Shelley Benoliel is the Senior Director of Global Safety & Security at Splunk. She transitioned to the private sector after a successful public service career and has held global security leadership roles at IBM, UPS, Netflix, Zoom, and now Splunk. Throughout her diverse career in law enforcement and global security, she built high-performing teams, developed effective security programs, and drove change in established organizations to deliver best in class services that enabled the business to manage risk and operate safely in emerging global markets.
Before entering the private sector, Shelley served as a U.S Diplomat/Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) where she served multiple worldwide assignments. She led safety and security programs for U.S. embassies and Americans serving abroad, protective security details for U.S. and foreign dignitaries, and National Special Security Events and served as a DSS protective liaison to the White House and U.S. Capitol Building. She also served on the Directorate’s senior management team for national foreign policy development, program planning, and outreach. Prior to DSS, she served as a Special Agent with the State of Missouri’s Department of Revenue, Criminal Investigative Bureau.

She served most recently as chief of police for the Dallas Police Department, leading a 4,000-member, $500 million dollar law enforcement agency through proven 21st century best practice strategies. She is most recognized for technology innovation, data driven decision making, community outreach, officer wellness and creating department reform and accountability designed to reduce crime and modernize the effectiveness of the city’s police force.
Hall was the first woman to ever lead the Dallas Police Department, and one of only a very few African American women to serve as police chief nationwide. She oversaw the department during one of the most challenging, unprecedented, and tumultuous times in modern history. She led through the difficult COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns in early 2020 and steered the department through Dallas’s portion of the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of Mr. George Floyd, by police. Prior to leading in Dallas, Renee’ spent nearly 20 years in the Detroit Police Department in a series of increasingly responsible roles, beginning as a police officer and culminating as the epartment’s deputy chief of police.
Reneè is a Harvard University Fellow of the 2022 Advanced Leadership Initiative. She currently serves as a Senior Editor of the Harvard Social Impact Review. Renee’ has developed, in collaboration with Harvard professional schools and academic departments, a comprehensive program that provides intergenerational employment, increases literacy, and creates opportunities for wealth building through financial education and training. The program also addresses the ntersection between law enforcement and economic inequalities in communities of color.
Hall is currently the National 2nd Vice President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). She is a member International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Committee, The International Women’s Forum (IWF), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

In May 2020, amid protests in Atlanta in response to the murder of George Floyd, Shields said that the angry reaction was understandable, and that the value of the lives of black people was being diminished by police or other individuals, stating that such events were a "recurring narrative". She added with some suggestions on how police could do better, namely better training and "weeding out bad cops", and praised the use of body-worn cameras. Shields addressed demonstrators stating that she was happy to allow protests so long as they didn't violate laws. She stated her opposition to using force to halt the protests, stating that protestors have a right "to be upset, to be scared, and to want to yell". In January 2021, she joined the Louisville Police Department as its police chief. In 2023, Shields joined InVeris as its chief commercial officer.

She leads the largest police agency in the State of Arizona, which is responsible for providing law enforcement services to the fifth most populous city in the country. Chief Williams oversees a staff of nearly 4,000 employees and manages an annual operating budget that exceeds $700 million. Chief Williams is a 32-year law enforcement veteran and accomplished police executive. Under her leadership, the Phoenix Police Department is advancing a number of progressive strategies essential in contemporary law enforcement. Previously, she served nearly six years as Police Chief in the City of Oxnard, California where she advanced police community relationships and oversaw the implementation of police body-worn cameras.
Chief Williams is a native Phoenician. She began her career in law enforcement with the Phoenix Police Department and retired as an Assistant Chief after 22 years of service. Chief Williams is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the Police Executive Research Forum, and the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police. During Arizona's Centennial year, Chief Williams was honored as one of Arizona's 48 Most Intriguing Women by the Arizona Centennial Legacy Project, in partnership with the Arizona Historical Society and the Arizona Community Foundation for her leadership in the law enforcement profession. In 2016, she was recognized as California Assembly District 44 Woman of the Year for her leadership and outstanding accomplishments as Chief of the Oxnard Police Department. Later that year, President Obama appointed her to a membership position on the Medal of Valor Review Board. In 2020, Chief Williams was named to the United States Conference of Mayors Police Reform and Racial Justice Working Group, and in 2021, she was appointed to the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.

