OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONCAMPUS SAFETY & SECURITY TASK FORCE

2014CAMPUS SAFETY & SECURITY SUMMIT

REED CENTER, MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMAWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014

FEATURED SPEAKERSSenator John Ford was elected to the State Senate in November 2004, and re-elected without opposition in 2008 and 2012. Senator Ford represents District 29, consisting of Nowata, Rogers and Washington counties. Prior to his election to the State Senate, he had a 34-year career with Phillips Petroleum Company. His tenure with Phillips gave him the opportunity to develop the skills of an effective public servant, such as business planning, prudent budgeting, valuable communication and thoughtful decision-making practices.

Senator Ford has a business degree from The University of Tulsa. He has lived, worked and worshiped in the area for over 40 years. He recognizes the importance of community service, as exemplified by his participation and involvement in various community organizations and city and chamber committees. He is a founding member and past president of both the Bartlesville Area Friends of the Parks and the Daybreak Rotary Club. His priority issues are

education, tort reform, workers’ compensation and Highway 60 from Ponca City to Vinita.

Senator Ford has distinguished himself as a strong advocate for Oklahoma’s children and for excellence in education. The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy has listed Senator Ford as having earned an “A” voting record on children’s issues. He also annually visits local classrooms as part of the Legislators Back to School Program, which is a bipartisan national program that gives children the opportunity to get to know their elected officials. In addition, the Oklahoma Youth Services Association recognized Senator Ford by presenting him the 2008 Youth Advocate Award.

During his first term in the State Senate, Ford was honored with the Senate’s Legislator of the Year award by the Oklahoma Association for Home Care. He earned one of the highest scores possible in the “Legislative Report on Aging Issues,” published by the Oklahoma Aging Partnership (OAP). The report featured legislation in the areas of financial security, long-term care issues and health care issues. The legislation and issues rated of top concern are determined by OAP, a non-partisan coalition including AARP Oklahoma, Oklahoma Alliance on Aging, Oklahoma Silver Haired Legislature Alumni Association and the Oklahoma State Council on Aging.

In the past, Senator Ford has served as majority caucus chair and currently serves as assistant majority floor leader. His current committee chair appointments include chair of the Education Committee and vice chair of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

Senator Ford’s wife, Mary, is a past public school teacher. They have two married children, Jennifer and Jack, and four grandchildren. He and his wife reside in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and attend the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church.

Chancellor Glen D. Johnson is the chief executive officer for the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. As Chancellor, he leads a state system comprised of 25 state colleges and universities, 10 constituent agencies, two higher education centers, independent colleges and universities coordinated with the state system, and OneNet, as well as the Oklahoma College Assistance Program. Johnson became the eighth Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education in January 2007 after a national search.

Before assuming the role of chancellor, he served as the 16th president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant for nine and a half years. Johnson also served as director of public policy at the University of Oklahoma and adjunct professor of law at the OU College of Law.

Prior to his work at OU, Johnson served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1982 to 1996 and was Speaker of the House from 1990 to 1996. At the time of his election as speaker, he was the youngest-sitting speaker in the United States.

In 2006, Johnson was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor an Oklahoman can receive. He is an honors graduate of OU, with an undergraduate degree in political science and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Oklahoma City University in 2009.

James Caesar is currently the emergency manager at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He completed the Santa Barbara City College marine technology program in 1982 and worked for five years as a commercial oilfield diver worldwide. He served in the marine oil spill response field with Santa Barbara-based “Clean Seas” for over 20 years in numerous positions, lastly as the planning and safety manager. Caesar is a certified emergency management specialist by the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and is a state-certified instructor for hazardous materials, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) (Basic, Teen and Train the Trainer) and the safety assessment program. He chaired the Santa Barbara County CERT Committee that was awarded the 2012 California Service Group of the Year Award and serves as the vice chair of the Santa Barbara County VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster).

Kenneth S. Trump, M.P.A., is president of National School Safety and Security Services, and has more than 30 years of PreK-12 school security-specific experience. He and his team advise superintendents, school boards, administrators, school crisis teams, and first responders nationwide on best practices regarding school security assessments, emergency preparedness evaluations and crisis communications strategies. He is also a trusted advisor to state and federal lawmakers and policymakers on school safety and preparedness public policy, and provides litigation consulting support on school safety cases.

Trump’s experience includes serving as a secondary school officer and investigator and later as founding supervisor of the Youth Gang Unit for the Cleveland Public School District’s Safety

and Security Division. He subsequently served as a suburban Cleveland school security director for the ninth-largest Ohio public school system, where he also served as assistant director of a federally funded gang taskforce for three Cleveland suburbs.

