a large part of the Asia Pacific area. In his last assignment as the Legal Attaché in Paris, France, he developed expertise not only in Western Europe but also in much of Africa. These experiences were in the operational as well as the diplomatic arena.

Mr. Baker has been closely involved in the planning and management of major events worldwide. He was the American representative to the security task force for the Calgary Winter Olympics. In Paris he was the senior U.S. law enforcement advisor to the planning and security management of the World Cup of Soccer. While in Canberra, he conceived and implemented the Pacific Training Initiative, a successful ongoing program to help the police of the Pacific Island nations.

Mr. Baker holds a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He successfully completed the Senior Command Course at the Police Staff College in Bramshill, England. He is published in professional journals, such as The Police Chief and the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, as well as in foreign language publications; he is fluent in French.

Currently, Mr. Baker advises Law Enforcement agencies in both the US and worldwide on innovations in forensics, communications, and identification systems. He represents and interprets law enforcement’s interests and needs to corporations and universities. Mr. Baker is an active member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Academy Associates, the National Executive Institute Associates, the International Association for Identification (IAI), and the Society of Former FBI Agents.

CAPTAIN JON BELMAR

“Public/Private Banking Partnerships”

Captain Belmar was raised in North St. Louis County and currently resides in West St. Louis County with his wife and their two children. Since August of 2004, Captain Belmar has been assigned as the Commander of the Affton Southwest Precinct. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of a precinct that provides police protection to the unincorporated areas of Affton, Mattese, Sappington and Concord Village, along with the incorporated areas of Grantwood Village, Marlborough, Wilbur Park and Green Park.

Captain Belmar began his career in the Affton Southwest Precinct in 1986 as a patrolman. He also served in the South County Precinct and the Tactical Operations Unit before his promotion to Sergeant in 1995. As a Sergeant he served in the West County Precinct as a watch supervisor and in 1996 he was selected to run the Department's Arson and Explosives Unit. In 1998 he was promoted to Lieutenant and remained within the Division of Criminal Investigation as the commander of the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons. He remained in that position until his promotion to Captain in 2004.

Captain Belmar is an active member of both the Affton and South County Chambers of Commerce. In addition, he was appointed to the St. Louis County Domestic and Family Violence Council in 2000, and has been a member of that council's Executive Board since 2001.

Captain Belmar holds a degree in Criminology from Arkansas State University, and attended the FBI's Hazardous Device School at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, where he was certified as a bomb technician in 1997. He attended the 228th Session of the FBI National Academy in 2007. He has received 48 awards and letters of appreciation.

LEONARD BOYLE

“Terrorist Screening Center”

Governor M. Jodi Rell named Leonard Boyle as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Safety on August 16, 2004. Boyle, 54, worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut for approximately 17 years. He was appointed supervisor of Hartford Branch Office in 1992 and Chief of the Criminal Division in 1994. Heading this division, he supervised approximately 30 federal prosecutors and all criminal prosecutions in the state.

Boyle served as an East Hartford, Connecticut Police Officer from 1975 to 1980. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1980 and earned a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1983. After law school, Boyle clerked for then-Chief Justice John A. Speziale of the Connecticut Supreme Court and served as an associate at the law firm of Tyler, Cooper and Alcorn in New Haven.

Boyle has served as a Special Attorney to the Attorney General of the United States. In this role, he has investigated and prosecuted current and former law enforcement officials who had corrupt relationships with criminal figures in Boston, Massachusetts. and has received the U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service for his work in the Boston case.

He also has received the U.S. Department of Justice’s Director’s Award on two occasions: 2001, for his prosecution of civil rights cases involving members of the Hartford Police Department, and in 2002, for his racketeering prosecution of organized crime figures. In 1990, he received the U.S. Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for his prosecution of United States v. Gerena, et.al.

Since 1994, Boyle has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University Of Connecticut School Of Law and as an Instructor at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Education and National Advocacy Center. Connecticut’s Department of Public Safety is the state’s largest law enforcement agency with approximately 1,250 sworn officers and 466 civilian employees.

CHERIE CASTELLANO

“Building Resilience in Law Enforcement: The Ultimate Back-Up”

Cherie Castellano, MA, CSW, LPC, AAETS is the Program Director for Cop2 Cop, the first legislated law enforcement crisis hotline in the United States. She is a faculty member of the New Jersey Medical School Department of Psychiatry –UMDNJ where she has honed her clinical skills as an expert in law enforcement psychological services as a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.

