Committees
Awards/Scholarship Committee
Chief Susan Rockett, Chair
Mexico Missouri Public Safety
srockett@mexicomissouri.org
Board Liasion
First Sergeant Sherri Heichelbech, Associate Member-at-Large
Indiana State Police
The awards committee is responsible for presenting and promoting scholarship and awards information to members for nominations. The committee then reviews all submitted applications for presentation and recommendation to the board of directors. The awards committee may also develop new awards and scholarship opportunities to be implemented with board approval.
Membership Committee
Committee Chair: OPEN
Commander Paula Balafas, President
University of Colorado
The membership committee is responsible for solicitation of new members, planning membership drives, identifying and implementing member services, motivating member involvement, maintaining membership categories and developing any other member services as needed.
Mentoring Committee
Board Liaison
Deputy Chief Shannon Trump, 2nd Vice President, Chair and Board Liaison
Noblesville Police Department, Indiana
The mentoring committee is responsible for developing and maintaining the NAWLEE mentoring program, as well as reviewing and revising the mentoring program based on best practices and current research.
Training Committee
Committee Chair: OPEN
Board Liaison
The training committee is responsible for developing training for the membership and directing members towards existing training opportunities to further their professional development. This committee seeks law enforcement experts that can author training articles for newsletter publication.