She was the first female to ever achieve the rank of Major and Jenell Atlas was the first female captain ever placed over the Indiantown substation. Jenell Atlas is an award-winning officer; as Public Information Officer, she regularly took interviews from national news organizations (Good Morning America, New York Times, etc..) about the Martin County Sheriff Office for nine years, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of her ideas helped develop good public relations between the Sheriff’s Office and the community. Under Sheriff Crowder’s administration, Deputy Atlas pointed the agency towa ..read more

Amazon - A Practical Guide to Starting Your Own PR Firm Liselle serves as founder and president of DeGrave Communications, a boutique public relations firm, and podcaster for the “PRessing On in Public Relations” podcast. Having grown up with Cuban refugee parents, her drive to create and live the American dream has always been rooted deep inside her. As a young girl, Liselle gave tap lessons to her neighbors, organized her grandmother’s closet for cash, and even saved her lunch money just to fund her early business shenanigans. She is passionate about small businesses and encourages entrepre ..read more

Shelley Lynch joined the FBI as the Public Affairs Officer for the Charlotte Division in 2011. She has handled many high-profile cases and countless investigations of fugitive and missing children in North Carolina. Lynch assisted with crisis communications after the Boston Marathon Bombing and the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. She regularly coordinates with FBI Headquarters, FBI offices nationwide, and state and local law enforcement agencies to develop and implement strategies to best communicate with and respond to media inquiries. Before her work in the FBI, she spent 16 years in th ..read more

Recently retired Chief Gary Woodruff is a 40-year law enforcement veteran, serving in the US Army Military Police/Criminal Investigations Division, Frankfort (IN) Police Department, and Lawrence (IN) Police Department. Gary started his career in 1983, joining the US Army Military Police, where after completing Basic Training & MP School at Ft McClellan, AL, he was assigned to the US Forces Police station in Kaiserslautern, Germany, a joint Army/Air Force law enforcement operation serving the largest American community outside of the US. For his last year of military service, Gary was assig ..read more

Brent Weisberg is the communications administrative director for the Salt Lake City Police Department. Weisberg joined the department in July 2021 after spending three years as the communications director for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office in Portland, Oregon. Prior to his time overseeing strategic communications for the district attorney’s office and Salt Lake City Police, Weisberg spent 10 years as a television reporter in Portland where he primarily covered breaking news and filed reports covering the criminal justice system in Portland throughout Oregon. In his current rol ..read more

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Scotty Leamon is the Public Safety Information Officer for the Coconut Creek Police Department, and Coconut Creek Fire Rescue. Born in Athens, Tennessee, he graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1998 with a degree in Mass Communications. He spent nearly 15 years as a TV reporter, working in Bowling Green, KY (WBKO), Myrtle Beach, SC (WFXB & WBTW), and Roanoke, VA (WSLS). He joined the PIO ranks in 2013 when he took the PIO job with the Roanoke Police Department. He came to Coconut Creek in 2018 to be its police department’s first civilian PIO. In his free time he enjoys the a ..read more

Cara Cruz is a former broadcast journalist with close to 20 years of experience as a producer and reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Vancouver, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. She has been with the City of Pittsburgh since 2019 as a Public Information Officer for the Department of Public Safety, which includes Pittsburgh Police, Pittsburgh Fire, and Pittsburgh EMS.  Cara is a former competitive figure skater, and in her off time, she can be found running, skating, or scouring Western Pennsylvania and Ohio for vintage finds for the antique store she owns and operates wi ..read more

After working in local news for nearly a decade, Alexa decided it was time to use her strategic communication storytelling skills for a new and meaningful cause. Currently, she am responsible for telling the story of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) as their Chief Communication Officer.  She also has the honor of showcasing the brave men and women who protect and serve Indy in a monthly video called “Behind The Badge.” Prior to joining IMPD, Alexa was a morning on-air reporter for FOX59/CBS4 in Indianapolis where she would rise before the sun did to report on break ..read more

Irene Mahoney joined the Mesa Arizona Police Department in 2018 after more than 15 years in the news business. As an Executive Producer and News Director, Irene managed newsrooms across the country, in various markets including Los Angeles, Boston, San Diego and Portland. She is a multiple Emmy Winner, Peabody Award recipient and has also received an Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence and various Associated Press Awards. Originally from Boston, Irene and her family moved to Arizona in 2014. When she joined Mesa PD, Irene brought her media skills to the department to enhance its com ..read more