Attorney Charles L. Glynn holds a BA in Political Science and a JD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently serves as a member of the Office of the State Public Defender Trial Division. Attorney Glynn currently practices throughout the state, concentrating primarily in complex criminal litigation, including Chapter 980 cases and homicides.

Attorney Jones served as the Director of Minority Affairs at the Marquette University Law School where he was tasked with the recruitment, retention, and career planning of minority students. In January of 1991, Attorney Jones accepted a position with the Milwaukee Trial Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, and for the most part has worked as a Public Defender his entire legal career handling every case type from disorderly conduct to homicide and everything in between. Attorney Jones has held numerous leadership positions at the State Public Defender including First Assistant State Public Defender (Regional Manager) for the Racine Region. Attorney Jones currently serves in the Madison Trial Office of the State Public Defender’s Office where he is assigned to the Chapter 980 Team which focuses is primarily on the civil commitment of sexually violent persons, though he also handles homicides and other serious cases, as time permits.

Brian has over twenty years of information technology (IT) experience including 15+ with SynerComm. Prior to SynerComm, Brian spent 4 years specializing in IP telephony and networking. He has also worked as a networking engineer for the manufacturer 3Com and he started his career in structured cabling design. Brian began his tenure with SynerComm as a Systems Engineer. His initial responsibilities included supporting and implementing security solutions from vendors including: Check Point, Juniper and Blue Coat. His information assurance interests quickly landed him a role in helping develop SynerComm’s AssureIT consulting practice.

Captain Jay L. Wood has been with the Rock County Sheriff’s Office for 20 plus years. During that time he has been assigned to patrol, undercover narcotics, and SWAT. Captain Wood was promoted to the rank of Sgt. In 2006, acting as a corrections supervisor and eventually patrol supervisor. In 2012 he was assigned to be the Civil Process Supervisor until his promotion to Captain in 2018, where he currently oversees the courts/civil process bureau. In 2016, Captain Wood led the Rock County Sheriff’s Office Mobile Field Force Team to a historical deployment in North Dakota where they joined law enforcement agencies from across the country to assist with crowd control. Captain Wood has been an advisor to Rock County Facilities Management with the current $6.8 million security upgrade at the Rock County Courthouse.

During her 23-year tenure with the sheriff’s office, she was assigned to the St. Croix County Emergency Response Unit (ERU), worked as an investigator assigned to sensitive crimes and promoted to lieutenant of the Special Services Division, where she had direct oversight to the investigations and court services units. As lieutenant, Chief Deputy Borgschatz provided annual “imminent threat” training to county employees, as well as Lockdown training, “Run, Hide, Fight” training, A.L.I.C.E training, and consulted in other areas of security improvement (lighting, cameras, restricted access areas, etc.). Chief Deputy Borgschatz oversaw the implementation of the front door security screening that was eventually put into place in St. Croix County in 2017. Since then, the court services unit has also expanded to six deputies and one sergeant.

Daniel Kontos retired as the Chief Deputy at the Portage County Sheriff’s Office in 2019. He has been an active long time participant and supporter of the Court Safety and Security Conference, and currently serves on the conference advisory committee. Daniel has instructed on topics of terrorism, incident command, and responder safety across the United States and in Canada for many years. He previously served as local fire chief, hazardous materials team commander, bomb technician and investigator, and retired from the US Army at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Daniel has a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, and both a Master’s degree and Doctorate in Public Administration.

Deputy Jacob Winkler has 8 years of law enforcement experience and has been a Barron County Deputy Sheriff since 2014. He has been assigned as Court Security Officer for the three Circuit Court branches for the past 2 years. He was previously a Patrol Deputy and is also assigned Evidence Custodian duties.

Deputy Joe Heindel has been with the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office since March 2001. Deputy Heindel is extremely well-versed in the day-to-day operations of the Court Security Division, where he has been assigned the past 5 years. Prior to this, he served as a Patrol Deputy with the Sheriff’s Office. He also played an integral role in helping Marathon County transition to a single-point entry courthouse. Prior to joining the Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Heindel worked for the River Falls Police Department.

Dr. Murphy brings 40 plus years of law enforcement and public service experience to the position serving in a multitude of roles giving him a unique perspective beginning with boots on the ground to Chief of Police. His journey of public service began as an entry level police officer in Kansas City, Kansas to serving as Chief of Police in Mesquite, Nevada. Dr. Murphy most recently served as Director of Special Services for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Virginia where he was responsible for the Long Term Missing and Unidentified, Forensic Services, Image Enhancement/Age Progression Units while serving as the National Amber Alert Coordinator. Prior to his time on the national stage, Dr. Murphy served as Coroner for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner for 13 years while simultaneously acted as the Interim Director of Juvenile Justice Services and Chief Lobbyist for the 76th & 77th Legislative Sessions of the Nevada Legislature.

