For Immediate Release
September 27, 2023
 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 22 criminal justice executives from the Executive Leadership Seminar. These graduates serve in leadership roles and represent criminal justice agencies from across the state.
 
The Executive Leadership Seminar provides continuing education for upper-level managers within Florida’s criminal justice community.
 
Seminar participants met for three weeks at the Valencia College School of Public Safety focusing on quality in leadership and the ability to create and lead change. Topics included communicating through a crisis, critical thinking, leading proactively, managing organizations, overcoming adversity, emotional intelligence, and servant leadership. The class held a graduation ceremony on Sept. 22.
 
The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, established within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and affiliated with the State University System, was established in 1990 by the Florida Legislature to address the need for an innovative and multi-faceted approach to the education and training of criminal justice professionals.
 
Below is a list of graduates from Class 10 of the Executive Leadership Seminar:
 
Major Mario Aliberto
St. Petersburg Police Department
 
Major Frank J. Anzalone
Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco
 
Major David Arthur
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
 
Captain William Berger
Florida Highway Patrol
 
Deputy Chief Louis Biondi
Ocala Police Department
 
Captain Andrea N. Blalock
Leon County Sheriff’s Office
 
Lieutenant Commander James R. Butts
Florida City Police Department
 
Assistant Chief Tina Chatmon
Clay County Sheriff’s Office
 
Chief Ra Shana A. Dabney-Donovan
Pembroke Park Police Department
 
Captain Scott Forth
Collier County Sheriff’s Office
 
Major James Hall
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
 
Captain Kerwin Hankerson
Broward County Sheriff’s Office
 
Major William Holcomb
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
 
Captain Kevin Kirkpatrick
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
 
Major Malik Muhammad
Orange County Corrections Department
 
Assistant Regional Director Angella M. New
Florida Department of Corrections
 
Major Benny C. Solis
Miami-Dade Police Department
 
Chief Deputy Thomas St. John
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
 
Captain Jon Tobeck
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
 
Captain Chris Vance
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office
 
Commander Richard Warner
St. Augustine Police Department
 
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Christopher Woehr
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
 
For Further Information Contact:
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001