| Joshua T. Billis, RPL President Director, Benton County Office of Emergency Communications |
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Mr. Billis is currently serving as the Director of the, Office of Emergency Communications for Benton County, Arkansas. As the Director of Emergency Communications, Mr. Billis oversees the daily operations of a state of the art emergency communications center, providing emergency communications support to over 60 jurisdictions. He is also responsible for ensuring a functional emergency communications network within Benton County for normal public safety use as well as event specific situations. In addition, Mr. Billis serves as an Adjunct Instructor for the Northwest Arkansas Community College; Instructing for the Institute for Corporate and Public Safety. As a member of the congressionally mandated FEMA Regional Emergency Communications Working Group for region 6, Mr. Billis functions as an advocate for public safety communications interoperability. He also serves on numerous national committees within the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials. A native of Wyoming, Mr. Billis graduated from the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in addition to numerous certifications and certificates in law enforcement, emergency management, communications, fire and rescue, and emergency medical services. He resides in Rogers, Arkansas with his wife Alicia, two step daughters Mikaela and Madisyn and son Gavin. |
| Mary Kay Sullivan, RPL 1st Vice President Director, Benton County 911 Administration |
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| Mary Kay has worked for Benton County, AR since 1989. In 1997, she transferred from the County Clerk’s office to the 9-1-1 Administration office as Database Assistant and promoted to the Director of 9-1-1 Operations in 1998. As Director she serves as Liaison between the county’s 4 PSAP’s and a 5 member 9-1-1 Administrative Board along with supervision of the 9-1-1 addressing and mapping of rural Benton County and 12 cities. Since working for Benton County 9-1-1 Administration, Mary Kay has been to various ESRI and GIS classes, seminars and workshops, and was appointed for a 4 year term to the Arkansas State Land Information Board by Governor Huckabee. She has been a member of both APCO and NENA since 1999. |
| Kristi Key 2nd Vice President Dispatcher Trainer, Fayetteville Central Dispatch |
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| Kristi Key has been with the Fayetteville Police Department since 2000. She was promoted to Dispatcher Trainer in November of 2000. She became a NCI certified Communications Training Officer (CTO) in May of 2001. She completed an ALETA certified instructor development course in February of 2003. She is an APCO certified instructor for Public Safety Telecommunicator I, Fire Service Communications, and CTO. Kristi is very interested in domestic preparedness and weapons of mass destruction. In November 2002, she attended the WMD Technical Emergency Response Training course in Anniston, Alabama where she learned about the different areas of terrorism. In November 2003, she became certified through the US Department of Homeland Security as a WMD General Instructor. Kristi has a heart for training the dispatchers in our state. She believes that the citizens, officers, and dispatchers themselves deserve to have telecommunicators that are fully trained to handle any situation. She has created several in-house training classes that she is very willing to share with anyone who wants to use them. She put together the Fayetteville PD’s application for Project 33 and is currently working to update their policies enabling them to become a partner call center with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. |
| Steve Harrison, NREMT-P Treasurer Assistant Chief, Central EMS (Fayetteville) |
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| Steve has been involved in emergency services communication since 1986 when he started as a full time EMT at Central EMS. In those days they dispatched for 24 hours at a time on a rotating shift. Steve has been married for 25 years to Janice. They have two children, a son who works for the Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office and a daughter in college to become a teacher. Steve and his wife also have a daughter-in-law who is a Dispatcher at Central EMS and two grandchildren, Cameron who is 6 yrs old and Jordyn who is 2. Steve is an Assistant Chief at West Fork Volunteer Fire Department where he has been a firefighter since 1981. He likes to hunt, fish, ride his Harley Davidson, and spend time with his family. |
| Gary "Bud" Gray, RPL Secretary Deputy Coordinator, North Little Rock Emergency Services |
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| Bud started to work for the City of North Little Rock in 1990. He worked as a Dispatcher from January 1990 until March 1997 when he was promoted to Lead Dispatcher. In May of 2004, Bud was promoted to Deputy Coordinator. Prior to working for the city, he was a volunteer Firefighter with CS&Z Volunteer Fire Department. Bud was also a volunteer ambulance driver for the City of Lonok. Don't know if you want this tid bit of information but, he states his hobbies are swimming, gardening, and landscaping. Bud also says he is pretty dull, but the people who know him, know that already!! |
| Shannon McCuin, RPL Excecutive Council Dispatch Manager, Washington County Sheriff's Office |
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| Shannon has been with Washington County Sheriff’s Office since 2003 when she was hired as the Dispatch Manager. She has worked in public safety for 11 years and previously worked at the Fayetteville Police Department. She has been married for 15 years to Tim, and has 2 children, Taylor and Trevor. Her hobbies include riding her motorcycle, fishing, and scrap booking, but most importantly spending time with her family. She participates in several fundraising events and community outreach programs through the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and FOP Lodge #69. She also serves as the historian for the Sheriff’s Office and compiled a complete timeline for all Sheriff’s since the County’s inception in 1828. Shannon strives to ensure training and resources are available to keep our state on the forefront of public safety communications. She works with her dispatch team to keep others safe and be a calming voice to those in need. |
| Matthew Garrity, RPL Immediate Past President |
2007-2011 |