She is the former Commissioner of the nation’s 4th largest police department, which employs more than 6500 sworn officers and 800 civilians who work to help make Philadelphia a safer city. Commissioner Outlaw was the first African-American woman to lead the Philadelphia Police Department. Commissioner Outlaw’s TEDx Talk – Humanity In Authority – dispels the belief that the two concepts are contrary in nature and explains how the two concepts can, and should, co-exist. She has also presented on various topics including Race and Policing, Women in Law Enforcement, De-escalation and Investigation of Use of Force, Building Community Relationships after Controversy, and Video Recording in Policing and Early Intervention Systems. She has been asked to provide technical assistance in areas of police accountability and risk management.
Prior to taking the helm as Philadelphia’s top law enforcement officer, Outlaw was the Chief of Portland, Oregon’s Bureau of Police. She was the first African American woman to hold that post. Commissioner Outlaw began her law enforcement career in Oakland, California where she spent 20 years in service with the Oakland Police Department. The Oakland, CA native has received numerous awards, including the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Gary P. Hayes Award, the Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Culture of Caring Award for Community Relations and Civic Engagement, and has been honored as a 2019 Marie Lamfrom Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington.

She started her career with the City of Atlanta Police Department in 1983 before retiring as a Major in 2011. After retiring with the City of Atlanta Police Department, she served as a Senior Police Advisor and Deputy Team Leader responsible for providing law enforcement instructions, mentoring, and the delivery of training programs with the Narcotics Affairs Section in Mexico. In 2014, she joined the Clayton County Public Schools Police Department as the major over day-to-day operations.
Chief Williams received an Inclusive and Ethical Leadership Certificate from The Leadership Summit and the University of South Florida. She is a 2006 graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP). She participated in the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), where she visited Israel and received training on Intervention Strategies for Domestic and Gender-Based Violence in San Salvador.
She received the Leadership Award from the School of Education in 2018 and an Honorary Service Award by the Student Life Awards in 2019. The National Society of Leadership and Success recognized her for Excellence in Service to Students Award and the Atlanta University Center Consortium for her Leadership of the Public Safety and Campus Security Council. She received recognition as one of the nominees for Georgia’s Chief of the Year at the 2020 and 2021 Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Conference. She has received several commendations throughout her career, such as 2009 Manager of the Year for APD, Female Officer of the Year for the State of Georgia and finalist for Female Officer of the Year with the International Association of Women Police.
Chief Williams is a member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA); Georgia Association Law Enforcement Administrators (GACLEA); National Organizations of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); Georgia Chapter of Black Law Enforcement, Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP), Historically Black Colleges & Universities Law Enforcement Executives & Administrators (HBCU-LEEA), (GACLEA) and the National Association of Women Enforcement Executives. She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

He was then promoted to the geographic patrol sector commander and later became the criminal support commander. From there, Humphrey served as the chief of police for three municipal administrators: first for Lancaster, Texas, from 2008-11; then in Norman, Okla., from 2011-19; and most recently in Little Rock, Ark., in 2019. He retired from his position in Little Rock in 2022, and he joined the University of Memphis in 2024.

Jason is recognized as one of the nation’s top law enforcement leaders in the areas of community outreach, engagement, and police reform. He is a sought-after contributor for media outlets, keynote speaker events, panel discussions, and for leadership, police reform, and community engagement training. Jason is passionate about connecting with community members in an effort to increase public trust and reduce crime.