Trump has a Master of Public Administration and a B.A. in Social Service from Cleveland State University and has extensive specialized training in school security, gang violence, and emergency preparedness issues. He has trained and consulted on school security assessments, emergency preparedness, crisis communications and related school violence issues for school and public safety officials from all 50 states and internationally and is author of three books and more than 80 articles about school security and crisis issues. He also has worked as a freelance investigative producer, content consultant and online reporter for the ABC-news affiliate in Cleveland.

Trump’s national leadership on school safety includes serving as a four-time invited congressional expert witness on school security and emergency preparedness issues, providing a briefing on school security and emergency preparedness to Israeli educators and safety officials on behalf of the U.S. State Department, testifying on bullying and the role of the federal government as an invited expert witness before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and participating as an invited attendee at the 2006 White House Conference on School Safety.

S C H E D U L E8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9 a.m. Welcome and Introductions .............................................................................. Reed C, DChancellor Glen D. JohnsonSen. John Ford

9:30 a.m. Opening Plenary ................................................................................................ Reed C, D

The Benefits of Building a Strong Culture of Emergency ManagementJames Caesar, Campus Emergency Manager, University of California, Santa Barbara

Support from senior management and preparedness training are essential when your Emergency Operations Center is activated. Jim Caesar will focus on lessons learned from two separate campus incidents – a public health outbreak and a tragic rampage – affecting the University of California, Santa Barbara.

10:30 a.m. Break and Live Demonstration: Active Shooter

10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions (Group 1)

Preventing and Mitigating Cybercrimes ................................................................... Cain Preston Ackerman, Supervisory Special Agent, Oklahoma City Division Cyber Squad, Federal Bureau of Investigation

This session will provide an overview of cybercrimes investigated by the FBI, including financially motivated, ideologically motivated and state-sponsored computer intrusions, and how these cyberattacks impact campus security and operations.

Legislative Strategy: Guns on Campus (PANEL) .................................................... Reed EOklahoma City Police Chief Bill CittyBruce DeMuth, Superintendent, Pioneer Technology CenterPat Hall, President, Majority Plus LLCDr. W. Roger Webb, President Emeritus, University of Central OklahomaHollye Hunt, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, OSRHE (MODERATOR)

This panel discussion will focus on anticipating challenges in the 2015 legislative session and developing advocacy strategies to preserve the current law regarding guns on higher education campuses.

Improving Campus Health and Safety Through Mental Health ............................... Mannand Substance Abuse TrainingSavannah Kalman, Prevention Program Manager, Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide PreventionDane Libart, Senior Screening Consultant, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

This informative session will outline the “menu of services” available to higher education institutions from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, including four evidence-based training programs that are available to make a positive impact on your campus by targeting substance misuse, early identification of mental health issues and youth suicide.

Campus Police: Daily Operations and Crisis Response ...................................... MaynardJames Fitzpatrick, Chief of Police, Oklahoma City Community CollegeJeffrey Harp, Chief of Police, University of Central Oklahoma

This session will include a presentation and facilitated discussion on the complexity of transitioning from the routine day on campus to managing a major crisis as the campus security authority. Discussion will focus on challenges faced when the routine rapidly escalates to critical for the average institution of higher education. The introductory presentation will queue into discussion about training, pre-planning, communication, mutual aid and exercising plans.

Completing a Hazard Vulnerability Assessment for Your Campus ........................ JoynerLisa Teel, OCEM, Emergency Preparedness Manager, University of Oklahoma

Effective planning depends on consistent analysis and comparison of the threats and hazards a particular institution of higher education faces. Conducting a risk assessment will allow a campus to determine which natural, manmade and technological hazards could affect the campus; what areas of the campus are vulnerable to these hazards; what assets could be affected; and to what degree they might be affected, as measured in dollar losses. The risk assessment model is designed to quantify and document the probability and overall severity of various types of threat events or hazards.

Prevention: The First Obligation .............................................................................. PungDavid Cid, Director, The Homeland Security Institute, Rose State College

The prevention of violence on campus is the first obligation of administrators and educators. This session will describe a system of prevention underpinned by the validated principles of terrorism prevention, redundancy, a common basis of knowledge and a bias toward reporting.

