Richard F. Mulvihill serves as Director to the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE) and brings more than 34 years' experience in Law Enforcement and Corrections to the Center of Excellence's operations. He served as Department Head of Public Safety for Atlantic County, NJ, from 1999 until 2007 where he had complete responsibility for the operation and administration of a three hundred person public safety department which included adult detention, juvenile detention, emergency management, homeland security and police training, with a budget of over 25 million dollars. As part of his responsibilities, Mr. Mulvihill developed a nine site, 55 channel county-wide 800 MHz trunked radio system. Previously, he served in local law enforcement for 25 years with half of that time served as Chief of Police of Absecon, NJ Police Department. Mr. Mulvihill has served as an Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutgers University, Richard Stockton College, and Atlantic Cape Community College and was responsible for undergraduate and graduate level courses on communications, criminal justice, emergency management and administration.

Mr. Mulvihill holds a B.A. from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and a M.Sc. from Nova Southeastern University both in Criminal Justice. He is a member of the FBI National Academy Associates, a thirty year member of APCO, as well as a life member of IACP and many other law enforcement and communication organizations.

Carrie E. Supko serves as the Deputy Director for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). Prior to joining the Center of Excellence, Mrs. Supko worked with the National Institute of Justice CommTech Program where she served as the Acting Program Manager as well as the CommTech Outreach, Technology Assistance, and Pilot Program Manger. Mrs. Supko has also worked with the Office of Research and Evaluation within the National District Attorney's Association and the US Department of Transportation. Mrs. Supko's has over ten years’ experience and expertise in areas including criminal justice project management; grants management; criminal justice and emergency response research, development, testing, and evaluation; implementation and management of pilot projects/operational evaluations; public safety outreach and technology assistance; and first responder communications systems.

Mrs. Supko received her B.A. in Crime, Law, and Justice from The Pennsylvania State University and holds both an Associate’s Certificate and Master’s Certificate in Project Management. Mrs. Supko is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Peter F. Small serves as a Program Manager for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). Mr. Small has more than 20 years’ experience in Law Enforcement. Mr. Small is a retired Sergeant from the Syracuse (NY) Police Department where he held numerous assignments within the Patrol, Community Policing and Planning and Research Divisions and was a member of the Emergency Response Team (ERT). Mr. Small also served as a Police Officer and Dispatcher for the Town of Manlius (NY) Police Department. Mr. Small’s experience includes public safety communications and data sharing projects.

Mr. Small received his B.S. in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York, Empire State College. He is also a graduate of the Central New York Police Academy and holds an A.A.S. in Criminal Justice from Onondaga Community College. Mr. Small is a member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Planners and International Association of Crime Analysts.

Charles Stephenson serves as the Director of Outreach and Technology Assistance for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). Prior to joining the Center of Excellence Mr. Stephenson worked with the National Institute of Justice CommTech Program where he served as a senior communications specialist providing expertise in interoperable communications technologies and land mobile radio (LMR) systems. Mr. Stephenson, a retired U.S. Army Signal Officer, is experienced in public safety communications, military communications and communications security. His experience ranges from LMR system design, troubleshooting and new equipment fielding to operating and managing tactical and strategic level communications.

Mr. Stephenson received his B.S. in Management from the University of Maryland and holds an A.A.S. in Nuclear Technologies from the Community College of the Air Force, along with certifications as a communications security technician, signal systems maintenance technician, and electronic switching systems technician. He is also a member of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) and the United States Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA).

Edmond Vea serves as a Program Manager for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). Over the last 18 years, Mr. Vea has owned, operated, managed, and consulted to businesses in Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States. In these roles he worked with or for Ericsson, AirTouch, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Cingular, amongst others. Most recently, Mr. Vea was President of ClosedNetworks and Frederick G. Griffin Engineering providing telecommunications and systems consulting to state and local government. Prior to forming ClosedNetworks, Mr. Vea was President and CEO of Detecon, Inc. the North American Division of Deutsche Telekom Consulting. In that role he provided advanced engineering and management consulting services to the Federal Government and most of the major wireless operators in North America.

Mr. Vea holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.S. in Telecommunications from Southern Methodist University.

Brian Mulvihill serves as an Assistant Program Manager for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). Prior to joining the Center of Excellence, Mr. Mulvihill worked at The Renault Winery and Resort in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey as a Special Events Manager/Coordinator. Mr. Mulvihill has also worked with the Philadelphia Flyers in the Communications/Public Relations Department.

He received his B.S. in Sport and Entertainment Management from the University of South Carolina.

Mr. Mitkus currently serves as the Senior Analyst for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). Prior to joining the Center of Excellence Mr. Mitkus supported sales and marketing initiatives for Drakontas LLC. Mr. Mitkus was also employed as an Executive Director and New Business Coordinator for Fernley & Fernley, Inc., a Management Consulting Firm in Philadelphia.

Mr. Mitkus received his A.B. in Classics and French from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Zelini Hubbard serves as the Program and Administrative Assistant for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technologies Center (NLECTC) Communications Technologies Center of Excellence (COE). She brings over seven years of administrative experience to the Center of Excellence. Ms. Hubbard has worked for the McNeil Center of Early American Studies and most recently Nations First Financial and General Merchant Capital.

Ms. Hubbard received her B.A. in history and a minor in art history from Bryn Mawr College.