As the Sheriff of Suffolk County, Tompkins manages all operations at the Suffolk County House of Correction, the Nashua Street Jail and the Civil Process Division. In addition to providing care, custody and rehabilitative support for inmates and pre–trial detainees, Tompkins also oversees a management, security and administrative staff of over 1,000. As the former Chief of External Affairs for the Department, Sheriff Tompkins supervised his own division and was a member of his predecessor’s nine–person Executive Team, which was responsible for the day–to– day management of all Sheriff’s Department operations. As the Chief of External Affairs, he established sustainable partnerships with municipal agencies, neighborhood organizations, civic associations, local businesses, and crime watch groups to increase community engagement in deterring youth crime and improving reentry programs. Sheriff Tompkins created the innovative “Common Ground Institute,” a vocational training and re–entry program that teaches marketable vocation skills in a classroom setting and allows inmates to hone those skills by renovating public lands and facilities throughout Suffolk County. One of CGI’s most unique features is its job placement component for graduates with employers who hire with full knowledge of the offender’s criminal history. He is also an engaged community leader and respected advocate, serving as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for Roxbury Community College, as former Board Chair of the Sportsman’s Tennis Club and as a member of the board for City Year Boston. In 2011, Tompkins was appointed by Governor Patrick to serve as a Board member of the Boston Finance Commission. Sheriff Tompkins also served as chair of the Community Service Board for the Dimock Center, a Roxbury–based community health center that provides convenient access to quality medical and mental health care and human services, and he recently stepped down from service on their Foundation Board. The Sheriff previously served as the Dimock Center’s Director of Marketing and Public Affairs prior to joining the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department.

He left the Villa Rica Police Department in June of 1991 to become a Narcotics Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Robert remained at the GBI for over twenty years until February of 2012. Upon ending his career at the GBI as a Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC), Ford chose to continue his career in law enforcement by joining the Clayton County Sheriff’s Department as the Deputy Director for Constituency Services and in charge of Strategic Intelligence collection for the department. Robert served time as the Assistant Chief of Police in Lumpkin and Marshallville Georgia. Although Robert continues to hold all his law enforcement certifications in an active status, he is employed in the Major Case Unit of the Special Investigative Section of Nationwide Insurance as a Major Case Consultant. Robert is a business owner and has owned a profitable business since age eighteen. He is a security professional holding advance certifications and he serves as a consultant for major corporations across the United States. Robert is effective and efficient in business development and is an avid investor. He is very involved in local community activities by coaching high school basketball and mentoring youth. He has served as a member of the local Kiwanis club and Past Master of Greenville Beauty Lodge #268. Robert is also a veteran of the U.S. Army and spent 12 years in the Georgia National Guard.

For more than 15 years, she has specialized in executing integrated communications and digital media strategies in a high-stakes environment on issues ranging from national security to domestic policy and our nation’s most pressing crises. Ashley most recently served as Deputy Assistant to President Biden and Communications Director for Vice President Harris and directed the team that secured multiple magazine and newspaper covers, broadcast specials, and profiles, including Time Magazine’s Person of the Year and Lifetime’s Special on Women Making History, about Harris’s leadership. Before returning to the White House, Ashley served on the Presidential Transition Team as the Director of Communications for Vice President Elect Kamala Harris and as Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning for Biden for President in 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Ashley served as Communications Director and Senior Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman and person of color to hold the position. There she led the communications, legal and legislative strategy for the impeachment and trial of President Trump and helped craft the communication and message strategy that resulted in the historic 2018 midterm victory for House Democrats and reelection of Pelosi as Speaker. Ashley was appointed Special Assistant to President Obama and Communications Director for the U.S. Cabinet in 2014 and led communications for the President’s signature My Brother’s Keeper initiative. Prior to joining the Obama White House, Ashley held several positions in Congress including Deputy Communications Director for Leader Pelosi and Communications Director for the Oversight Committee under Ranking Member Elijah Cummings. She also served as a Senior Associate at Dewey Square Group, consulting Fortune 100 executives and a national issue campaign that resulted in an affirmative Supreme Court decision. Ashley’s groundbreaking career and work has been profiled in major national outlets, including in Vanity Fair as the “queen of the war room” and Marie Claire’s New Guard List as “Obama’s bad-news fixer.” Ashley holds a Master of Arts in Political Communications from John Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Sam Houston State University. Ashley's discussion group was titled "A Seat at The Table: The Politics of Power." Ashley is currently the CEO of Etienne & Saint, a communications, marketing, and digital strategy firm.

During his career at LSP, Chief Paul held several management and leadership positions that included the oversight of Gaming Operations, Criminal Investigations, Special Investigations, and the LSP Fusion Center. Chief Paul retired from LSP to become Chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department. Chief Paul began his career with the Baton Rouge Police Department on January 1, 2018. The Baton Rouge Police Department’s workforce comprises of 883 positions of which 698 are sworn police officers. We provide service to a population of approximately 230,000 residents within a 79 square-mile area. Throughout his law enforcement career, Chief Paul has served on several boards and commissions, such as the Louisiana Governor’s Drug Policy Board, the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies (ASCIA), the Regional Counter-Drug Training Academy (RCTA), and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Executive Board. Additionally, he represented LSP on the Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF) Executive Board. Chief Paul is a P.O.S.T./FBI certified instructor and a graduate of the FBI National Academy #223. Chief Paul received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana and has been the recipient of numerous commendations and awards throughout his career.

