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Officers, Directors and Trustees
Daniel B. Hales, President*
Attorney at Law, Winnetka, IL
Eric P. Daigle, Director* Photo
Attorney at Law, Southington, CT. General Counsel,
FBI - Law Enforcement Executive Development Assn.
George P. Graves, Director* Photo
former Chief of Police, Downers Grove IL
Past President, IL Assn. of Chiefs of Police
Former Natl. Secy., FBI Natl. Associates;
Western Springs, IL
Charles A. Gruber, Director* Photo
Former Chief of Police, South Barrington IL, Elgin IL,
Quincy IL and Shreveport LA; Past President, International
Assn. of Chiefs of Police. DoJ
litigation consultant.
Website: http://www.aele.org/Gruber.html
St. Charles, IL
Russell B. Laine, Director* Photo
Chief of Police, Algonquin, IL
President, International Assn. of Chiefs of Police
Giacomo (Jack) A. Pecoraro, Director* Photo
Former chief of police and police legal advisor;
Former Exec. Dir., IL Assn. of Chiefs of Police;
Past Parliamentarian, International Assn. of Chiefs of Police
Springfield, IL
Charles Remsberg, Trustee Photo
Original co-founder, Calibre Press Street Survival Seminars
Author, several text books on patrol tactics;
Senior Correspondent, PoliceOne and Force Science Research Center
Wilmette, IL
Charles D. Reynolds, Treasurer
and Director* Photo
Consent Decree Auditor and DoJ consultant
Former Chief of Police, Mayor and
City Manager, Dover, NH
Past President, International Assn. of Chiefs of Police.
Wayne W. Schmidt, Director* and Secretary Photo
(see above, under Staff, for links)
Richard N. Williams,
Director* Photo
Former Corporation Counsel, Hoffman
Estates IL
Former associate counsel, N.U. [Police] Traffic Institute;
Attorney, Florida.
Carl Wolf, AELE Asst.
Treasurer
Chief of Police; Vice Pres., IACP;
Hazelwood, Missouri Photo
Alan C. Youngs, Director* Photo
Div. Chief, Lakewood CO Police (Ret.)
Attorney at Law, Colorado
Website: http://www.aele.org/Youngs.html
* - indicates an active, voting member of the AELE governing Board
Distinguished Past Directors and Officers
Arthur F. Brandstatter, † Past
Director and co-founder;
former Brigadier General, U.S. Army Military Police (Korea)
later served as Dean, Michigan State University School of
Police Administration. Also served as the first Director of the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Glynco, GA). Photo
Frank G. Carrington, † Former
Executive Director
and AELE Past President; former Treasury Agent; former
Legal Coordinator, Denver Police. Founder of VALOR,
a victims’ rights organization.
Arthur H. Daniels, Past
Director and Treasurer
Attorney; former Chief Financial Officer
CEM Insurance Group, Wheeling IL
Former Chief, IRS Intelligence Div., Chicago
Corpus Christi, TX.
Don R. Derning, † Past
Director; former Chief of
Police, Winnetka, IL; Past President and former
Executive Director, IL Assn. of Chiefs of Police;
Past President & former Parliamentarian,
International Association of Chiefs of Police. Photo
Frank S. Hogan, † Past
Advisory Board Member;
“Mister DA” - District Attorney for New York County, N.Y.
(Manhattan) 1941-1973. Photo
Fred E. Inbau, † Principal
founder, Past President
and Chairman Emeritus; Board Member, 1966-1997;
John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law Emeritus,
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago;
former Director, Chicago Police Scientific Crime
Detection Laboratory. Author of books on interrogation,
use of the polygraph, and criminal law. Photo
Hon. Donald S. Leonard,
† Past Advisory Board Member;
Judge, Recorder’s Court, Detroit; former Commissioner,
Michigan State Police (1947-52); Past President and
Parliamentarian, Intern. Assn. of Chiefs of Police.
Harry T. Mahoney, † Trustee
Author of historical books on
espionage
Attorney; former manager of international security, McDonald’s Corp.
Retired, Central Intelligence Agency (Clandestine Service)
Malcolm W. Martin, † Past
Director and Treasurer;
co-founded the law firm of Peper, Martin et al, St. Louis;
Past President, St. Louis Board of Education;
Aide to General Omar Bradley and bronze star recipient.
Hon. Richard B. Olgivie, † Past
Director and co-founder;
former Governor of IL, former President of the Cook
County Board and Sheriff. Practiced law in Chicago
and served as CEO of the Milwaukee Railroad. Photo
William B. Randall, † Past
Director and Vice President;
former County Atty., St. Paul, MN; Past President,
National District Attorneys Association; honored for his
employment of women and minorities.
Hon. James R. Thompson,
AELE’s founding President;
former Assoc. Prof., Northw. Univ.; former U.S. Attorney;
served four terms as Governor of Illinois; former
managing partner, Winston & Strawn, Chicago; member of
the 9-11 Commission (National
Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States). Photo
Orlando W. Wilson, † Past
Director and co-founder;
former Superintendent, Chicago Police. Former
Dean,
of
police administration and police planning. Photo
Hon. Evelle Younger,
† Past Director and Chairman;
former Attorney General of California; former
District Attorney of Los Angeles County; former
Judge,
† Now deceased.