Board of Directors

William M. Lansdowne
Chief of Police - San Diego Police Department

Chief Lansdowne was sworn in as San Diego’s Chief of Police on August 4, 2003. He presently reports directly to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Public Safety & Homeland Security. San Diego, with a population of 1.3 million people, is the seventh largest city in the United States, and second largest city in California.

Chief Lansdowne began his law enforcement career in 1966, when he joined the San Jose Police Department. He rose steadily through the ranks to the position of Assistant Chief.

In 1994, Chief Lansdowne left San Jose to head the police department in Richmond, CA, a diverse community of 93,000. In August 1998, Chief Lansdowne returned to San Jose as that city’s “top cop.”, and continued to emphasize community involvement, holding his department open to public scrutiny. While he was chief, San Jose became nationally recognized as the safest large city in America.

Over the years, Chief Lansdowne has expanded his expertise and his reputation as one of the foremost law enforcement professionals in the country. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has served on a variety of state and national boards, including the Major Cities Chiefs and the National Conference for Community and Justice.

J. Thomas Manger
Chief of Police - Montgomery County Police Department

Chief J. Thomas Manger was sworn in as Montgomery County Police Chief on January 30, 2004. The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCP) is one of the largest police departments in the State of Maryland, with more than 1150 sworn and 550 civilian members serving 950,000 residents in the greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area.

A Maryland native, Chief Manger attended Montgomery Blair High School and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976 with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. Chief Manger began his law enforcement career in 1977 with the Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department. He rose through the ranks to become Chief of Police in 1998. During his tenure in Fairfax County, Chief Manger received numerous awards including the Silver Medal of Valor. Chief Manger is credited with reorganizing and expanding the Fairfax County Police Department’s Community Policing efforts. His commitment to the highest ethical standards for policing and his enactment of new policies to increase departmental accountability earned significant recognition from the community.

Chief Manger is a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy, the National Executive Institute, the Police Executive Leadership School at the University of Richmond, and the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia. In 2006, Chief Manger completed the John F. Kennedy School’s Program for State and Local government, at Harvard University.

Jody P. Weis
Superintendent of Police - Chicago Police Department

Jody "J.P." Weis currently serves as the 54th Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, where he assumed command on February 1st, 2008.

Before joining the Chicago Police Department, Mr. Weis spent 23 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Upon completion of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia in 1985, Mr. Weis was assigned to the Houston Division, Corpus Christi Resident Agency, where he investigated reactive crimes. Special Agent Weis was later transferred to Houston, where he investigated terrorism, narcotics, and violent crime cases, while also serving as a bomb technician and on the FBI's Houston SWAT team.

Mr. Weis was appointed Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Chicago Field Office in June 2002. In that capacity, he managed the white collar crime, organized crime, violent crime, and administrative programs. During his illustrious career in the FBI, Mr. Weis also served as Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility, SAC over criminal operations in the Los Angeles Field Office, and as SAC of the Philadelphia Field Office.

Mr. Weis is a graduate of the University of Tampa where he earned a degree in Chemistry in April, 1979. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, serving in the field of Explosive Ordnance Disposal. He achieved the rank of Captain prior to his discharge in December 1984.

William Blair
Chief of Police - Toronto Police Service

William Blair was appointed Chief of the Toronto Police Service on April 26, 2005. The Toronto Police Service employs over 5500 police officers and 2000 civilian employees, the largest municipal police service in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The City of Toronto is a vibrant city covering 636 square kilometres with a diverse population of more than 2,600,000 people.

Chief Blair started his 30 year policing career as a beat officer in downtown Toronto, and continued with assignments in drug enforcement, organized crime units, and major criminal investigations.

As Toronto’s Chief of Police, he oversaw the development of the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) to combat violent crime. Rapid response teams are deployed to at-risk neighbourhoods to enhance enforcement and support local policing initiatives while promoting the role of Community Response Units and the ‘neighbourhood police officer’.

Chief Blair holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Toronto with dual disciplines of Economics and Criminology (1981) and a Certificate in Law Enforcement Administration from the University of Toronto (1983). He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy (1990) and the Police Leadership Program from the University of Toronto, Rodman School of Business Management (2002) and National Executive Institute (2006). He is a Member of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) currently serving as the President of the OACP Executive and Board of Directors.