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Brian Sooy is the founder and design director of Aespire, a design and marketing agency that empowers mission-driven organizations to create purpose-driven communications and culture. Brian is the author of Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto, a practical and inspirational book for leaders that explores how purpose, character, and culture help organizations communicate to the outcomes they are working to achieve. The resolutions of the Cause Manifesto are twelve strategic, inspirational, relational, and aspirational values-based leadership principles for changemakers. Brian has contributed to Switch and Shift, Lead Change Group, Thin Difference, and Smart Blog on Leadership. Brian and his design work has been profiled in publications such as Inside Business, HOW, and GDUSA magazine. His work has been included in books such as The Information Design Handbook, and The Designer's Guide to Business and Careers. He is a frequent speaker and presenter on positioning, marketing, and communications principles and practices for social and public sector organizations.

Careers In Government is dedicated to matching qualified individuals with challenging and rewarding careers in government and the public sector. Additionally, CIG is a forum for the exchange of news and information of interest to more than 20 million Americans working, or seeking employment, in public sector occupations. CIG was created and developed by public sector employees!

Chuck Brooks serves as the Vice President for Government Relations and Marketing at Sutherland Government Solutions. He is also Chairman of CompTIA's New and Emerging Technologies Committee, Cybersecurity Market of the Year (Cybersecurity Excellence Awards), and on the advisory board of several companies and organizations. Brooks served at the Department of Homeland Security as the first director of legislative affairs for the Science and Technology Directorate. He also spent six years on Capitol Hill as a senior adviser to the late Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.). He has an MA from the University of Chicago and a BA from DePauw University. Please follow him on Twitter @ChuckDBrooks and on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckbrooks

Charlie Martin is an experienced executive coach and leadership development facilitator. He is a Certified Executive Leadership Coach and focuses on Executive Development, Leadership Development, Workforce Contribution Management, Workforce Engagement, Individual and Organizational Change and Developing High Performance Cultures. Charlie is Founder and Head Coach at Think Change www.thinkchange.co and a member of the coaching and leadership development team at Virtual CEO Consulting www.virtualceo.com He is an experienced senior executive with over 35 years of successful experience leading, coaching and developing teams to achieve results through employee groups as large as 8,000, dispersed globally, to a few located locally. He has held CEO, COO, Sr. VP, and VP positions in a variety of functions and industries He holds an MA and BS from the University of Central Missouri, is certified as an Executive Leadership coach by Georgetown University (2002) and is certified as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coach Federation (ICF) He is the author of “From OK to Excellence, 7 Steps to a productive and engaged workforce” and is a Trained Facilitator of “Immunity to Change”

Chi Whitley is a Content Marketer who writes both short and long-form blog posts for clients. Chi also freelances and writes well-researched articles for a plethora of different businesses. Chi depends on his English degree with a specialization in creative writing from Rhodes College (2016 graduate) and from his time as a middle school English and Writing teacher. Chi grew up and currently resides in Austin, TX. When not writing or brainstorming ideas, he can be found throwing a frisbee or outside hiking in the Texas hill country.

Chris O’Neil joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection in April 2014 after retiring from the U.S. Coast Guard at the rank of Commander, with more than 29 years of active-duty military service in which he gained more than 26 years of public affairs experience. In his position at CBP he directs the activities of 94 personnel in the conduct of all forms of government communication to inform the public about the missions, operations and people of CBP. O’Neil’s began his public affairs career as a unit public affairs representative and base newspaper stringer during his service in the Air Force. He later enlisted in the Coast Guard and became a public affairs specialist. After earning his commission he later served as the 7th Coast Guard District public affairs officer, and went on to become the service’s Chief of Media Relations and finally Chief of Strategic Communications. O’Neil joined the National Association of Government Communicators in 2012 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2013, serving as the association’s Communications Director. He is a member of the National Press Club and was a member of the Public Relations Society of America for five years.

Corey Doane is a Content Marketing Specialist at Siege Media and has a B.S. in Public Relations. She has a passion for writing and loves creating content that covers business and lifestyle topics. When she isn’t working, you can find her sipping on an iced coffee and spending time with her family.

Dana Terry is a 2014 M.A. graduate of the Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Her specializations include International Organizations, Conflict Negotiation/Management, and Post-Conflict Statebuilding. Currently, she is spending a year in Somoto, Nicaragua directing a Professional Development, Entrepreneurship, and Labor Rights Workshop Program with INPRHU (Instituto de Promocion Humana). Previously, she worked as a Project Assistant for the City of Tallahassee’s Department of Economic and Community Development where she lead an initiative to assist small agencies with the CHSP grant process including the formation of multimedia presentations. During her time as a graduate student, she interned with the International Crisis Group, UN Foundation, the Colbert Report, and served as a 2014 Social Good Summit UNA-USA Blogging FellowShe currently has nine publications ranging from the international development agenda to underemployment in the United States and is in the process of publishing a research paper on the relation between politicized ethnicity and income inequality.

