Board of Directors

The IACLEA Board of Directors is the elected governing body of the Association. The Board of Directors consists of the four officers (President, President-Elect, Vice President for Finance, and Immediate Past-President), eight Regional Directors, three Directors-at-Large, and the Executive Director, who serves as an ex-officio member. Learn more about the eligibility to serve on IACLEA's Board of Directors here. 

2020-2021 Officers and Directors

PRESIDENT
Eric Heath (2021)
Associate Vice President of Safety & Security
University of Chicago
850 East 61st Street
Chicago, IL 60637

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Patrick Ogden (2021)
Associate Vice President & Chief of Police
University of Delaware
210 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19716
 

VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
John Ojeisekhoba (2021)
Associate Vice President & Chief of Campus Safety
Biola University, Campus Safety Department
13800 Biola Avenue
La Mirada, CA 90639

 

IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT
John Vinson (2021)
Captain
Indiana University, Bloomington
1469 East 17th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
John F. Bernhards
PO BOX 825345
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Board of Directors

CANADA
All Canadian Provinces
Patricia Patton (2021)
Director, Security and Operations Facilities Management
University of Regina
GGTC 221.13 - 3737 Wascana Pkwy
Regina Sask. S4S 0A2

INTERNATIONAL
All countries except the United States & Canada
Terry Branch (2021)
Head of Security Services
Imperial College of London
Exhibition Rd
South Kensington, London SW7 2BU
 

MID-AMERICA REGION
Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota
Helen Haire (2022)
Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety
University of Northern Iowa
30 Gilcrist Hall
Cedar Falls, IA 50614

MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York, West Virginia
Yvonne Meyer (2021)
Swarthmore College
Department of Public Safety
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19087

MOUNTAIN PACIFIC REGION
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, California, Montana, Utah, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington
Lewis Eakins, Ph.D. (2021)
Director of Public Safety
Idaho State University
625 E Humbolt Street
Pocatello, ID 83209

NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
James Pollard (2023)
Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police
Babson College
231 Forest Street
Babson Park, MA  02457-0310

SOUTHEAST REGION
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Virginia
Vance Rice
Chief of Police
Mississippi State University
25 Walker Road
Mississippi State, MS 39762

            SOUTHWEST REGION
          Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico
          Michael Thompson, Ed. D. (2023)
          Chief of Police
          Arizona State University

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
Kristen Roman (2023)
Chief of Police
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1429 Monrore Street
Madison, WI 53711

 

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
Wayne James (2021)
Deputy Superintendent for Regional Law Enforcement, IUPD Chief Diversity Officer
Indiana University
2427 E. Second Street
Bloomington, IN 47401

 

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
Paul Dean (2022)
Chief of Police & Assistant Vice President for Public Safety & Risk Management
University of New Hampshire
18 Waterworks Road
Durham, NH 03824

 

 

 

 

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