Weather Hazards and Sheltering .......................................................................... Reed FSteve Palladino, Preparedness and Response Division Manager, Oklahoma Department of Emergency ManagementPutnam Reiter, Emergency Operations Center Manager, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

Recent severe weather events have illuminated the need for campus sheltering plans. Weather in Oklahoma requires a four-season approach to shelter planning for your campus community. From snow and ice events in winter to extreme heat in the summer and everything in between,

a successful sheltering plan must consider a wide variety of scenarios. This session will cover common Oklahoma severe weather hazards and discuss which events may require campus sheltering, as well as the logistics required for each type of shelter.

12 p.m. Keynote Address and Luncheon

New Times, New Crimes: Today’s Emerging PreK-12 School ........................... Reed C, DSecurity Threat Trends, Tomorrow’s Higher Education Safety ChallengesKen Trump, President, National School Safety and Security Services

Bomb threats delivered through international proxy servers. Shooting threats posted on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. What best practices hold true over time, and where will we need to change – or do we need to change? Ken Trump will highlight emerging PreK-12 school security threat trends, challenges and best practices that will set the tone for secondary and higher education campus safety in the years to come.

1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Group 2)

Engaging Media: Public Information Needs (PANEL) ............................................ Reed FJoe Foote, Dean, Gaylord College of Journalism, University of Oklahoma Kelly Dyer Fry, Editor, The Oklahoman and Vice President of News, OPUBCO Communications GroupDick Pryor, Deputy Director and Managing Editor, OETA-The Oklahoma NetworkSteve Valencia, Vice President for University Relations, Northwestern Oklahoma State University (MODERATOR)

This panel discussion will explore public information needs and focus on communication best practices in the event of an emergency incident on campus.

Active Shooter: Initial Response and Incident Aftermath ..................................... JoynerCaptain Mark Teply, Midwest City Police DepartmentCaptain Greg Wipfli, Investigations Commander, Midwest City Police Department

In this session, participants will learn how law enforcement will respond to a scene in which a suspect is actively killing or injuring victims. The instructors will delineate law enforcement responses to active shooters, barricaded suspects and hostage situations, and discuss steps individuals and groups can take to protect themselves, cooperation between school officials and emergency responders, and crime scene management.

Legislative Strategy: Guns on Campus (PANEL) .................................................... Reed EOklahoma City Police Chief Bill CittyBruce DeMuth, Superintendent, Pioneer Technology CenterPat Hall, President, Majority Plus LLCDr. W. Roger Webb, President Emeritus, University of Central OklahomaHollye Hunt, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, OSRHE (MODERATOR)

This panel discussion will focus on anticipating challenges in the 2015 legislative session and developing advocacy strategies to preserve the current law regarding guns on higher education campuses.

Completing a Hazard Vulnerability Assessment for Your Campus .......................... PungLisa Teel, OCEM, Emergency Preparedness Manager, University of Oklahoma

Effective planning depends on consistent analysis and comparison of the threats and hazards a particular institution of higher education faces. Conducting a risk assessment will allow a campus to determine which natural, manmade and technological hazards could affect the campus; what areas of the campus are vulnerable to these hazards; what assets could be affected; and to what degree they might be affected, as measured in dollar losses. The risk assessment model is designed to quantify and document the probability and overall severity of various types of threat events or hazards.

Prevention: The First Obligation ............................................................................... CainDavid Cid, Director, The Homeland Security Institute, Rose State College

The prevention of violence on campus is the first obligation of administrators and educators. This session will describe a system of prevention underpinned by the validated principles of terrorism prevention, redundancy, a common basis of knowledge and a bias toward reporting.

Weather Hazards and Public Sheltering ................................................................. MannSteve Palladino, Preparedness and Response Division Manager, Oklahoma Department of Emergency ManagementPutnam Reiter, Emergency Operations Center Manager, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

Recent severe weather events have illuminated the need for campus sheltering plans. Weather in Oklahoma requires a four-season approach to shelter planning for your campus community. From snow and ice events in winter to extreme heat in the summer and everything in between, a successful sheltering plan must consider a wide variety of scenarios. This session will cover common Oklahoma severe weather hazards and discuss which events may require campus sheltering, as well as the logistics required for each type of shelter.

Damage Assessment ......................................................................................... MaynardGary Longan, Recovery Specialist, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

Conducting an Initial Damage Assessment (IDA) allows a campus to quantify and document the extent of damages caused by a natural or manmade event. This session will cover definitions, documentation, processes and guidelines that pertain to engaging the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Group 3)

Hazard/Threat Mass Notification (PANEL) ............................................................ Reed EBradd Brown, Chief of Police, Oklahoma City UniversityRon Hill, Manager of Emergency Operations, Oklahoma State UniversityMichelle Keylon, Associate Superintendent, Francis Tuttle Technology CenterNorman D. Nieves, Director of Emergency Management, University of Central OklahomaPatti Buhl, Director of Public Safety and Campus Police, Northeastern State University (MODERATOR)

This panel discussion will focus on issues relevant to mass notification on a college, university or technology center campus and the policy, operational and budgetary considerations of campus mass notification systems.

