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. 

2021-2022 Officers and Directors

PRESIDENT
Patrick Ogden (2022)
Associate Vice President & Chief of Police
University of Delaware
413 Academy St.
Newark, DE 19716

PRESIDENT-ELECT
John Ojeisekhoba (2022)
Associate Vice President & Chief of Campus Safety
Biola University, Campus Safety Department
13800 Biola Ave.
La Mirada, CA 9063
 

VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
Paul Dean (2022)
Chief of Police & Assistant Vice President for Public Safety & Risk Management
University of New Hampshire
18 Waterworks Rd.
Durham, NH 03824

IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT
Eric Heath (2022)
Associate Vice President of Safety & Security
University of Chicago
850 E. 61st St.
Chicago, IL 60637

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
John F. Bernhards
P.O. Box 825345
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Board of Directors

CANADA
All Canadian Provinces
Rob Kilfoyle (2024)
Director, Public Safety & Emergency Management
Humber College
205 Humber College Blvd.
Etobicoke, ON M9W 5L7

INTERNATIONAL
All countries except the United States & Canada
Terry Branch (2022)
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 Gilchrist Hall
Cedar Falls, IA 50614

MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York, West Virginia
John Blaisdell (2024)
Director of Safety & Security
Marist College
3399 North Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

MOUNTAIN PACIFIC REGION
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, California, Montana, Utah, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington
Matt Pedersen (2023)
Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety
Utah Valley Univeristy
800 W University Parkway
Orem, UT 84058

NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Michael Kaselouskas (2023)
Chief of Public Safety
University of Hartford (Connecticut)
200 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

SOUTHEAST REGION
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, Virgin Islands, South Carolina, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Virginia
Vance Rice (2023)
Chief of Police
Mississippi State University
25 Walker Rd.
Mississippi State, MS 39762

SOUTHWEST REGION
Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico
Michael Thompson, Ed.D. (2023)
Chief of Police
Arizona State University
325 E. Apache Blvd.
Tempe, AZ 85281

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

Lewis Eakins, Ph.D. (2022)
Vice President for Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Ivy Tech Community College
30 West Falls Creek Pkwy N. Dr.
Indianapolis, IN 46208

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

Kristen Roman (2023)
Chief of Police
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1429 Monroe St.
Madison, WI 53711

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

L. Angela Webb (2024)
Director of Police Services/Public Safety and Chief of Police
Southwest Tennessee Community College
5983 Macon Cove
Memphis, TN 38134

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