Ms. Castellano has been recognized internationally as an expert in the field of behavioral healthcare and crisis intervention for Law Enforcement Professionals. Her experience as a lecturer has included international forums in Australia and Europe as well as prestigious national forums such as the FBI National Academy Conference.

Ms. Castellano’s programs and crisis intervention services have been featured in the New York Times as a “model for the nation.” Additional awards include various Governors Proclamations, NJ Governors Excellence Award, N.J. Attorney General Recognition Award, as well as the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation World Congress Award for Outstanding Response in a Mass Disaster. Cherie recently received the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Award for Program Innovations in a Mass Disaster.

Following September 11, she was assigned to co-ordinate a critical incident response to over 1,900 first responders in New York and New Jersey. Ms. Castellano led service responses to Urban Search and Rescue Team – NJTF1, Port Authority Police Department, NYPD and the top ten New Jersey Police Departments. Cherie pioneered a “9/11 Rescuer Reentry Program” for the Port Authority Police Department and was subsequently given an award for this work by that department.

Ms. Castellano was selected as a member of the 9/11 New York Emergency Services Delegation and traveled to Ireland and England to share “9/11 Lessons Learned”. Cherie was invited to present keynote addresses at the FBI National Academy and the Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation in Australia.

Since 9/11/01, Ms. Castellano has developed “Rescuer Victim” Programs and has received more than 3 million dollars in grant funding from the Office of Victims of Crime, Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 2002. In addition, in September 2004 the Attorney General appointed Ms. Castellano to provide civilian services to all New Jersey residents who are still impacted or affected by the events of 9/11/01 events.

Cherie co-authored a book entitled “Psychological Counterterrorism and World War IV” which has received national attention and impressive book reviews. She has recently authored several articles in the fields of law enforcement, crisis intervention and disaster psychology with a column in the International Association of Counterterrorism & Security Professionals magazine.

Moving from response and recovery to disaster preparedness, Ms. Castellano participated in TOPOFF 3, the largest bioterrorism exercise in the history of our country and collected “lessons learned” for first responder populations to prepare and preserve the potential impact on their mental health.

Emergency preparedness was her focus as Ms. Castellano was appointed to the Governor’s Mental Health Task Force for the State of New Jersey utilizing her expertise in “All hazards” model.

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Resiliency programs, critical incident stress management and disaster preparedness for first responders from a psychological perspective have been added to Ms. Castellano’s current lecture curriculum. General Stress Management, Mental Health, Wellness and related topics have been well received across the country utilizing a motivational theme. Law Enforcement family and women’s issues have also been areas of expertise for discussion, since in her everyday life she is a “cops wife.”

Ms. Castellano recently responded to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster First Responders and was awarded FEMA funding and national media coverage for these efforts. In December 2005, Ms. Castellano was selected as one of five individuals in “People Who Made A Difference in 2005” featured in the Star Ledger.

On a personal note, Cherie is married to a narcotics detective with the Morris County Prosecutors’ Office, has two (2) young sons and believes her role, as a police wife is her greatest achievement.

JENNIFER JONES

“EBay & Pay/Pal”

Jennifer Jones is a member of eBay/PayPal’s Global Law Enforcement and Legal team. She joined the PayPal organization in 2001, and has since filled the following roles: Supervised the Financial Crimes Division of eBay/PayPal's US Fraud Investigations Team and established and managed the eBay/PayPal European Fraud Investigations Team in Dublin, Ireland. 

Ms. Jones currently manages the Global Policy and Law Enforcement Outreach for eBay/PayPal's Law Enforcement Organization.

George L. Kelling

“Broken Windows Theory and Community Policing”

George L. Kelling is a graduate of St. Olaf College (B.A.), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.S.W.), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D.). Kelling is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, Faculty Chair of the Police Institute, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He has practiced social work as a childcare worker, a probation officer, and has administered residential care programs for aggressive and disturbed youths.

In 1972, Dr. Kelling began work at the Police Foundation and conducted several large-scale experiments, most notably the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment and the Newark Foot Patrol Experiment. The latter was the source of his contribution to his most familiar publication in the Atlantic, “Broken Windows,” with James Q. Wilson.

During the late 1980s, Dr. Kelling developed the order maintenance policies for the New York City subway that ultimately led to radical crime reductions. Later, he consulted with the New York City Police Department as well, especially in dealing with “squeegee men.”