Active Shooter: Initial Response and Incident Aftermath ..................................... JoynerCaptain Mark Teply, Midwest City Police DepartmentCaptain Greg Wipfli, Investigations Commander, Midwest City Police Department

In this session, participants will learn how law enforcement will respond to a scene in which a suspect is actively killing or injuring victims. The instructors will delineate law enforcement responses to active shooters, barricaded suspects and hostage situations, and discuss steps individuals and groups can take to protect themselves, cooperation between school officials and emergency responders, and crime scene management.

Campus Police: Daily Operations and Crisis Response ...................................... MaynardJames Fitzpatrick, Chief of Police, Oklahoma City Community CollegeJeffrey Harp, Chief of Police, University of Central Oklahoma

This session will include a presentation and facilitated discussion on the complexity of transitioning from the routine day on campus to managing a major crisis as the campus security authority. Discussion will focus on challenges faced when the routine rapidly escalates to critical for the average institution of higher education. The introductory presentation will queue into discussion about training, pre-planning, communication, mutual aid and exercising plans.

Campus Case Study: Emergency Response (PANEL) ............................................ Reed FPresident Randy Beutler, Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityPresident Jack Bryant, Redlands Community CollegePresident John Hargrave, East Central UniversityDr. Greg Z. Winters, Superintendent/CEO, Canadian Valley Technology CentersDr. W. Roger Webb, President Emeritus, University of Central Oklahoma (MODERATOR)

Panelists will discuss recent emergency experiences on college, university and technology center campuses, including impacts on facilities, student and community services, and general operations and an overview of areas of success and lessons learned through the response and recovery process.

Improving Campus Health and Safety Through Mental Health ............................... Mannand Substance Abuse TrainingSavannah Kalman, Prevention Program Manager, Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide PreventionDane Libart, Senior Screening Consultant, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

This informative session will outline the “menu of services” available to higher education institutions from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, including four evidence-based training programs that are available to make a positive impact on your campus by targeting substance misuse, early identification of mental health issues and youth suicide.

Crisis Communication for Campuses ....................................................................... PungKeli Cain, Public Information Officer, Oklahoma Department of Emergency ManagementJerry Lojka, Public Information Specialist, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

Timely and accurate communications during a crisis are critical to keeping all audiences informed, and a comprehensive plan will help any organization take a proactive role. A crisis or emergency on campus presents unique challenges during the communications process; this session will review the many reasons crisis communication is important, how to implement crisis communications on campus, and how to develop a viable communication plan.

Title IX Compliance and Sexual Assault Prevention ................................................. CainMackenzie Wilfong, Associate General Counsel, Oklahoma State University

This session will outline current federal Title IX guidance from the U.S. Department of Education and other entities, including pending federal legislation, which impacts how institutions of higher education address issues of sexual violence.

4 p.m. Closing Comments ............................................................................................ Reed C, DChancellor Glen D. Johnson

Preston Ackerman, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), began his career with the FBI in 2003with his first office assignment in the Chicago Division. SSA Ackerman was assigned to FBI Headquarters on two separate occasions, in support of IT projects now in use throughout the FBI. He is currently assigned to the FBI’s Oklahoma City Division Cyber Squad and is the program coordinator for computer intrusion matters. Prior to joining the FBI, he worked as a computer networking consultant.

S P E A K E R S

Bradd Brown has been the chief of police at Oklahoma City University since April 2014. Prior to working at the university, he retired as a captain with the Oklahoma City Police Department. Brown served in various areas of law enforcement, including patrol, planning and research, hostage negotiations, special events, and dignitary protection and as commander of a helicopter unit and an information technology unit. He served on a technical working group with the National Institute of Justice for Information Led Policing and has also delivered training and lectures at national conferences, including the IACP and APCO. Brown holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Oklahoma Christian University.