Since taking office on January 1, 2021, he has achieved unprecedented success within the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office with respect to recruitment and retention, jail reform, courthouse security as well as crime prevention and public safety. Upon taking office, Sheriff Labat changed the mission of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office to one word — Service. As he believes that quality customer service is the cornerstone of any organization. In less than 3 years, Sheriff Labat has secured a 36% pay raise for sworn staff, a 16% pay raise for civilian staff and also implemented a hiring bonus of $10,500. He successfully brokered detainee housing agreements with the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Atlanta (Atlanta City Detention Center) moving hundreds of detainees and established an Inmate Advocacy Unit to address dangerous overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail. In his efforts to reduce crime and enhance public safety across the county, he created a fugitive apprehension team and established full-time deployment of field operations to include the F.A.S.T., Traffic and Motors Units. With more than 30 years of success in the public safety sector and a decade as Chief of the City of Atlanta Department of Corrections, Sheriff Labat has a proven track record as a decisive leader and change agent. He has a reputation for motivating his workforce through active and engaged, hands-on leadership. As Chief of Corrections, Labat maintained a nationally accredited detention facility, pioneered youth diversion programs, senior citizen meal service programs and the nationally acclaimed PAT3 reentry program. He was named Jail Administrator of the Year by the Georgia Jail Association in 2015 and 2019. Sheriff Labat served as the President of the Georgia Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in 2011, President of the Georgia Jail Association in 2016 and was named the GJA Jail Administrator of the Year in 2015 and 2019. Additionally, he was invited to serve as a witness at the Social Problems Hearing for the President’s 2020 Commission for Law Enforcement and Justice. He currently serves as a member of the FirstNet Health & Wellness Committee and chair of the Major County Sheriff’s Association Detention & Jail Committee. Sheriff Labat began his career in 1988 as a detention officer, working his way up the ladder over a 30 year career. As a native Atlantan, and lifelong resident of Fulton County, he is a proud graduate of Fredrick Douglass High School and Clark Atlanta University, and he earned his Masters in Public Administration from Columbus State University. He served for five years as a coach with the Sandtown Youth Sports Association and volunteered with the North Atlanta High School PTSA and Basketball Booster Club. He and his wife, Jacki, share four adult children and two rescue pups – Hugo & Finesse. They reside in Midwest Cascade in Southwest Atlanta.

After three and a half years working full-time for the News, Mark was hired by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Later switching to television, he went on the air for WSB-TV in 1986 and has helped Channel 2 Action News break many of Georgia's biggest stories. His print and broadcast work have been honored with numerous professional and civic awards, including a number of Southern Regional Emmys. Mark's coverage of a series of mail bombings which killed a federal judge and a civil rights attorney led to the publication of his book on the case, "Priority Mail" (Scribner, 1995.) Mark has been active with a number of charities and especially at church. For several seasons he coached youth basketball and baseball. Married to the former Kate Sievert, he is an avid golfer.