Deputy Jim Brigham is a twenty-three year veteran of law enforcement and is employed by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) in Madison, Wisconsin. Deputy Brigham began his career in 1992 when he was hired by the Forest County Sheriff’s Office. In 1993 Deputy Brigham was hired by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. Through the years, Deputy Brigham had the opportunity to be trained in a wide variety of areas within the DCSO. He was assigned to the Court Security Unit at DCSO in 2007. Deputy Brigham employed his training and experience by becoming one of the lead instructors of the Dane County Court Security Training Program. As a lead instructor, he teaches sworn and non-sworn staff in Dane County, as well as other counties throughout the state of Wisconsin. In addition, he trains judges and courthouse staff in emergency preparedness and courthouse security.

Ms. Jean McAllister is an independent consultant and trainer with her own business, JGM Consulting LLC, and has more than 30 years of experience working to address trauma and interpersonal violence. Her work has focused on sexual assault, child abuse and sexual abuse, domestic violence, trauma and victimization, offender dynamics, secondary trauma intervention, stress management, organizational development and policy development. She serves as an expert witness and provides case consultation regarding sexual assault, child abuse and sexual abuse, domestic violence, victim trauma reactions and offender management.

Babler has been a Circuit Court Judge for Barron County for 16 years and has been Presiding Judge for 11 years. He is a member of the Wisconsin Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) Steering Committee (since 2009) and is an Associate Dean of the Wisconsin Judicial College (since 2106). Previously, he was an Assistant District Attorney for Barron and Polk Counties and was District Attorney for Barron County for 20 years. He served as President of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association and was the 2001 Prosecutor of the Year.Judge Babler received his BA and JD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Judge Randy Koschnick was appointed Director of State Courts by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, on Aug. 1, 2017. He is the top non-judicial officer of the Wisconsin court system, serving at the pleasure of the Supreme Court under direction of the chief justice, and the first former judge to have the job. Working with the Supreme Court, department heads, advisory committees and boards, as well as chief judges of the state’s nine judicial administrative districts, Judge Koschnick is responsible for personnel, budgeting, information technology and other functions for an organization of more than 800 employees statewide. Judge Koschinck also advises the Supreme Court on a wide range of administrative, budget and policy matters affecting the judiciary. Prior to his appointment as Director, Judge Koschnick served 18 years as a Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, including five years as Chief Judge of the Third Judicial Administrative District and 10 years as the county’s presiding judge.

Karin L. Houston retired after twenty-three years with the FBI. She began her career with the FBI in 1997, working domestic and international organized crime and drug investigations in San Diego, California. In 2001, Karin was selected for the San Diego FBI Crisis Negotiation Team. Throughout her assignments, Karin continued to serve as a member of the FBI Crisis Negotiation Team, and in 2013, assumed the role of Crisis Negotiation Coordinator for the FBI Kansas City Division. She has completed more than 600 hours of negotiations training, including the 80-hour FBI National Crisis Negotiation Course and the 80-hour London Metropolitan Police Services National Hostage and Crisis Negotiation Course. Karin has delivered more than 900 hours of crisis negotiation, dispatcher and de-escalation training and has been deployed on hundreds of SWAT Operations, barricaded subjects, hostage situations, suicidal individuals, kidnappings, and special events.

Kevin J. Albanese was a certified and commissioned law enforcement officer in the State of Connecticut for over 22 years. Prior to his retirement in 2016, he was the supervising Sergeant for the Connecticut State Police Computer Crimes Investigations Unit, and the Commander of the Connecticut Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. As a result of his commitment, over the past four years the Connecticut ICAC Task Force has had a significant increase in investigations and prosecutions on both the state and federal level. For his efforts and steadfast commitment, Kevin was the recipient of several citations from the Connecticut State Police for his work in ICAC. Kevin currently owns a network security consulting business that concentrates in the pharmaceutical software area.

Michael R. Moran has over 30 years’ experience in law enforcement, public and private protection work, investigations, and law. He has served at the Franklin County Probate Court since 2011, working assignments including counsel to Judge Robert G. Montgomery, directing the Court’s mediation program, negotiation, liaison to law enforcement and news media, crisis intervention team (CIT), threat assessment, serving high-risk court process and orders, management of court safety and security, plus training and oversight of the Court’s armed bailiffs and guardianship investigators. He is part-time General Counsel and Staff Instructor for On Guard Defense Training Center and maintained a private law practice for 25 years, currently with a firearms/self-defense focus.