Jack Bryant, president of Redlands Community College, is a lifelong educator who has served in a variety of roles in higher education, including positions as a vice president for student services, academic affairs, contracted and continuing education, and workforce and economic development, and terms at several two-year colleges and both public and private universities. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Northeastern State University, his master’s at the University of Central Oklahoma and postgraduate work at Wichita State University and Oklahoma State University. President Bryant is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute, the American Association of Community College Advanced Future Leaders Institute and the Educators’ Leadership Academy. He currently serves on the Council of Two-Year College Presidents and State Regents’ Council of Presidents. He is an Oklahoma native and a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

Randy Beutler was named the 17th president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre on Feb. 1, 2010. President Beutler earned a Bachelor of Arts in education from SWOSU in 1983, graduating cum laude with a social science major/minor. He holds a Master of Education degree and Juris Doctorate. President Beutler taught at Washita Heights Public Schools and Weatherford High School after graduating from SWOSU. In 1992, he decided to run for the District 60 seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He was reelected three times without opposition and served until 2000. In 2003, he was appointed by Governor Brad Henry as his legislative liaison to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was later promoted to director of legislative relations. He also served as an adjunct professor of history at SWOSU. He assisted former President John Hays with external affairs, legislative matters, grant and external funding development, and in the strategic direction of the university. He also developed the President’s Leadership Class.

Patti Buhl is the director of public safety at Northeastern State University. She has a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Master of Science in criminal justice, both from NSU. She is currently working on her doctorate at Oklahoma State University. Buhl has been in law enforcement for 20 years. She began her career in Oklahoma City and worked at the Yukon Police Department and Cherokee Nation Marshal Service before coming to NSU. She is an adjunct instructor in criminal justice and teaches a variety of classes to law enforcement professionals. She is also a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center-Indian Police Academy. Buhl lives in Tahlequah and is married to Shannon, who is the director of the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service, and has one son, Jackson.

Angela Caddell is associate vice chancellor for communications for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. In this role, she manages the agency’s corporate communications and serves as the state system public information officer; serves as senior staff liaison to the State Regents’ Campus Safety and Security Task Force; directs state system financial education and college access outreach initiatives; and cultivates a network of campus and community partnerships to promote early intervention, college access, and financial literacy. Caddell has served in various leadership roles with numerous service organizations, including the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education, Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, Oklahoma College Public Relations Association and National Association of Economics Educators. She has worked in Oklahoma higher education for 18 years and is a graduate of Georgia Tech.

Keli Cain has been with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management since October 2010 and took the position of public information officer in 2012. She holds primary responsibility for all media relations, agency publications, social media efforts and website projects. She plays an integral role in agency event planning, including the annual Emergency Management Day at the Capitol and the state emergency management conference. She previously worked for the agency from 2003 through 2005 when she helped develop the statewide McReady public education campaign. Between her times at OEM, Cain worked in nonprofit and agency public relations for a combined five years, specializing in grassroots programs and campaigns. Cain has a degree in journalism/PR from the University of Central Oklahoma.

David Cid is director of The Homeland Security Institute at Rose State College. He served as executive director of the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, authoring a police training program that was adopted by 450 departments nationwide and has trained over 20,000 police officers. Cid also served as president of Salus International, a consulting practice serving clients including the State Department, U.S. Army, FBI and Fortune 500 companies. A 20-year veteran of the FBI, he retired in 2000 as an inspector and assistant special agent in charge of the Oklahoma City field office. He has served as an adviser to foreign governments on intelligence and terrorism, supervised the first successful investigation and prosecution under the Biological Weapons Antiterrorism Act, and led security planning for the Special Olympics, World Series and Final Four. Cid was a member of the FBI’s international crisis response team and New York City field division special weapons and tactics team. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, honorably discharged.

William Citty became Oklahoma City’s 48th chief of police on Oct. 24, 2003. He began his career with the Oklahoma City Police Department in 1977. Chief Citty worked throughout the police department including Patrol, Narcotics, Homicide, Campus Resource, Tactical Unit, and the Public Information Office. Prior to becoming chief of police he served as deputy chief over the Administration Bureau. He is a lifelong resident of Oklahoma City. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Senior Management Institute for Police, Federal Emergency Management Institute and National Executive Institute. Chief Citty is affiliated with numerous professional organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Executive Research Forum and FBI National Academy Associates. He is also active in leadership roles for many community groups.

Bruce DeMuth has been the superintendent/CEO for Pioneer Technology Center since September 2012. The past chief of staff for the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, he has been in the CareerTech system for the last 34 years. He has participated in the Governor’s Youth Council and 2005 Leadership Oklahoma and served on the board for the Teachers Retirement System. Prior to his career with CareerTech, he worked at Meridian Technology Center, where he served as assistant superintendent, director of business and industry development, director of career training and development and director of student services. In Ponca City, he is on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce and the United Way. DeMuth graduated from Leadership Ponca City in May 2013. Husband to Carrie, father of five grown children and grandfather to five little girls, he has called Oklahoma home for the last four decades. He began his education career in western Oklahoma as an agriculture teacher.

