Interim National Police Foundation President Jim Burch and Board Chairman Barney Melekian Welcome Board of Directors

On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, Interim Police Foundation President Jim Burch, Board Chairman Barney Melekian, and the staff of the National Police Foundation (NPF) will welcome the Foundation’s Board of Directors to Washington for the first board meeting of 2019. This will be the first board meeting since the retirement of the Foundation’s past President Jim Bueermann, who served in the capacity of President for nearly 7 years.

The January 2019 board meeting will take place at NPF headquarters. At this meeting, the NPF will welcome its newest Board Members:

Michael L. Brown
Police Chief
Alexandria Police Department Alexandria, VA

William J. Galloway 
Real Estate and Investments Manager
Pasadena, CA

Daniel Isom
Professor
University of Missouri – St. Louis St. Louis, MO

David Klinger
Professor
University of Missouri – St. Louis St. Louis, MO

Ronal W. Serpas
Professor
Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA

Michael P. Valenti
Partner
Beechwood Capital Advisors Short Hills, NJ

as well as welcome its returning members:

Henry DeGeneste
President
HDG Consulting, Inc. Ocala, FL

Cheryl Anthony Epps
Attorney
Epps Consulting, Inc. McKenney, VA

Jonathan Knowles
Explorer Autodesk
Los Gatos, CA

Joseph Mancias, Jr.
Principal
Nash Nogales, LLC Alexandria, VA

Bernard Melekian, DPPD
Chair
Assistant CEO for Public SafetySanta Barbara County Executive OfficeSanta Barbara, CA

Mark Mellman
President and CEO
The Mellman Group Washington, DC

The meeting will conclude on Friday, February 1.