Law Enforcement Leaders Graduate from Florida Leadership Academy

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation today of 32 senior executives from the 20th Senior Leadership Program. The graduates represent criminal justice agencies from across the state.

The graduates met for seven weeks over a 10-month period and took classes on topics such as risk management, budgeting, procedural justice and futures forecasting as it relates to criminal justice.

The goal of the Senior Leadership Program is to prepare Florida’s criminal justice leadership for the challenging and changing demands of the future. Class participants study the trends and events that will challenge criminal justice professionals and the state in the new millennium and examine the leadership skills necessary to create and lead the changes that lie ahead.

Below is a list of graduates from the 20th Senior Leadership Program.

Lieutenant Stacy C. Barasch

Miami-Dade Police Department

Instructional Coordinator Andrea Blalock

Florida Public Safety Institute

Lieutenant Brian K. Blalock

Lynn Haven Police Department

Captain Guy Carpenter II

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Captain Ellery R. Collado

Florida Highway Patrol

Lieutenant Charles W. Eades

Ocala Police Department

Captain Buchanan Ezra Folsom, Jr.

Florida Highway Patrol

Lieutenant Vincent Giovenco

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

Captain Wayne W. Godwin

Osceola County Corrections Department

Lieutenant Scott Hogeboom

Walton County Sheriff’s Office

Assistant Warden Tifani S. Knox

Florida Department of Corrections

Union Correctional Institution

Captain Mark A. Laramore

Panama City Police Department

Captain Shane Love

Seminole County Sheriff’s Office

Captain Scott M. Mason

Volusia County Division of Corrections

Lieutenant April L. McQueen

Okaloosa County Department of Corrections

Captain Michael R. Meaney

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Office of Inspector General

Lieutenant Lori Mingione

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office

Captain Amy L. Moyer

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

Commander Terence Nicolas

Altamonte Springs Police Department

Captain Charlie A. Nix, II

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office

Lieutenant Charles Padgett

Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement

Lieutenant Nathaly M. Patterson

St. Petersburg Police Department

Regional Director James L. Perdue

Florida Department of Corrections

Community Corrections

Captain Jack V. Peterson

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

Lieutenant Kevin W. Roesner

Winter Park Police Department

Captain Jason Ross

Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement

Lieutenant Ian C. Rylott

Polk County Sheriff’s Office

Captain Rama Shuster

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Lieutenant Robert D. Smith, Jr.

Seminole County Sheriff’s Office

Lieutenant Danny Stallings

Panama City Police Department

Regional Director Billy Starke, Jr.

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

Residential Services

Lieutenant Chris Wyatt

Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Capitol Police

The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, which is housed within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and affiliated with the State University System, was established in 1990 by the Florida Legislature to address the need for an innovative and multi-faceted approach to the education and training of criminal justice professionals.