Jim Fitzpatrick has 38 years of experience with municipal law enforcement and is about to complete his fourth year of campus police administration with Oklahoma City Community College. Prior to working at OCCC, he worked for the Oklahoma City Police Department. He started his career there as an intern and progressed through the ranks of the department, ultimately achieving the rank of deputy chief of police. Fitzpatrick retired as a sworn officer in March 2009 and continued employment with the police department as the civilian director of the 911 Emergency Communications Center. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and attended the Police Executive Research Forum at the Kennedy School of Government. He holds an associate degree from St. Gregory’s University, a bachelor’s from Oklahoma City University and a Master of Criminal Justice Administration from OCU.

Joe Foote is dean and Edward L. Gaylord chair at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. Previously, he headed the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University. He has also taught at Cornell University. Before entering university teaching, Foote served as press secretary to U.S. Speaker Carl Albert and administrative assistant to Congressman Dave McCurdy. He was a journalist at the Voice of America, KTOK Radio and the Oklahoma News Network. He is author of “Live from the Trenches: The Changing Role of the Television News Correspondent” and “Television Access and Political Power: The Networks, the President, and the Loyal Opposition.”

Kelly Dyer Fry is editor of The Oklahoman and vice president of news for OPUBCO Communications Group. She is a third-generation Oklahoma journalist who joined OPUBCO in 1994 as features editor of The Oklahoman before joining its digital operation in 1996. She served as director of multimedia and led the team that launched NewsOK in 2001. She is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and serves on OSU’s Student Media Board. She also serves on the boards of the Health Alliance for the Uninsured and F.A.T.E. Fighting Addiction Through Education. She served on the Teen Recovery Solutions board for six years, helping grow Oklahoma’s only sober high school.

Pat Hall is president and partner in The Capital Group, a multi-faceted consulting firm that specializes in government relations, political campaign management, communications, board and media relations, and not-for-profit association management. In 2005, he also formed another consulting firm with veteran Republican legislator Jim Dunlap, Majority Plus LLC. Together, they are the co-hosts of a weekly Cox Communications political TV show titled “Inside the Issues.” Hall has co-owned the Lady Austin’s clothing stores in Altus; served as executive director and lobbyist for the Oklahoma Public Employees Association; served as CEO of the Oklahoma Democratic Party; and served as president of the Carl Albert Foundation. He was a member of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps from June 1974 to October 1977, achieving the rank of captain. He has a master’s from the University of Oklahoma and a bachelor’s from Southwest Missouri State University. He and his wife, Melanie, an attorney, live in Norman.

John R. Hargrave became East Central University’s president on July 1, 2009. President Hargrave graduated from ECU with honors in 1977, majoring in speech and sociology, and earned a law degree at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. He is chair of the steering committee of the Arts District of Ada and is a board member of the Ada Jobs Foundation and the ECU Foundation Inc. He is active in the Ada Chamber of Commerce and served on Ada’s Leadership Task Force. He also participated in the formation of the new NCAA Division II Great American Conference, serving on the commissioner search and membership committees. He is active in the ECU Alumni Association and helped establish the Ardmore Alumni Advisory Board. He is a trustee of the Seminole State College Foundation and was recently asked to serve on the board of the African American Education Hall of Fame. His wife, Kay Hargrave, a 1978 ECU graduate, is an assistant district attorney for Pontotoc, Seminole and Hughes counties. They have four adult children and five grandchildren.

Jeffrey Harp has served campus public safety in Oklahoma for nearly 30 years. He started his career at the University of Oklahoma as a student working for the campus police department in 1985. He began as a full-time police officer at OU in 1987, serving in various capacities, ending as a lieutenant in 2000. Harp began his service at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2000 as its director of public safety. Today, in addition to serving as the chief of police, he also oversees emergency management, environmental health and safety, and transportation and parking services. He is one of the longest-serving active campus chiefs of police in Oklahoma, now in his 15th year at UCO.

Ron Hill has more than 45 years in the public safety/emergency services arena. He served as a volunteer with the City of Stillwater Civil Defense, where he later joined the Stillwater Fire Department as a part-time fire fighter and rose to the rank of the city’s first full-time fire inspector/fire marshall. He manages the Oklahoma State University Emergency Management Department and is the first person to fill this position. He helped prepare OSU to earn StormREADY accreditation and is recognized as a NOAA Ambassador for the Weather Ready Nation program. Hill retired as deputy director for Oklahoma Emergency Management, where he was the Governor’s Command Center facilitator during the Alfred P. Murrah Building bombing and the May 3, 1999, tornado outbreak. He studied at OSU, is a graduate of the Certified Public Manager (CPM) program and was one of the first individuals to earn the professional Certified Emergency Manager (CEM®) credential. He and his wife, Wanda, live in Stillwater. They have two married children and three grandchildren.