His most recent major publication is Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities that he has published with his wife, Catherine M. Coles. Dr. Kelling has lectured and consulted in cities throughout the United States as well as in South and Central America, Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Having completed consulting in the development of five “Safer Cities” projects in Los Angles in 2006, he is now consulting with the Boston, Allentown, and Milwaukee police departments. He has two children and five grandchildren.

MICHAEL J. JUNGEN, CLU, CHFC, CFP™

Michael has been active in the area of financial planning since 1979 and is a Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner as well as a Chartered Financial Consultant. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1978 receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

He has principal interest in Jungen & Co. Financial Advisers, located in Milwaukee, WI. Michael is an agent with New York Life Insurance Company as well as an Investment Adviser Representative with Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser.

Mr. Jungen specializes in the areas of investment management, risk management, retirement planning and estate transfer. He is the founder of The Holistic Planning Process™. This is a proactive, multi-disciplined process that helps his clients identify and achieve their financial and estate planning goals by looking at all aspects of their financial life in co-ordination with one another.

Recognizing that individuals often have many different objectives and a variety of resources, he works to orchestrate and facilitate the many dimensions inherent in the planning process. With a thorough understanding of his client’s unique circumstances, he often partners with his client’s other advisers and fosters a team approach to creating creative and customized financial plans.

Born in Milwaukee, WI, he has been married to his wife, Kathy, since 1979 and has one daughter, Julia. He and his family reside in Sussex, WI.

ROCKY J. LAPOMARDO, B.S., M.Ed

“Intellectual Property Investigations”

Rocky Lapomardo founded the Southern Intelligence Agency after a distinguished 26-year career in Law Enforcement. When he sold his company in 2001, he had 500+ contract private investigators working for him in all fifty states, including the territory of Puerto Rico.

His career began with the rank of patrolman in the Northbridge Massachusetts Police Department and he retired from the Massachusetts State Police with the rank of Sergeant.  During his law enforcement career, Rocky received numerous letters and citations for outstanding performance. Upon his retirement, he received commendations from the Governor, State Senate, and the State House of Representatives for his dedicated service to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and his unfailing professionalism, integrity and commitment to excellence.

Rocky is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Academy, 158^th session. He is a certified Police Fitness Instructor from the Cooper Aerobic Institute and as an Instructor in International Narcotics Trafficking (H.I.D.T.A). His academic achievements include a B.S. in Law Enforcement, Magna Cum Laude, from Northeastern University and a M.Ed. in Adult Education from Worcester State College.

Rocky has lectured at numerous Police academies and training facilities throughout the United States including the United States Army Military Police.  In addition, he has served as a consultant to the United States Department of Justice, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program.

Peter P. Pochowski

Executive Director, National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers (NASSLEO)

“School Violence”

Peter Pochowski was the Acting Executive Director of NASSLEO from March 2006 until February 2008, when he assumed the duties full-time. NASSLEO’S membership has increased in that time to over 1,500 members from across the United States and Canada. Prior to his appointment, Peter spent eight years as the Director of Safety and Security for the Milwaukee Public Schools. Recognized as an innovator, he was awarded Security Magazines “Best Practices Award” in 2005 for the many programs and measures implemented by him and his team, and he received the Milwaukee Mayor’s Innovation Award for a crime prevention strategy he developed that was adopted by the City. He currently serves as Vice-President of the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association (WSSCA).

As a former captain with the Milwaukee Police Department, he headed the Communications Operations Division (9-1-1 Center) as well as several districts and divisions. Peter also served three years on active duty with the Unites States Army, and after serving another twenty-eight years with the Army Reserve he retired at the rank of colonel.

He has an Associate Degree in Police Science from the Milwaukee Area Technical College, a Baccalaureate Degree from Cardinal Stritch University in Management, has completed the United States Department of Defense National Security Course, and graduated from the Northwestern University Traffic Institute.

Peter has an extensive instructional background having served as an adjunct member of the teaching staffs at the Milwaukee Police Department Training Academy, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Mc Pherson College, and as a featured presenter at several statewide and national conferences. He is frequently called upon by the national and international media for input on matters related to school security.

Joell Elizabeth Schigur, Director

Wisconsin Department of Justice

Division of criminal investigation

po box 7857, madison, wi 53707-7857

office: 608-266-7430

Fax: 608-267-2777

[email protected]

“Internet Crimes Against Children”

Joell Elizabeth Schigur has worked for the Wisconsin Department of Justice since 1994. She is currently assigned as the Director of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the Computer Crimes and Computer Forensics Units, the Public Integrity Unit and the Financial Crimes Unit.

