IFPO Board of Directors
Chairman
Dr. Linda F. Florence, Ph.D., CPP
The Florence Group
Los Angeles, CA
Past Chairman
Lawrence Fennelly, CPOI, CSSM, CHSIII
Expert Witness/Author
Yarmouth, MA
Vice Chairman
Kevin Palacios, MSc., CPP, PSP, PCI
Director - IFPO en Espanol
Quito, Ecuador, South America
Chief Strategic Officer
Charles "Chuck" Andrews, CPP, MSME, ICPS, CFE, CFCI
International Foundation for Protection Officers
Houston, TX
Executive Director
Sandi J. Davies
IFPO
Naples, FL
Secretary / Treasurer
Lee Minion
Orlando, FL
Directors
Tom M. Conley, M.A., CPP, CPOI, CPO
The Conley Group, Inc.
Des Moines, IA
Michael J. Fagel, Ph.D., CEM
Aurora Safety
North Aurora, IL
Ron Martin, CPP
Open Security Exchange
Shreveport, Louisiana Area
Bonnie Michelman, CPP, CHPA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Timothy S. Fairman, CPP
Switch
Las Vegas, NV
Board Emeritus
Rick Daniels, MA (Criminology), CPP, CFE
Daniels Group International
Fort Lauderdale, FL and Toronto, Canada
Christopher A. Hertig CPP, CPOI
York, PA
Joop F. Verdonk, CPP, CPOI, ATO
European Security Academy Oegstgeest
The Netherlands
Robert Metscher, CPP, CISSP, CFE, CSSM, CPO
Tacoma, WA
Karl Poulin, CPO, CPOI
Critical Intervention Services
Clearwater, FL
Michael Stroberger, CPP, CPO, CSS
Allied Universal Security Services
Yakima, WA
Founding Director(Posthumous)
Ron Minion
The IFPO was founded by Ron Minion, a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and owner of a large Canadian contract business. Minion was steadfast in his belief that protection officers needed to be properly screened, trained and uniformed, and in 1988 he founded IFPO after selling his agency. He served as its Executive Director until 1992, and was succeeded by Sandi Davies, who has held the office ever since.