Professional Experience

• Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Officer, 1970 - 2021

  • Chief Deputy 2010 - 2021

  • Colonel 2005 - 2010

  • Major 2003 - 2004

  • Captain 1998 - 2003

  • Lietenant 1994 - 1998

  • Sergeant 1984 - 1994

  • Detective 1978 - 1984

  • Vice Agent 1974

  • Deputy 1971 - 1974

Education and Professional Training

• Master’s Degree, Social Work, Barry University

• Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Studies, Barry University

• John F. Kennedy School of Government - Senior Executives in State and Local Government, Harvard University

• Department of Justice Administration, College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville

• Leadership Palm Beach County

Professional Licenses

• Florida Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Training, Certified Instructor

• U.S. Justice Department, Washington, D.C., Ethics and Integrity “Train the Trainer,” Certified Instructor

Current and Former Community Involvement (Partial List)

• Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission, Board Member, 2021 - Present

• South Florida Fair, Board Member, 2013 - Present

• Comprehensive Alcoholism Rehabilitation Programs, Inc. (CARP), 2010 - Present

• Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation (LEAF), Director, Past Chair, 2004 - Present

• Fern House, Inc., Board Member, Past Chair, Executive Board of Directors, Past President, 1991 - Present

• Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Member, Past President, Past District Director, Past State Lodge Director, 1971 - Present

• Wellington Boys and Girls Club, Director, 2014 - 2021

• HCA/JFK Medical Center Board of Trustees, Board Member, Chairman, 2013 - 2021

• Southeast Florida Behavioral Network, Board Member, Chairman, 2013 - 2021

• Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission, Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Planning Council, 2007 - 2021

• Families First of Palm Beach County, Inc., Past Chair, Secretary, 2006 - 2021

• Pride Integrated Services, Inc. Palm Beach County, Executive Board of Directors, 2004 - 2021

• Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association, Member, Past Regional Director, Past Agency Representative, 1973 - 2021

• Palm Beach County Citizens Advisory Committee on Health and Human Services, Member, Chair, 2007 - 2018

• Palm Beach County Countywide Community Revitalization Team, Founding Member, 1996 - 2006

• St. Petersburg Junior College, Florida Regional Community Policing Institute, Adjunct Professor, 1997 - 2004

• Palm Beach Community College, Criminal Justice Institute, Adjunct Professor, 1984 - 2003

Personal

• Married to Phyllis

• Two adult children, Amanda and Michael (Laura)

• Member of St. Peter's United Methodist Church

  • Church Council Member

• Amara Shriner