Ron is the Chief of Police Services at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts where he has served since June 2006.

Ron retired in 1999 as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts State Police after thirty-one years of service. Chief Guilmette has a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from Anna Maria College and Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts. He is also a graduate of the Senior Management Institute of Police.

Karen J. Leary
Massachusetts General Hospital
Vice-President

Karen J. Leary is currently the Manager of the Special Investigations Unit for the Department of Police and Security at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts since 2003.

Karen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Westfield State College and a Masters in Forensic Science with an Advanced Certificate in Investigations from the University of New Haven. Karen also served as an investigator for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. Prior to the Attorney General's officer, Karen held the position of investigator for the Sacramento District Attorney in Sacramento, California.

Karen was also the recipient of the George Hanna Award for Bravery and the Massachusetts State Police Superintendent's Award.

Rosemary Naughton
Worcester State College
Secretary

Roasemary "Rosie" Naughton has spent the last twenty-two years in law enforcement. In 1996 she hired as Chief of Police at Framingham State College and then she was hired by Worcester State College as Chief of Police in 2001.

Chief Naughton is a member of MACLEA, IACLEA, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the NECUSA organization from 2003 - 2007.  She was selected as a National Incident Command System instructor and taught this Simulation - Based Command Post Training around the country for the last two years.
 
Chief Naughton obtained her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Anna Maria College and earned her M.Ed. in Health Education with C.H.E.S. certification from Worcester State College. She has also taught as an adjunct faculty for the Health Science Department at Worcester State College.

Ernie Leffler
Bentley University
Immediate Past President & Treasurer

Ernest H. Leffler was named Director of Public Safety / Chief of Police at Bentley College, located in Waltham, MA, in 1998. He received a B.S. in Criminal Justice and a Masters in Public Administration from Northeastern University. Prior to becoming the Chief at Bentley he served with the Northeastern University Public Safety Division for over 19 years. He is also a former North Atlantic Regional Director of IACLEA.