Our Leadership
Law Enforcement Leaders is spearheaded by leaders in law enforcement agencies from various divisions across the country.
Leadership
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Ronal Serpas
Executive Director
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Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration
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Taryn Merkl
Senior Counsel
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Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
Executive Board
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Hassan Aden
Federal Consent Decree Monitor, Cleveland, Ohio and Baltimore, Maryland
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Former Executive Fellow, Police Foundation
Former Police Chief, Greenville, North Carolina -
Mark Earley
Former Attorney General, Virginia
Former President and CEO, Prison Fellowship
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Kathleen O’Toole
Police Chief, Seattle, Washington
Former Police Commissioner, Boston, Massachusetts -
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Staff
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Taylor King
Coordinator
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Leily Arzy
Coordinator
Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration
Ronal Serpas
Executive Director
Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration
Former Police Superintendent, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Ronal Serpas is a Co-Chair for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration. Previously, he served as Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department in Louisiana and Police Chief of the Nashville Police Department in Tennessee. He is also a Professor of Practice at the Loyola University’s Criminal Justice Department in New Orleans.
Taryn Merkl
Senior Counsel
Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
Prior to joining Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and & Incarceration as Senior Counsel, Taryn A. Merkl served for over 16 years in the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, including as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, and as Chief of the Civil Rights and Organized Crime & Gangs Sections. Ms. Merkl also served as a founding co-Chair of the Brooklyn Human Trafficking Task Force for six years.
Hassan Aden
Federal Consent Decree Monitor, Cleveland, Ohio and Baltimore, Maryland
Former Executive Fellow, Police Foundation
Former Police Chief, Greenville, North Carolina
Hassan Aden is the Federal Consent Decree Monitor for Cleveland, Ohio and Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Founder of the Aden Group and sits on the Executive Board for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration. Previously, he was an Executive Fellow for the Police Foundation and served as the Police Chief in Greenville, North Carolina and as the Deputy Police Chief in Alexandria, Virginia.
Mark Earley
Former Attorney General, Virginia
Former President and CEO, Prison Fellowship
Signatory, Right on Crime
Mark Earley is a former State Senator and Attorney General of Virginia, and is the immediate past President and CEO of Prison Fellowship USA. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Prison Fellowship International and sits on the Executive Board for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration. He is also a Signatory on Right on Crime.
Walter Holton
Former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of North Carolina
Walter Holton is the founder of the Holton Law Firm and the former United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina under President Clinton. He currently sits on the Steering Committee for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration.
James E. Johnson
Former Undersecretary for Enforcement, Department of the Treasury
Jim Johnson is currently of counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton, where he previously was a partner, and sits on the Executive Board for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration. Prior to that, he served as Undersecretary for Enforcement at Department of the Treasury and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in the Southern District of New York.
Kathleen O’Toole
Police Chief, Seattle, Washington
Former Police Commissioner, Boston, Massachusetts
Kathleen O’Toole is the Former Police Chief of the Seattle Police Department in Washington and sits on the Executive Board for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration. Previously, she served as the Police Commissioner of the Boston Police Department in Massachusetts.
Ronal Serpas
Former Police Superintendent, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ronal Serpas is a Co-Chair for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration. Previously, he served as Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department in Louisiana and Police Chief of the Nashville Police Department in Tennessee. He is also a Professor of Practice at the Loyola University’s Criminal Justice Department in New Orleans.
Brett Tolman
Former U.S. Attorney, District of Utah
Brett Tolman is a shareholder and Chair of the Ray Quinney & Nebeker P.C.’s White Collar, Corporate Compliance, and Government Investigations Section. Previously, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah from July 2006 to December 2009, under George W. Bush. He currently sits on the Steering Committee for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration.
Cyrus Vance
District Attorney, New York County, New York
Cyrus Vance is the District Attorney of New York County and sits on the Executive Board for the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration.