The conference will begin with registration at 7:15 a.m. followed by breakfast on Monday, May 9. The conference will adjourn at noon on Thursday, May 12.
All seminar sessions will be held on the campus of St. Cloud State University.
| 7:15-8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9-10:15 a.m. | Leadership During a Crisis, Wm. Blair Anderson, Chief of Police, City of St. Cloud |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m.-noon | Leading a Modern Law Enforcement Organization During Times of Change, Booker Hodges, Chief of Police, City of Bloomington |
| Noon-1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1-4:30 p.m. |
Mental Health Topic, Mike Goldstein, former Police Chief, City of Plymouth Lesson Learned in Leadership, James Stuart, Anoka County Sherriff |
| 4:30-5 p.m. | Question/answer with day's presenters |
| 5-7 p.m. | Reception |
Wm. Blair Anderson
Wm. Blair Anderson is currently Chief of Police of the St Cloud Police Department and has been a licensed peace officer for 20 years. He commands 108 sworn officers and 45 civilians with an operating budget of approximately $17.5 million dollars. Prior to coming to St Cloud, Chief Anderson was the Chief Deputy Sheriff of the Carver County Sheriff’s Office. In that capacity, he managed a $16 million dollar budget, and oversaw the day to day operations of the sheriff’s office including 160 licensed and civilian personnel, Jail Administration and Sheriff’s Office Operations. Chief Anderson is credentialed to teach by MNSCU (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities) and serves as an Adjunct Professor at St. Cloud State University.
| 7:30-9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9 a.m.-noon | Media and the Law Enforcement Executive, Cynthia Barrington, Public Affairs Specialist, FBI; Special Agent Katie Morrissey, Acting Chief Division Counsel, FBI |
| Noon-1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1-2 p.m. | Media and the Law Enforcement Executive (continued) |
| 2-3 p.m. | Media and the Law Enforcement Executive, Cynthia Barrington & Bill Hudson |
| 3-3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15-5 p.m. | Media Panel, Bill Hudson |
| 5-7 p.m. | Hospitality Suite |
| 7:30-9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9-11:30 a.m. | Color of Law and Federal Hate Crime, Special Agent Amanda Gernentz, FBI |
| 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Chief (Ret.) Harry Gurin, FBI-LEEDA |
| 11:30 - 12 p.m. | Group Photo |
| 12 - 1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1 - 4:30 p.m. | The Violence Project, Dr. John Densley & Dr. Jillian Peterson |
| 4:30 - 5 pm | Questions/answer with day's presenters |
| 5 - 6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7 - 9 p.m. | Hospitality Suite |
| 7:30-9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Enlightened Leadership; Building Personal Leadership Competence, Stephen M. Hennessy, Ed.D. St. Cloud State University, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice - Emeritus |
Steve Hennessy
Steve Hennessy began his law enforcement career in 1966 as a Special Agent with the FBI, serving in Houston, Texas and Newark, New Jersey. He joined the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in 1973 and retired as Assistant Superintendent in 1991. He then joined the Phoenix Police Department as their Training Administrator. After his retirement from Phoenix in 2003, Dr. Hennessy joined the faculty at St. Cloud State University in the Department of Criminal Justice where he teaches in the undergraduate program as well as in the Public Safety Executive Leadership Master's degree program.
He holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of "Thinking Cop - Feeling Cop, A Study in Police Personalities", the lead author of "A Cultural Awareness Trainer's Manual for Law Enforcement Officers" and a chapter author in Dr. James Hendricks' "Multicultural Perspectives in Criminal Justice and Criminology." He was a Martin Luther King Living the Dream award recipient in 2003 and is immediate past president of The Society of Police Futurists International.
Tammy Anhalt-Warner, Center for Continuing Studies, at (320) 308-4252 or
The FBI Police Training Coordinator, Special Agent Kate Arden ., at (763) 569-8533.