Bill Kehoe CIO, King County, Washington Bill Kehoe has served as the CIO for King County, Washington and the department director of King County Information Technology (KCIT) since 2010. Kehoe is responsible for a department of approximately 450 IT professionals in KCIT with an operating budget of $76M and has responsibility for and chairs the IT governance and project oversight committees in King County. Kehoe and his team have consolidated the Executive Branch IT staff and budget into KCIT in 2011, consolidated multiple executive help desks to a single King County Service Center, fully implemented an IT service catalog and associated rates, and implemented the 2013 - 2014 KCIT budget solely on customer demand and revenue associated with the external customer services and rates. Bill has been nominated and recognized for many national technology awards, and was most recently included in Gov Tech’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers which honors people who set the standard for using technology to make government more effective and responsive. Less   View all posts

Greg Suhr is a 32-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department who was selected as San Francisco’s 42nd Chief of Police on April 27, 2011. Prior to his selection, Chief Suhr served as Commanding Officer of the Bayview District where he instituted deployment, investigative, and community policing strategies which dramatically reduced violent and property crimes. At the same time, Chief Suhr reinvigorated the Department’s Cadet Program putting his patrol officers back in touch with neighborhood kids. Under his watch, homicides in the Bayview fell by nearly 50 percent. Chief Suhr previously served as a Deputy Chief assigned to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for Homeland Security where he designed and implemented strategies to protect San Francisco’s Regional Water and Water Waste Systems, updated security protocols, revised emergency operations, and response and recovery plans. From 2002 through 2005, Chief Suhr also served as Deputy Chief of Operations, where he designed and implemented security and emergency response plans for San Francisco’s most likely infrastructure terrorism targets. He acted as the point person for the Field Operations Bureau in designing the first post-September 11 attack, “Responder and Contingency Protocols for Terrorist Attacks.” In addition, Chief Suhr served as the Commander of Special Operations Division. Less   View all posts

Luther Reynolds was appointed Assistant Chief of the Management Services Bureau in March, 2013. He is an accomplished police executive with over 25 years of experience. His career began as a police officer in Montgomery County, MD, in 1989. In addition to his current assignment, he has commanded two separate district stations, served as the Director of Personnel, Director of Training and Education, and Director of Special Operations. As a direct report to the Chief of Police of an agency which includes 1900 employees, of which almost 1300 are sworn, he currently oversees business components which include the personnel division, information management and technology division, emergency communications center, training and education division, legal and labor division, planning and policy, wellness, management and budget divisions, which includes responsibility for creation and execution of a $273 million budget. He has also served as an adjunct professor for many years at the University of Maryland, University College. He has written and published articles in the Police Chief Magazine and taught leadership and other classes internal to his own agency. He has been an active committee member in the International Association of Chiefs of Police and conference presenter on numerous occasions and an active member of the Police Executive Research Forum and the Major Cities Chief’s Association. He has achieved educational and training including a Bachelors of Science degree from Florida State University, a Masters of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University, FBI National Academy, FBI National Executive Institute, and is a Certified Public Manager from George Washington University’s Institute for Regional Excellence. He has been recognized for his ability to support his troops, the community and for being an integral part of achieving the department’s mission with excellence. Less   View all posts