While in the United States Park Police, Smith served in major city field offices across the United States including San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, and Washington, DC, rising through the ranks to become Chief of Police for the United States Park Police in 2021. She began her career with the United States Park Police in 1998 as a patrol officer in the San Francisco Field Office and received numerous commendations for her proactive efforts with drug enforcement, sobriety checkpoints, and community engagement. As her experience grew, she was reassigned to the New York Field Office where she continued her remarkable work ethic and joined the Canine Unit as a Canine Handler in the Explosive Ordinance and Detection Unit. She transitioned to a Senior Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Law Enforcement Driver Training Program in Glynco, GA. She rose through the ranks as sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, deputy chief and was ultimately promoted to Chief of Police, becoming the first African-American female to serve as Chief in the agency’s 230-year-old history. After a successful career in law enforcement with the US Park Police, Smith joined the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in May 2022 as the Chief Equity Officer, assigned to the Executive Office of the Chief of Police. She led the department's efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), made an immediate impact at the MPD and ensured that DEI issues remained a priority in the department. She developed an organizational channel for department-wide accountability by providing strategic advice to the Chief of Police, executive leadership, and senior management officials within the department. In addition to her DEI focus, she supervised the Directorates for Employee Well-Being and Support Unit and Equal Employment Opportunity Office. She made a significant impact in a brief time span and in April 2023, was promoted to the Assistant Chief of Police, Homeland Security Bureau where she led the operational and administrative functions of the Special Operations Division, Joint Strategic & Tactical Analysis Command Center, and the Office of Intelligence. On July 17, 2023, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she selected Pamela A. Smith to serve as the next Chief of Police at the Metropolitan Police Department. Smith was officially confirmed Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on November 7, 2023. Chief Smith is well known for her law enforcement commitment and advocacy, leadership, and her skillful passion to forge relationships within the agency and across the communities she serves. Throughout her distinguished career, she has earned numerous awards and recognitions from several organizations including the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE), the Women in Federal law Enforcement Public Service Award, Northeast Region Equal Employment Opportunity Office Recognition of Outstanding Excellence; and the National Council of Negro Women Award for Working Together in Unity.

Campbell is recognized as one of the hardest working servant leaders in today’s Civil Rights, Women’s Rights and Social Justice Movement. Campbell recently celebrated 25 years of service with The National Coalition and has served as an advisor to U. S. presidents, congressional members, corporate, labor, non-profit executives, philanthropists, faith leaders and others---on critical issues impacting Black America. Campbell is dedicated to mentoring and providing leadership opportunities for the next generation and believes creating the Black Youth Vote civic leadership, Black male achievement and organizing program at The National Coalition is one of her most rewarding accomplishments. She is equally committed to lifting up Black women and girls’ leadership in the movement for justice, fairness, and equality as core to her life’s work, through the Black Women’s Roundtable. She is a veteran coalition builder and is highly successful in leading and organizing multi-million dollar civic engagement, voter empowerment and issue-based campaigns. Campbell releases an annual Black Women’s Roundtable Report on the status of Black women during its BWR Women of Power National Summit that celebrates Women’s History Month; and presents an annual public policy agenda to Congressional Members on Capitol Hill. Campbell has served as a featured writer for the National Urban League’s State of Black America and is regularly featured in ESSENCE, Washington Post, MSNBC AMJoy, #RolandMartinUnfiltered, USA Today, Washington Informer, Comcast Newsmakers for Black History Month and highlighted by SEPHORA. She was recently awarded the “Sustainer of the Flame Freedom Flame Award” by The Bridge Crossing Jubilee during the 55th Anniversary of Selma to Montgomery in March 2020. A native of Mims, Florida, Campbell has a B.A. in Business Administration from Clark Atlanta University, a certificate in non-profit executive management, Georgetown University. She is a member of the Inaugural Class of Progressive Women’s Voices, Women’s Media Center and resident fellow alumni, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics, Harvard University.

Ms. Conner oversees all aspects of the organization , including membership, fund development, and program and public policy initiatives and the implementation of the organization’s strategic direction , and guides the organization’s signature Mentor and Executive Leadership Institute. She also focuses on expanding and developing new opportunities within the broad vision of leading “community outreach” and organizational efforts dedicated to the advancement of the "next generation of Black public administrators." With over 20-years of experience in the public sector, Ms. Conner has first-hand knowledge in navigating the complexities of public service. Prior to becoming Executive Director, she served as a City Manager, Town Manager, Assistant City Manager, and Budget Director for various local and county governments. Additionally, Ms. Conner has owned and operated MLC Consulting, and has provided consulting services to the government and non-profit sectors since 2004. Ms. Conner received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Talladega College, and a Masters in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati. She also holds a Certificate in Government Finance from the University of Wisconsin and a Certificate in Creative Place Making from Rutgers University. She is an alumna of Leadership Texas, Leadership Austin, and Leadership Washington. Currently, Ms. Conner is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Civic League, Board Member of Consortium of International Management Policy and Development (CIMPAD), a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), the Association Society of Association Executives (ASAE) In 2020, Marcia became a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administrators. She is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority where she has held many leadership positions.