AELE Staff, Officers,
Directors & Trustees

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Staff

• Wayne W. Schmidt, Esq., AELE Executive Director*
  and Supervising Attorney.
  » Click for his vita or to send an e-mail to Wayne.

• Bernard J. Farber, Esq., AELE Research Counsel
  and Editor-in-Chief of AELE publications.
  » Click for his vita or to send an e-mail to Bernie.

• James P. Manak, Esq., of Law Enf. Legal Publications,
  AELE Special Counsel and Amicus Advocate (part-time).
  » Click to send an e-mail to Mr. Manak.

• The Hon. Emory A. Plitt, Jr., Course Director of AELE
  educational programs (part-time). Photo
  » Click for his vita or to send an e-mail to Judge Plitt.

• Mrs. Helen Finkel, AELE Staff Vice President & Business Manager.
  » Click to send an e-mail to Helen.

• Mrs. Missy Taki, Supervisor/Manager, Workshop
  and Publication Data Processing.
  » Click to send an e-mail to Missy.

Officers, Directors and Trustees

Daniel B. Hales, President*
Attorney at Law, Winnetka, IL

Carl Wolf, AELE Treasurer
Chief of Police; Vice Pres., IACP;
Hazelwood, Missouri Photo

George P. Graves, Director* Photo
former Chief of Police, Downers Grove IL
Past President, IL Assn. of Chiefs of Police

Former Natl. Secy., FBI Natl. Associates;

Western Springs, IL

Charles A. Gruber, Director* Photo
Former Chief of Police, South Barrington IL, Elgin IL,

Quincy IL and Shreveport LA; Past President, International

Assn. of Chiefs of Police. DoJ litigation consultant.
Website: http://www.aele.org/Gruber.html

St. Charles, IL

Russell B. Laine, Director* Photo

Chief of Police, Algonquin, IL

First Vice President, International Assn. of Chiefs of Police

Giacomo (Jack) A. Pecoraro, Trustee

Former chief of police and police legal advisor;

Former Exec. Dir., IL Assn. of Chiefs of Police;

Past Parliamentarian, International Assn. of Chiefs of Police

Charles Remsberg, Trustee Photo

Original co-founder, Calibre Press Street Survival Seminars

Author, several text books on patrol tactics;

Senior Correspondent, PoliceOne and Force Science Research Center

Wilmette, IL

Charles D. Reynolds, Director*
Consent Decree Auditor, U.S. v. City of Steubenville, Ohio
Former Chief of Police, Mayor and City Manager, Dover, NH
Past President, International Assn. of Chiefs of Police. Photo

Wayne W. Schmidt, Director* and Secretary

(see above, under staff, for links)

Richard N. Williams, Director*
Former Corporation Counsel, Hoffman Estates IL
Former associate counsel, N.U. [Police] Traffic Institute;

Attorney, Florida.

Harry T. Mahoney, Trustee
Author of historical books on espionage
Attorney; former manager of international security, McDonald’s Corp.
Retired, Central Intelligence Agency (Clandestine Service)

Wheaton, IL

* - indicates an active, voting member of the AELE governing Board

Distinguished Past Directors and Officers

Arthur F. Brandstatter, † Past Director and co-founder;
former Brigadier General, U.S. Army Military Police;
later served as Dean, Michigan State University,
School of Police Administration. Also served
as the first Director of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center (Glynco, GA). Photo

Frank G. Carrington, † Former Executive Director
and AELE Past President; former Treasury Agent; former
Legal Coordinator, Denver Police. Founder of VALOR,

a victims’ rights organization.

Arthur H. Daniels, Past Director and Treasurer
Attorney; former Chief Financial Officer
CEM Insurance Group, Wheeling IL
Former Chief, IRS Intelligence Div., Chicago

Corpus Christi, TX.

Don R. Derning, † Past Director; former Chief of
Police, Winnetka, IL; Past President and former
Executive Director, IL Assn. of Chiefs of Police;
Past President & former Parliamentarian,
International Association of Chiefs of Police. Photo

Frank S. Hogan, † Past Advisory Board Member;
“Mister DA” - District Attorney for New York County, N.Y.
(Manhattan) 1941-1973. Photo

Fred E. Inbau, † Principal founder, Past President
and Chairman Emeritus; Board Member, 1966-1997;
John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law Emeritus,
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago;
former Director, Chicago Police Scientific Crime
Detection Laboratory. Author of books on interrogation,

use of the polygraph, and criminal law. Photo

Donald S. Leonard, † Past Advisory Board Member;
Judge, Recorder’s Court, Detroit; former Commissioner,
Michigan State Police (1947-52); Past President and
Parliamentarian, Intern. Assn. of Chiefs of Police.

Malcolm W. Martin, † Past Director and Treasurer;
co-founding partner, Peper, Martin et al, St. Louis;
(later Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin LLP,
Attorneys at Law, St. Louis and Kansas City);
Past President, St. Louis Board of Education;

Aide to General Bradley and bronze star recipient.

Richard B. Olgivie, † Past Director and co-founder;
former Governor of IL, former President of the Cook
County Board and Sheriff. Practiced law in Chicago
and served as CEO of the Milwaukee Railroad. Photo

William B. Randall, † Past Director and Vice President;
former County Atty., St. Paul, MN; Past President,
National District Attorneys Association; honored for his

employment of women and minorities.

James R. Thompson, AELE’s founding President;
former Assoc. Prof., Northw. Univ.; former U.S. Attorney;
served four terms as Governor of Illinois; former
managing partner, Winston & Strawn, Chicago; member of
the 9-11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States). Photo

Orlando W. Wilson, † Past Director and co-founder;
former Superintendent, Chicago Police. Former
Dean, School of Police Administration, University
of California (Berkeley). Author of leading books on

police administration and police planning. Photo

Evelle Younger, † Past Director and Chairman;
former Attorney General of California; former
District Attorney of Los Angeles County; former
Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Photo

† Now deceased.

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