Hollye Hunt currently serves as the vice chancellor for governmental relations for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Before coming to work at the State Regents, Hunt served as field representative and district legal advisor for Congressman Tom Cole and performed constituent services for Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin. She has a bachelor’s degree in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law. She was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association in 2007.

Savannah Kalman is the prevention program manager for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. She has a master’s in marriage and family therapy and has seven years of direct service experience with adolescents and their families. Three of those years involved directing prevention programming in Boston Public Schools for McLean Psychiatric Hospital’s youth programming. For self-care, she enjoys running, dancing, and laughing over dinner.

Michelle Keylon is responsible for the comprehensive leadership and alignment of critical district administrative functions, including instruction, facilities management, information technology/infrastructure, campus safety, career readiness and development, and student services. Previously, she has worked as an instructional director and a classroom teacher. She also served as a state program administrator at the Oklahoma Department for Career and Technology Education.

Dane Libart, LCSW, is the senior screening consultant with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS). He received a master’s in social work from the University of Southern California. Libart worked with the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Orange County, California, on the advisory board and as board president. He developed and implemented the Orange County Family Advocate Program, which was honored by the Mental Health Association of Orange County and for which he was awarded the prestigious Thomas F. Riley Community Service Award. His ODMHSAS responsibilities include the Mental Health First Aid Pilot program and Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). The Mental Health First Aid program is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and is effective in preparing individuals to respond to a psychiatric issue or emergency. SBIRT is an evidence-based public health prevention model that is effective in reducing drug and alcohol misuse.

Jerry Lojka, retired assistant chief, was the public information officer for the Midwest City fire department for 22 years. He has attended a variety of classes at the National Fire Academy and is a graduate of the Advanced Public Information Officer Course at the Emergency Management Institute. Lojka has been an instructor for the Basic Public Information Officer Course for nearly 20 years. He helped coordinate information management during the May 3, 1999, tornadoes and the April 9, 2009, wildfire in Midwest City. He has been deployed as an information specialist for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management during ice storms, floods and wildfires. He has been involved in developing several safety campaigns and recently developed an education campaign to promote the installation of automatic residential fire sprinkler systems. He is currently a captain for Oklahoma River Cruises.

Gary L. Longan is a project specialist with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM). In this role, he specializes in fire management assistance, initial and preliminary damage processes, and federal and state grants and is a member of the OEM Response Teams. Longan responds to any local agency that requests assistance from OEM. His background includes 36 years of Oklahoma law enforcement, finishing his career with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Investigation Division, where he served as a criminal/crime scene investigator and a member of the Major Manhunt Team and Dignitary Protection Details. He and his wife live in Miami, Oklahoma, where she is the emergency manager for the city of Miami.

Norman Nieves is the first full-time emergency manager for an institution of higher education in the state of Oklahoma. He coordinates all response and recovery efforts following incidents that occur on the University of Central Oklahoma campus, as well as the training, mitigation and preparedness efforts before an incident happens. Nieves also oversees the campus Communications/Dispatch Center and is an advisory member of UCO’s Crisis Management Team. He is an Oklahoma Certified Emergency Manager (OCEM), a certified NIMS/ICS instructor and a certified Campus/Community Emergency Response Team instructor.

Steve Palladino has been with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management since July 2001. As preparedness and response division manager for the state of Oklahoma, he has been involved in many disaster operations, including major snow and ice storms, significant tornadoes, flood events and wildfires, as well as shelter operations to assist other states. Palladino and the field services team also manage the Oklahoma Emergency Operations Center along with 25 partnering state agencies and volunteers. He was instrumental in developing the state’s Shelter in a Box program and establishing the Oklahoma Disaster Task Force. In 2003, he received the Oklahoma Emergency Management Association President’s Award. A trained firefighter and paramedic, he served as Hughes County emergency manager prior to his work with OEM. He lives in Wetumka with his wife Lori, and their two daughters attend Oklahoma Baptist University.

