Florida Leadership Academy

The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 40 first-line supervisors from the Florida Leadership Academy on April 13, 2018. These graduates serve in leadership roles representing 31 criminal justice agencies throughout the state.

The graduates met for four week-long sessions at the Florida Sheriff’s Association in Tallahassee. They learned skills necessary to support the needs of their agencies and their communities as they prepare for future challenges.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Florida Leadership Academy. The goal of the Florida Leadership Academy is to prepare first-line supervisors in criminal justice organizations to exemplify the character and integrity expected of criminal justice professionals and to examine the various components necessary to being an efficient leader.

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.

Below is a list of graduates from the 41st Florida Leadership Academy.

Joseph Abollo             Indian River County Sheriff’s Office
Molly Akin                  Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Anthony Allaire          Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Laura Anstead            Citrus County Sheriff’s Office
Saundra Batie             Florida Highway Patrol
Benjamin Benedict     Leon County Sheriff’s Office
Cordis Blackwood      Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Vincent Boccio           Tallahassee Police Department
Bradford Bowlin        Lake County Sheriff’s Office
James Buchbinder       Ocala Police Department
Bartell Clemons          Tallahassee Police Department
Chad Cutkomp           Florida Department of Corrections
Jessica Davenport       Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Philip Di Gaetano       Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
Nitza Dominguez        Miami-Dade Police Department
Daniel Eberly III         Coconut Creek Police Department
Trish Eldridge             Florida Sheriff’s Association
Natalie Gillespie          St. Augustine Beach Police Department
Russell Gordon           Bradford County Sheriff’s Office
Monica Gray               Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Todd Greene               Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Tyler Harrison             Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Stephen Jencks            Bay County Sheriff’s Office
Darren Karp                Coconut Creek Police Department
Scott Kinney               Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office
Dustin McGee             Highlands County Sheriff’s Office
William Mittwede       St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office
Joel Murphey              Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office
Luis Negrete               Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Jarritt Negri                 Seminole County Sheriff’s Office
Deanna Phillips           Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
George Price III          Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Keith Quick                Venice Police Department
Orlando Roman          Orange County Corrections Department
Jennifer Scavotto        Seminole County Sheriff’s Office
Leonard Tyree II         Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
David Webb Jr.           Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
David Williams           Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
Tanesha Williams        Florida Sheriff’s Association
Frank Zadnik III         Ocala Police Department

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.

The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation today of 37 first-line supervisors from the 39th Florida Leadership Academy Class on August 18, 2017. These graduates serve in leadership roles representing 31 criminal justice agencies throughout the state.
The graduates met for four week-long sessions at the Gainesville Police Department in Gainesville, Florida. They learned skills necessary to support the needs of their agencies and their communities as they prepare for future challenges.
The goal of the Florida Leadership Academy is to prepare first-line supervisors in criminal justice organizations to exemplify the character and integrity expected of criminal justice professionals and to examine the various components necessary to being an efficient leader.
Below is a list of graduates from the 39th Florida Leadership Academy.
William Andersen
Orange County Corrections
Mark Barley
Santa Fe College Police Department
Donald Buie, Jr.
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Christopher Cardwell
Gainesville Police Department
Jason David Cook
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Ronnie Daniels
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
Jacqueline Danzig
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Daniel Diaz
Daytona Beach Police Department
Benjamin Dunlap
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
Casey Eades
Ocala Police Department
Robert Fanelli
Gainesville Police Department
Frank Fuentes
Coconut Creek Police Department
Tocarra Gainer
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
Amy Gamber
Seminole County Sheriff’s Office
Cole Glaser
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office
Robert Hart, Jr.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Amy Hayes
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Michael Hurlocker
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
Frank Kinsey
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
John Konopka, Jr.
Florida Office of the Attorney General
Kimon Koungras
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Kenneth Lamb
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
Javon Murphy
Florida Highway Patrol
Peter Osterrieder
University of Central Florida Police Department
Robin Patterson
Nassau County Sheriff’s Office
Billie Phillips III
Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety
Michael Rosa
Pasco County Sheriff’s Office
Kellie Smith
Florida Department of Corrections
Jennifer Taylor
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
Kevin Valade
Coconut Creek Police Department
Anthony Vizzini
Ocala Police Department
David Wallace
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Richard Warner
St. Augustine Police Department
James Wills
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office
Kimberly Wise
Highlands County Sheriff’s Office
Marcia Wolford
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Erik Zabik
Seminole County Sheriff’s Office
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.