Peter has spent over 25 Years with Manitoba Justice with 23 of them as the Sheriff Services Provincial Training and Intelligence Coordinator. He is responsible for recruit, staff, and use of force training. As the Intelligence Coordinator, Peter is responsible for all Intel coordination of high security trials, judicial protection, high-risk escorts, and protected witnesses. Peter is a subject matter expert on Sovereign citizens and counter terrorism officer. In October 2021, Peter took on a new position within MB Justice as an Intelligence and Investigations Officer. Duties include intelligence gathering and vetting, staff investigations, gang profiles and presentations, staff threats, threat program management, and security screening.

Rhonda Martinson, J.D., consults on coordinating and assessing criminal justice responses to domestic violence; trains on domestic violence response, investigation, and prosecution; and writes articles, reports, and training materials about criminal justice responses to domestic violence. In 2014 she co-authored "How to Build Attention to Witness Intimidation in Your Domestic Violence Policy" for Police Chief Magazine.Previously Rhonda was an attorney at AEquitas: The Prosecutor’s Resource on Violence Against Women. She presented on violence against women trial strategy, legal analysis, and policy; and provided case consultation and technical assistance for prosecutors and others. She also managed AEquitas' initiative, Improving the Justice System Response to Witness Intimidation, to develop, evaluate, and refine responses to intimidation.

Roy Korte is retired from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, where he worked for 25 years as an Assistant Attorney General and Director of the Criminal Litigation Unit. As an Assistant Attorney General, one area he focused on was sovereign citizen and anti-government or extremist individuals and groups. He was involved in the investigation and prosecution of several individuals for simulating legal process and criminal slander of title by filing false liens against public officials. He has taught and advised prosecutors, law enforcement, judges, and court staff, and public officials on issues involving these individuals and groups. Roy is an attorney currently handling special prosecution cases across the state.

Chris Fitzgerald has been the Barron County Sheriff for 12 years. Sheriff Fitzgerald has been an active leader to rid his county of the Meth issue and make his county safer by conducting multiple Active Shooter Drills and other community safety talks. Sheriff Fitzgerald is committed to working with everyone to make this county a better, safer and great place to live, work and play.

Stuart Zuehls began his law enforcement career in 1996 with the Neenah Police Department as part-time employee while attending school in the Criminal Justice program at Fox Valley Technical Institute. Stu was hired as a full time Police Officer in 1999, serving as a patrol officer on the streets for roughly 18 years. Stu has been an active member of the SWAT Team for close to 10 years. Over the past four years Stu has been training private citizen groups and business employees on how to protect themselves against threats that include hostile employees, estranged spouses, and many other active violence or shooter situations. Through his training and 20+ years in Law Enforcement, Stu has developed the ability to provide expert consulting in the areas of threat assessment and prevention. Stu is currently the Community Policing Coordinator for NPD, and works daily with all aspects of the local community and conducts many threat and security assessments for the business industries.

A graduate of the FBI - National Academy 177th Session and the International Association of Chiefs of Police/Wisconsin Department of Justice - Executive Development Course, Tom Hausner has over 40 years of Law Enforcement experience. In 2013 he retired as Sergeant from the Walworth County (WI) Sheriff’s Office and is a former United States Marine Corps Sergeant. For 24 years he worked at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, serving as the Director of Security and Operations. Tom has been involved extensively in Emergency Planning for Businesses and Schools. Tom worked with the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association in development of the standards for school safety plans for the State of Wisconsin. He has worked with numerous businesses and school districts from grade schools to colleges to ensure they are prepared in the event of a Critical Incident.

Vernon began his Life Safety career in 1983 at Grand Chute Fire Rescue while attending the FVTC Fire Science Program. In 1984 he transferred from the USANG to the active duty U.S. Air Force and was station at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin TX, where he was an Aircraft Crash Rescue and Structural Firefighter for the USAF. After his honorable discharge from the Air Force as a Staff Sergeant, Vernon was offered a Firefighter/EMT position on the City Austin TX Fire Department. In 1995, his family moved back to Wisconsin and Vernon worked in the fire and life safety systems industry where he designed fire, safety, security, access control, and video surveillance systems. Vernon also worked in Insurance Risk Management and Loss Prevention, traveling and working with government agencies, commercial & industrial corporations, and others throughout the United States, to consult and design all aspects of fire, life safety, and security, systems and procedures.