Dick Pryor is deputy director, managing editor for OETA-The Oklahoma Network. He began anchoring the Oklahoma News Report in 1990 and served as news and public affairs manager from 2002 to 2007. He directs the OETA news and public affairs department and is host and managing editor for OETA productions, including “ONR,” “Oklahoma Forum,” “On the Record,” “A Conversation With….,” and statewide election coverage. Pryor is also moderator and host of “Ask a Lawyer.” He has received regional Emmy Awards for OETA’s World War II and Dust Bowl projects and the “A Conversation With…” program. A native of Norman, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009.

Putnam Reiter works for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) as the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) manager. He has been employed by OEM for 16 years and previously served as a volunteer for three years. In his current capacity, he coordinates facility management, emergency communications, information technology and meteorology for OEM. Previously, Reiter worked for the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, specifically with the Oklahoma Mesonet Project. He holds a Bachelor of Science in geography from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s in regional and city planning, also from OU. His favorite hobby is storm chasing, which he has been doing since 1990.

Lisa Teel is the emergency preparedness manager for the University of Oklahoma. She is responsible for preparing OU for emergencies and directs campuswide emergency recovery efforts while maintaining campus operations. She holds a master’s in leadership administration from OU and is an Oklahoma Certified Emergency Manager and an instructor for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), NIMS (National Incident Management System), recognizing and investigating bomb threats on college campuses, and several other emergency preparedness topics. Teel is a member of the Central Oklahoma Emergency Management Association; the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Association, where she serves as chair for the Emergency Management COP; and the International Association of Emergency Managers. She has worked in higher education since 2001 and served as an emergency manager in higher education since 2007.

Captain Mark Teply has over 34 years of law enforcement experience, 29 years of which have been served with the Midwest City Police Department. He is currently assigned as the shift one patrol commander. Captain Teply is a former member of the Tactical Unit, in which he served for 18 years, working his way up through the ranks to commander. He has also served as an adjunct instructor for the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training since 1993, specializing in law enforcement driver training. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Class 252.

Steven J. Valencia serves as associate vice president for university relations at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and has led the school’s communications and marketing efforts for more than 18 years. He is a graduate of Northwestern, earning a bachelor’s degree in communication in 1988 and a master’s degree in education in 2000. During his time at Northwestern, Valencia has expanded marketing and communications efforts by increasing advertising, revamping the university’s website, improving publications and expanding electronic communications. He has won numerous awards from the Oklahoma College Public Relations Association and has held several leadership positions on the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He serves on the Alva City Council and on the boards of directors for the Share Medical Center Foundation and Oklahoma Speaker’s Ball Inc.

W. Roger Webb is president emeritus of the University of Central Oklahoma after holding the position of president from 1997–2011. He was president of Northeastern State University from 1978–97 and Oklahoma commissioner of public safety from 1974–78. He was headmaster of Oklahoma Christian Schools from 2012–13. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of Oklahoma, with a Juris Doctorate. A native of eastern Oklahoma, he graduated from Heavener High School. Webb is presently vice chair of the board of Citizens Bank of Edmond. He is married to Dr. Jeanie Webb, president of Rose State College. He is a member of the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Hall of Fame.

Mackenzie Wilfong earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and received her Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. Following law school, She practiced litigation at Spencer Fane Britt and Browne, a national law firm in Kansas City, where she specialized in education and employment law, practicing in both Kansas and Missouri. After leaving private practice, Wilfong joined the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights as an enforcement attorney investigating allegations of harassment and discrimination in educational institutions in a five-state region, including Oklahoma. She has worked at Oklahoma State University in several capacities, including director of equal opportunity and Title IX coordinator. Currently, she is the associate general counsel for the Board of Regents for the OSU and Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges (OSU/A&M Board of Regents).

Greg Winters was born and raised in Mangum, Oklahoma. He completed a bachelor’s at Southwestern Oklahoma State University and master’s at the University of Central Oklahoma and pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma, ultimately receiving his doctorate from Oklahoma State University. He has served as superintendent at Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center and Kiamichi Technology Centers, and was named superintendent at Canadian Valley Technology Center (CVTC), with campuses in El Reno, Chickasha and Yukon, in July 2008. Winters received the Francis Tuttle Career Excellence Award and was named Oklahoma Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year in 2014, among other awards. CVTC was named to the list of 2013 Top Workplaces in Oklahoma by The Oklahoman and won the Gold Star Award – CareerTech’s highest honor – for the fourth straight year and 12th time in its 44-year existence. He and his wife, MeMe, have three adult children and three grandchildren.

Captain Greg Wipfli has been with the Midwest City Police Department for 20 years. He is currently the criminal investigations commander and the commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team. Captain Wipfli has been an adjunct instructor for the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training since 1999, specializing in tactical and rapid response to active shooter training.

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