Changing Discourse

Kristen Roman was appointed Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief of Police of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department in January of 2017. She holds a master's degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University, and a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While a student at UW-Madison, she was a member of the UW Women's Volleyball team.

Prior to her appointment, Chief Roman served for 26 years with the City of Madison Police Department. During her tenure there, she held a variety of positions including Police Officer, Recruiting Officer, Community Relations Sergeant, Professional Standards & Internal Affairs Lieutenant, Detective Lieutenant, Patrol Operations Lieutenant, Special Events Team Commander, Crisis Negotiation Team Commander, and Community Outreach Captain. In addition, she coordinated department Critical Incident Stress Management efforts and developed and supervised the department's Peer Support Program.

A defining feature of Chief Roman's career is her extensive work in the area of improving police services to people with mental illness. A past board member of NAMI Dane County and Journey Mental Health Center, she has conducted multiple local, statewide, and national trainings/presentations on police-mental health response and collaboration. Most recently, she developed and instructed a course for IACLEA's Universal Issues Series entitled, Mental Health Concerns on Campus. In addition to her work as a trainer/presenter for IACLEA, and Distance Learning Committee member, Chief Roman has presented on various topics throughout her career including Leadership, Police Officer Wellness and Resiliency, and Campus Response to Protests and Demonstrations.

A graduate of the Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command, PERF's Senior Management Institute for Police, and IACLEA's Executive Development Institute, Chief Roman is committed to collaborative approaches to ensuring safety and to the practice of always Reaching HIGHER.

Rob Newson currently serves as Vice President of Strategy and Vision for the Philadelphia 76ers. He is responsible for cultivating championship DNA (identity & culture); integrating innovation efforts; supporting leadership development and decision-making.

Previously he served as the Director, White House Military Office (WHMO), responsible for military support to the President, including Air Force One, Marine One, Camp David, Presidential Food Service, and the White House Medical Office. Rob served nearly 30 years as a United States Navy SEAL. He is a "start-up" specialist, leading or part of six separate new military organizations, including two national strategic planning elements, and a first-of-its-kind organization to collect and integrate battlefield intelligence to identify and disable terrorist networks.

He served fourteen years as a strategist – working with small, multi-disciplinary work groups, teaming across organizations and government agencies, analyzing and framing complex challenges, combining alternatives in creative ways, and writing about critical issues. He has led diverse teams and task forces – coalitions of the willing where he honed an ability to encourage and inspire cooperation, collaboration, and action; harness information and reputation; leverage networks and alliances; and frame and shape conversations of meaning.

He served as a Federal Executive Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. He holds a BS in computer science from the University of Kansas, an MS in Defense Analysis (Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict) and an MA in National Security Affairs (Strategic Studies), both from Naval Postgraduate School. He also holds a PhD in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego.

After spending a year as a Bartley fellow at the Wall Street Journal, Chloé Valdary developed The Theory of Enchantment, an innovative framework for compassionate antiracism that combines social emotional learning (SEL), character development, and interpersonal growth as tools for leadership development in the boardroom and beyond.

Chloé has trained around the world, including in South Africa, The Netherlands, Germany, and Israel. Her clients have included high school and college students, government agencies, business teams, + many more.

She has also lectured in universities across America, including Harvard and Georgetown. Her work has been covered in Atlantic Magazine & Psychology Today and her writings have appeared in the New York Times and the Wall St Journal.

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