Dave Landry Jr. applies his passion for all things personal finance to helping clients save more of their hard earned money. He’s a personal finance manager, debt relief counselor, and blogger who writes about personal finance topics to help readers with money matters. Dave lives in Southern California with his wife of eight years and three wonderful children.

Don Maruska founded and was CEO of three Silicon Valley companies and venture investor in startups that became public companies. He's now a Master Certified Coach and author of How Great Decisions Get Made with Foreword by Margaret Wheatley (American Management Association, 2004) and co-author with Jay Perry of Take Charge of Your Talent: Three Keys to Thriving in Your Career, Organization, and Life with Foreword by Jim Kouzes (Berrett-Koehler 2013) serving high-growth firms and Fortune 500 companies. He earned his BA magna cum laude from Harvard and his MBA and JD from Stanford and previously led projects for McKinsey & Company.

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G. M. Cox, a veteran chief of police of 32 years, brings the full spectrum of policing, managerial, and leadership experience to the role of leading a modern police agency. Overall, he has over 40 years of law enforcement experience starting as a law enforcement specialist in the United States Air Force. Upon his honorable separation from the USAF after 6 years of service, he entered Sam Houston State University and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Law Enforcement and Police Science. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and Alpha Chi. G. M. became a patrol deputy for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department (Texas) and was assigned to serve in the city of Oak Ridge North, Texas. After 18 months in this role, he was hired as the first chief of police for Oak Ridge North with only 30 days to create a fully functional and staffed law enforcement agency. Along with his education, his experience as an assistant shift supervisor, records manager and crime prevention specialist with the Air Force, G. M.’s patrol experience as a deputy made him uniquely qualified to head this city’s first police department. While performing duties as the chief of a small suburban police agency, G. M. earned his Master of Science degree from Sam Houston State University in Criminal Justice Management. His graduate paper, “Career Path Development in Small Law Enforcement Agencies” was published in the Texas Police Journal. This would prove to be the first of many articles published by G. M. in not only the Texas Police Journal, but also in the Texas Police Chief. G. M. served a short period as a city administrator and director of police services for Oak Ridge North before leaving for the Chief’s position in Lamesa, Texas. While there, G. M. attended the 165th Session (1991) of the FBI National Academy. He also started the long journey of achieving the coveted designation as a graduate of the Leadership Command College (LCC) of the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas. After leaving Lamesa, he found himself in the middle of a community in crisis as the Chief in Corsicana, Texas. While in Corsicana, he was instrumental in the creation of the motorcycle, bike, Neighborhood Policing, Crime Interdiction, K9, and mounted units. He also was the founder of the 100 Club of Corsicana-Navarro County and the Corsicana Crime Commission. G.M. served as the President of the Texas Police Chiefs’ Association (2005-06) and was the first Chairman of the TPCA’s charity foundation. He served five years as the Texas Municipal League board member representing the TPCA. He was chosen as the Officer of the Year for 1996 and 1997 by the Navarro County Peace Officers’ Association. G. M. has also served as a board member of the YMCA in Corsicana and Chairman of both the Advisory Board for the Navarro College Regional Police Academy and Criminal Justice Curriculum committee. G. M. is also a court qualified mediator. He is a licensed law enforcement instructor and security inspector, with a Master Peace Officer certificate, issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education. G. M. was also a senior active Rotarian in the Corsicana Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. Besides his law enforcement duties, he has been an adjunct faculty member of several colleges including Howard College, Navarro College, Texas A & M University – Commerce and The University of Texas at Arlington. Most recently, Dr. Cox taught a graduate course in theoretical criminology and an undergraduate course in security systems in the spring semester of UTA. In 2003, G. M. was admitted to the graduate school at the University of Texas-Arlington in the School of Urban and Public Affairs to pursue his PhD in public administration. Dr. Cox, aka Dr. Chief, graduated in 2011 with a Ph.D. in Public and Urban Administration from UTA. His dissertation, Crisis in Police Recruitment: Public Service Motivation and Changes in Generational Preferences is the basis for work he is currently doing with the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, LEMIT, in its Texas Police Chiefs Leadership Series and 2nd in Command training programs. He is also working with the Leadership Command College of LEMIT in the area of emerging issues in law enforcement and policing. After over 15 years as the chief of Corsicana, G. M. retired from Corsicana on October 1, 2008. As of October 13, 2008, G. M. became the third full-time chief of police for the City of Murphy (Texas) where he is still serving as Dr. Chief.