Director Schigur sets the investigative priority for all units that she supervises and oversees all state level unit investigations. Director Schigur has served as the co-chair of the ICAC Operations Committee and was a member of the ICAC Working Group Executive Committee and ICAC Data Network Committee. Director Schigur serves as an advisory member to the Wisconsin Legislative Special Committee on Review of Crimes Against Children.

Prior to her current assignment, Director Schigur served as a Special Agent in Charge of the Technical Service Unit, the Administrative Services Unit, the Madison Regional Narcotics Unit and the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children. She was responsible for overseeing the Divisions 13 million-dollar budget and acted as the Division’s training and internship coordinator. As a Special Agent, Ms. Schigur specialized in public corruption, embezzlement and narcotics investigations. She has worked on and coordinated multiple federal, state, and local agency task forces.

Director Schigur has a Bachelor of Degree in Criminology and Law Studies from Marquette University and is working toward a Master’s Degree in Law Enforcement Administration at Marquette University. She is also a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.

MICHAEL SCOTT

University of Wisconsin Law School

“Executive Leadership”

Michael S. Scott is the director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, Inc. and clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. He was formerly chief of police in Lauderhill, Fla.; he served in various civilian administrative positions in the St. Louis Metropolitan, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and New York City police departments; and was a police officer in the Madison, Wis., Police Department.

Scott developed training programs in problem-oriented policing at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and is a judge for the Herman Goldstein Award for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing. He was the 1996 recipient of PERF's Gary P. Hayes Award for innovation and leadership in policing. Scott holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

NEAL EDWARD TRAUTMAN, Ph.D.

[email protected]

“Ethics in Law Enforcement”

Dr. Neal Trautman is the Executive Director of the non-profit and Congressional Award-winning National Institute of Ethics and as a Senior Analyst for the United States Department of State and Commonwealth Trading Partners, Inc., he consults and teaches anti-corruption seminars to foreign governments officials. He also completed his municipal career as Director of Human Resources for the city of Winter Park, Florida.

From 1983 to 1988, Dr. Trautman completed his doctoral study at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and the University of Miami and in 2001, earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in Administration of Criminal Justice from St. John’s University in Louisiana. He earned his Master of Science Degree (1977) and a Bachelor of Science Degree (1973) in Criminal Justice from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Dr. Trautman received the following awards from the Winter Park Police Department: Decorations of Heroism (1974 and 1985), Officer of the Year (1976), Police Excellence Award (1978), nominated for National Officer of the Year (1980), Runner Up for Orange County, Florida’s Countywide Officer of the Year (1981) and the Meritorious Police Duty Medal (1986).

Dr. Trautman’s National and International leadership positions include Chair of the International Association of Chief’s of Police Ethics Training Committee, Co-chair of the International Association of Chief’s of Police’s Police Image and Ethics Committee, President of the International Association of Ethics Trainers, Chair of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, Chair of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers Professional Development Committee, Chair of the National Commission on Law Enforcement Integrity and Advisory Boards for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice National Assessment Project.

Dr. Trautman has authored 12 books, 56 articles, 385 training seminars, 56 lectures, 12 presentations to scholarly officials, 4 nation-wide research studies, 27 manuals and other training programs. He is a member of International Association of Chiefs of Police Training Committee and the National Sheriff’s Association. Additionally, he received the national Service to Society Award from the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and walked solo from Florida to Washington, DC to start a national movement to enhance integrity in America.

DENNIS HANSON

“Law Enforcement Officers in a New Era of Professionalism”

Dennis Hanson is an Air Force veteran and received his Bachelor of Science and Master degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board, Training and Standards Bureau for the Wisconsin Department of Justice for 20 years.

During his tenure, basic law enforcement training was increased from 240 to 520 hours; mandatory, annual in-service training to 24 hours; a 60 college credit entry-level educational standard was implemented for full and part-time officers; and a statewide career development program (from basic to investigative and supervisory to mid-level management to executive courses) was initiated.

A comprehensive web site (www.wilenet.org), a state-of-the-art instructional system design program and an effective training and administrative computer software package were employed to support Bureau and Board programs. Well written and edited training guides for basic law enforcement and jail officer subjects were prepared including advice received from highly effective advisory committees.

Dennis Hanson substantially contributed to the development of Wisconsin's penalty assessment revenue program, which solely supports all programs of the Bureau and the Board.