Executive Board

The National Association of Field Training Officers Executive Board consists of NAFTO members from around the United States. These board members are committed to the field training concept and assisting you in your FTO program needs.

President
Sgt. Daniel Greene

Chandler Police Department
director@nafto.org

Vice-President of the Executive Board Lt. Jeffrey Vanhook

Vice-President
Lt. Jeffrey Vanhook

Larimer County Sheriff’s Office
jeff.vanhook@nafto.org

Secretary
Graham Tinius

Chandler Police Department
graham.tinius@nafto.org

 

Treasurer of the Executive Board Chief Stewart Brown

Treasurer
Chief Stewart Brown

Lake EMS
stewart.brown@nafto.org

Jennifer Hall Running for: Sergeant at Arms

Sgt. at Arms
Jennifer Hall

Louisville Metro Police Department
Jennifer.Hall@nafto.org

 

Training Coordinator
Tyler Packer

NAFTO
training@nafto.org

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

With the end of 2020 in sight, I’ll join many in hoping 2021’s arrival ushers in
better times. One of the many changes we were forced to make was the postponement of our annual national conference which had been planned for Spokane, WA. For the uninformed, that’s pronounced Spo-Can. It’s the first time in recent memory that NAFTO has missed holding our annual conference and caused the additional issue of addressing our mandatory business meeting. Like other organizations, we resorted to using Zoom to satisfy the bylaws of our non-profit association.

On December 10, 2020, the Executive Board of NAFTO held our business
meeting. During the meeting, we heard several key individuals provide reports relating to activities during 2020. In hindsight, NAFTO was still able to accomplish quite a few things this year in spite of the challenges caused by COVID. Although membership turnout was very low, a fortunate side effect of hosting the meeting on Zoom was the ability to record the meeting. We are making the video available to our entire membership via our “Members Only” section. If you are interested, click here to see it.

Your Executive Board has high expectations for 2021. While building on the financial achievements of 2020, we plan on engaging our membership with the goal of increasing retention. NAFTO will continue updating and revising our curriculum so it reflects the most contemporary, evidence-based material. These revisions will ensure our classes continue being the premier resource for FTO training in the nation. We also seek to explore partnerships with organizations to provide value to our members in the form of content. Lastly, our Chapter Committee will seek to develop guidelines and practices to help organize local chapters throughout the country. In this sense, we seek to develop a network of chapters that can feed the system with the most up-to-date ideas and concepts relating to field training.

I am honored to have been re-elected as NAFTO’s President and excited to
continue to work with the Executive Board on our goals. In the end, we will be judged by the impact we made, not by what we say or write. I look forward to the challenge and embrace the “trainee” mindset of getting better everyday. I hope you all do, too.

Train hard,
Paul

BY-LAWS


The National Association of Field Training Officers is a non profit professional and educational organization.


The By-laws were updated and approved by the NAFTO membership at the 2015 NAFTO Conference.

 

You will find our By-Laws here in PDF format.