LGBT Liaison Academy Alumni

Out To Protect congratulates the following graduates of the LGBT Law Enforcement Liaison Academy. Each of the names appearing below has successfully completed 24 hours of certified training on how to create and operate an LGBT Law Enforcement Liaison program, LGBT Awareness For Law Enforcement Training For Trainers, and Hate Crimes Investigations.

Class of 2024

Michelle Bonan – Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Kendra Charlesworth, California Highway Patrol
Cholyonda Brown – Flint Police Department
Heather Bruss – Oceanside Police Department
Christopher Burley – Portland Police Bureau
Matthew Couto – Fresno Police Department
Ryan Cunningham – Boston Police Department
Courtney Davis – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
James Delos Santos, South San Francisco Police Department
Miguel Diaz – Golden Beach Police Department
Kate Didriksen – Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Christina Ellis – Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
Nawfal Filali – Mount Dora Police Department
Vanessa Gonzalez – City of Miami Police Department
Scarlet Gonzalez – North Miami Police Department
Samuel Gordillo – Coral Gables Police Department
Jamie Green, Maplewood Police Department
Albert Guarnieri – Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carissa Gulick – Lehigh University Police Department
David Harston – Berkeley Police Department
Regina Haugabook – Bal Harbour Police Department
Andrew Hayes – Johnston Police Department
Brandon Hayes – Atlanta Police Department
Bernardo Hernandez – Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Marlena Jackson – Syracuse Police Department
Carl Lagandaon – Berkeley Police Department
Amy Lenahan – Villanova University DPS
Dalon Littlejohn, Delta Community College Police Department
Amy Loudermilk – IACP
Angelo Lucarelli – Cleveland Police Department
Brit Manor – Davidson County Sheriff’s Office
Karen Martin – Arlington Police Department
Erik Martin – Hialeah Police Department
Chelsea Masson – Medley Police Department
Samantha Missale – Palm Bay Police Department
Kamesha Moffatt – North Miami Police Department
Jennifer Morton – Pasco Sheriff’s Office
Christian Nagata – UAH Police Department
Katherine Nelson – Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Hayley Nine – West Palm Beach Police Department
Kristin O’Brien – Rapid City Police Department
Alex Rocha – Largo Police Department
Nicholas Schmall – Orlando Police Department
Tyler Sistrunk – UAH Police Department
Katelynn Stanley – Anne Arundel County Police Department
Darci Stechman – Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Stephanie DiCindio – Villanova University DPS
Jennifer Stephenson – Homestead Police Department
Sophia Sykes – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Martha Tejera – Miami Shores Police Department
Michael Wilmore-Crumrine – Austin Police Department

Class of 2023

Giselle Acevedo, Pacific Grove Police Department
Denise Alvarez – San Jose Police Department
Kyle Appleby – Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Morgan Ballis – Hailey Police Department
Dawn Beauchesne – Lowell Police Department
Cristina Beltrani – Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Nichole Brown – Metro Police Department Washington D.C.
Evalyn Casper – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Lee Catavu – Aurora Police Department
Agustin Champion – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department
Suzanne Cunanan – Pacifica Police Department
Janae Draper – Waco Police Department
Brandon Erekson – West Bountiful Police Department
Armando Espitia – Mountain View Police Department
Eulalia Colon – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Mara Everson – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Natali Fant – Carlsbad Police Department
Michelle Folmar – Denver Police Department
Dezjorn Gauthier – Wisconsin State Fair Police Department
Joseph Hall – Milwaukee Police Department
David Harston – Berkeley Police Department
Wil Harris – West Bountiful Police Department
Heather Helms – Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Jonathon Houston – Sacramento Police Department
Anthony Kasper – Solano County Sheriff’s Department
Joshua Koen – Denver Police Department
Dorian Korieo – Seattle Police Department
Jenn Krump – University of Mississippi Medical Center Police Department
Maria Lloyd – RTA Police Department
Ketty Louissaint – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Kimberly Maki – Washington State Patrol
Dominick Martorelli – New York Police Department
Summer McCray – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Solimar Miranda – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Dominque Pettinato, New York Police Department
Robin Petrie – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Samantha Polvere – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Jennifer Pritchard – Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
Catherine Reges – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Ashley Sanchez – Oceanside Police Department
Alex Saragusa – Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department
Edward Senatore – International EMS And Fire Fighters Pride Alliance
Amanda Severin – Aspen Police Department
Cary Shueh – Mountain View Police Department
Gary Stone – Lakewood Police Department
Toni Sumrall – University of Mississippi Medical Center Police
Kevin Turner – South Fulton Police Department
Desiree Walker – Metro Police Washington D.C.
Jace Valcore – Denver Sheriff’s Department
Marco Vargas – Georgia State University Police Department
Beth Victoriano – University of Mississippi Medical Center Police
Ariana Zuk – Lakewood Police Department

Class of 2022

Heather Bruner – Cleveland Division of Police
Katelynn Chuilli – Berklee University Police Department
Samuel Cropp – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Shannon Crow – Erie Police Department
Mara Everson – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Dawn Grieshop – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Jose Gurule – Denver Sheriff’s Department
Michelle Kotlik – Irving Police Department
Anthony Maddox – Out Emergency Services
Ian Matheson – Keene State College Department of Campus Safety
Michele Meister – Virginia Beach Police Department
Christina Muzzipapa – Erie Police Department
Natalie Nimmo – Round Rock Police Department
Claire Owens – Williamsburg Police Department
Tyler Andrew Peppard – Oceanside Police Department
Shantel Pickett – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Brandon Ragan – Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Kaitlynn Risner – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Alex Rocha – Largo Police Department
Melinda Schubert – Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office
Daniela Simone – Hoboken Police Department
Sam “Miles” Sosbe – Savannah Police Department
Jennifer Stormont – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Cara Thoen – Erie Police Department
Jherlynn Tims – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Carlos Rene Ulloa – Kansas City Police Department
Taylor Vonderhaar – Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Ryan Weiner – Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office
Amanda White – Orlando Police Department
Glenn Young – Salem State University Police Department

These graduates successfully demonstrated the ability to meet the following learning outcomes.

  1. Students will identify the key tasks and responsibilities of an LGBT Liaison.
  2. Students will develop communication pathways between the LGBT Liaison and community.
  3. Students will identify key people and community organizations to create relationships and partnership with as an LGBT Liaison.
  4. Students will create a community event designed to build trust between law enforcement and the LGBTQ+ community.
  5. Students will demonstrate how to develop and deliver LGBT awareness training for members of law enforcement.
  6. Students will demonstrate how to identify a hate crime and the basic investigative steps required to prepare a case for prosecution.

The LGBT Law Enforcement Liaison Academy is the only one of its kind in the United States. It is a hands-on course that include three components each of which is certified by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.