ICPC Leadership

See The Good

The current team of Executive Officers was elected at the ICPC Annual Conference in July 2025 and will serve a two-year term through July 2027. To contact a member of the leadership team, use the ICPC membership app or send an email message to the ICPC office.

Level 1

Level 2

Level 1

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Paul D. Ellis

President

A chaplain since 1978, Paul Ellis serves as a certified instructor in
Critical Incident Stress Management and has been involved in a
number of national disaster responses, Paul currently serves as a
chaplain for the Casa Grande Police Department (Casa Grande,
Arizona, USA).

Gary Welsh

President - Elect

Gary Welsh is certified by ICPC as an instructor and serves as Pastor
of the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica. Gary has served the
Jamaica Constabulary Force (Kingston, Jamaica) as a chaplain since
1979.

J. Wayne Chaisson

Vice President

James P. Bontrager

Immediate Past President

Jim Bontrager is a law enforcement instructor, specializing in
resiliency, and has served as a full-time chaplain at the Elkhart Police
Department (Elkhart, Indiana, USA) since 2004.

Richard Hartman

Secretary

Richard Hartman lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana (USA), where he serves
as the Pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church and as an instructor in the
Fort Wayne Police Academy. Richard has served as a chaplain at the
Fort Wayne Police Department since 2011.

Robert Heath

Chief Financial Officer

Bob Heath has been a member of ICPC for more than three decades
and is certified as an ICPC instructor. Bob has served as a volunteer
chaplain with the Joplin Police Department (Missouri, USA) since
1991.

Level 2

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Region 1 Director

Bruce Ewanyshyn

Canada

Region 5 Director

Debra Grow

Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine,
Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont

Region 9 Director

Keoki Awai

Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Area

Region 2 Director

Darryl Russel

Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming

Region 6 Director

VACANT

Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and
Utah

Region 10 Director

Vacant

Europe

Region 3 Director

Kevin Norton

Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South
Dakota

Region 7 Director

Alvin Dillard

Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, and
Texas

Region 11 Director

Mabvuto Fitta Chipeta

Africa

Region 4 Director

Chris Holland

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin

Region 8 Director

Glenn Davenport

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

Region 12 Director

Lenford Newell

Caribbean, Central America, and South America