2026 Symposium Speakers & Panelists
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Michelle Barton, PhD
Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
Sessions: Pre- and Post-Crisis Intervention Strategy and the Leadership Workshop
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Terrence M. Cunningham
Deputy Executive Director; Chief Operating Officer of the International Association of Chiefs of Police
Sessions: The Evolving Landscape of the Law Enforcement Climate and Enhancing Organizational Health and Crisis Management Through Strategic Management and Collaborative Labor Relations
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Ed Davis
President and CEO of The Edward Davis Company, Former Police Commissioner of the City of Boston
Session: Leadership Lessons Learned from Navigating Stressful Organizational Events
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Colby Dolly, PhD,
Director, National Policing Institute
Session: Evidence to Outcomes: Applying Research to Improve Officer Health and Wellness
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George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP, FAPA, FACLP
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Session: Pre- and Post-Crisis Intervention Strategy -

Chief Eddie Garcia
Chief of Police, Fort Worth Police Department
Session: Police Executives as Change Agents
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Vanita Gupta
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Director, Center for Law and Public Trust, New York University Law School; Former U.S. Associate Attorney General
Session: Leadership Lessons Learned from Navigating Stressful Organizational Events
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Gil Kerlikowske
Former Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Session: Pre- and Post-Crisis Intervention Strategy
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Chief David Mitchell, JD
Chief of Police, University of Maryland Police Department
Session: Enhancing Organizational Health and Crisis Management Through Strategic Management and Collaborative Labor Relations
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Chris Myers, PhD
Peetz Family Professor of Leadership at Johns Hopkins University | Faculty Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership
Session: Enhancing Organizational Health and Crisis Management Through Strategic Management and Collaborative Labor Relations
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Robert Paduchik
President at Agincourt Consultants, LLC
Session: Expert Bi-Partisan Perspectives on Policing Policy and Its Implication for Law Enforcement Health and Wellness
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Jim Pasco
Executive Director of the Fraternal Order of Police
Sessions: The Evolving Landscape of the Law Enforcement Climate and Expert Bi-Partisan Perspectives on Policing Policy and Its Implication for Law Enforcement Health and Wellness
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Greg Schultz
Strategic Political Advisor
Session: Expert Bi-Partisan Perspectives on Policing Policy and Its Implication for Law Enforcement Health and Wellness
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Kathleen Sutcliffe, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
Session: Organizational Stress, Uncertainty, Resilience, and Adaptability to Change
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John Violanti, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions
Session: The Mental Health Crisis in Law Enforcement: Understanding the Impact of Occupational Stress -

Trisha Wolford
Fire Chief at Anne Arundel County Fire Department President, International Association of Fire Chiefs
Session:Organizational Stress, Uncertainty, Resilience, and Adaptability to Change
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Patrick Yoes
President, Fraternal Order of Police
Session: Enhancing Organizational Health and Crisis Management Through Strategic Management and Collaborative Labor Relations