John Rowan
Immediate Past President
John Rowan started his journey with the Suffolk County Police Department in 1993 and retired in 2024 as the Chief of Detectives. During his tenure, he played a significant role with executive oversight in the department’s arrest in the decades-old Gilgo Beach Killer case, which charged the suspect with multiple murders of females. This case is ongoing as it progresses through the court system. Throughout his career, John held several supervisory roles, including Commanding Officer of the 3rd Precinct from 2018 to 2022 and Commanding Officer of the Major Crimes Bureau from 2017 to 2018, where he oversaw Homicide, Major Case, Special Victims, and Hate Crimes. He also served as the primary liaison with federal agencies investigating MS-13 murders during this period. In January 2018, he traveled to El Salvador and was recognized by Homeland Security for his participation in Operation Matador, a joint task force investigating MS-13 activities. Additionally, he served as a Captain in Internal Affairs and as the Commanding Officer of the First Squad Detectives, where he held the rank of Detective Lieutenant.
Currently, John serves as the Senior Vice President for Conflict International, a global business intelligence and investigations firm, with a focus on US operations.
John holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Leadership from St. John’s University, earning a Certificate of Excellence. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 from the University of Delaware, where he was a member of the NCAA lacrosse team.
John attended the 236th Session of the National Academy and has been actively involved in planning the Nassau/Suffolk Luncheon and Bart Hose Shoot ever since. In 2019, he was honored with the Chapter’s Bart Hose Award for Excellence and received the Joseph Monteith Award in 2023.
Theresa Tobin
President
Chief of Interagency Operations Theresa Tobin joined the NYPD in 1983 and began her career on patrol in South Jamaica, Queens. She was promoted through the ranks to her current title of Chief of Interagency Operations. Chief Tobin has served as the Commanding Officer of the Behavioral Health Division, the Office of Collaborative Policing and Personnel Bureau’s Staff Services Section. She has served as the Executive Officer of the 1st, 10th and 13th Precincts.
Chief Tobin earned a Ph.D. and Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice; a Master of Social Work; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology/Social Work. She has been a New York State Certified Social Worker since 1985. Chief Tobin is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the Columbia University’s Police Management Institute; and, Harvard University’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program.
During her career, Chief Tobin has received numerous honors and medals including and the NYPD’s Medal of Valor and a Special Congressional Recognition in honor of her heroism, bravery and sacrifice during the tumultuous events of September 11, 2001.
Joseph Del Duca
1st Vice-President
Joseph L. Del Duca is a retired 28-year veteran New York City Police Department Deputy Inspector and graduate of the 263rd Session of the FBI National Academy.
Joe started his career as a Patrolman at the 72 Precinct in Brooklyn. He served as a Sergeant in PSA 3 and a Lieutenant in the 7th Precinct. Joe was the Commanding Officer of the 7th Precinct Detective Squad, the Manhattan DA Squad, and the DA Unit. He was the Executive Officer of the Midtown North Precinct. He has been decorated over 30 times during his career and was a Team Leader during the NYPD Re-Engineering Project.
Joe has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the College of Staten Island. Currently, he works as a Public Safety Advisor for Fūsus, a Real Time Crime Center Company. He also serves as a board member for the Tunnel to Towers National Golf Committee. He served as a member of the NY/EC FBINAA Chapter Board of Governors and was recently appointed to the Sergeant of Arms position.
Thomas Kelly
2nd Vice-President
Chief of the Ithaca Police Department, Thomas J. Kelly started his career at the Schenectady Police Department in 2001 where he retired as a Lieutenant. During his career, he has served as an executive officer in the Office of Professional Standards, the Investigative Services Bureau, Traffic and Patrol. Tom was a Field Training Officer, member of the Special Operations Squad, and commanded the Drone Unit and Crisis Negotiator Team.
He graduated in 2008 from Rockefeller College at SUNY Albany with his Master’s in Public Administration and the same year became a general topics instructor. Tom has facilitated several schools at the Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Center, including the Field Training Officer School, Supervisor School and the Instructor Development Course. He holds instructor certifications in several topics including firearms, defensive tactics, reality based training and is most notably a master instructor for Procedural Justice I, II and Implicit Bias.
Tom continues to instruct around NYS for the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Tom attended the 280th Session of the National Academy and has been actively involved in the planning of the Saratoga Day at the races. He served as a member of the NY/EC FBINAA Chapter Board of Governors and was recently appointed to the Sergeant of Arms position.
Thomas Cummings
3rd Vice-President
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Michael Bonse
Sergeant at Arms
Michael A. Bonse serves as the Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Public Safety (OPS) within the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). In this executive role, he directs the administration of mandated police and peace officer training programs and leads initiatives designed to enhance the professionalism and productivity of policing personnel throughout New York. His leadership at the state level is informed by a distinguished 25-year career with the City of Kingston Police Department, where he rose through the ranks to retire as the Deputy Chief of Police. During his tenure in Kingston, he held pivotal roles including director of a regional police academy, SWAT team commander, and project manager for the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, while also serving as a master instructor and state accreditation assessor.
Dedicated to the advancement of ethical leadership and evidence-based policing strategies, Michael is deeply involved in shaping statewide and national policing standards. He is an active member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Leadership Policy Council, specifically serving on the Police Professional Standards, Ethics, and Image Committee, and contributes to the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) Accreditation Committee. Within the FBI National Academy Associates New York Eastern Canada Chapter, he previously served as a member of the Board of Governors and was recently appointed to the position of Sergeant-at-Arms, continuing his on-going commitment to the organization and its members.
Michael’s academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Communication and a Master of Public Administration in Ethical Leadership; both earned at Marist College. He is a proud graduate of the FBI National Academy Session #284 and the IACP Leadership in Police Organizations program. His career has been marked by a commitment to community trust and social equity, highlighted by his work as a Fellow at Hudson Valley Patterns for Progress working with community stakeholders in addressing the impact of institutional racism on community and police relations and his service on the Executive Board of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Ulster County. Most recently, his professional excellence has been recognized with the FBI NAA NYSEC’s Edward F. Moore Award and the Marist College Career Excellence in Public Service Award.
Jeffrey Schmidt
Treasurer
Captain Jeffrey Schmidt began his career with the Cheektowaga Police Department in 2006 after serving four years in the United Stated Marine Corps as a military policeman. He is a second-generation police supervisor following in the footsteps of his father Lieutenant Gary Schmidt, who retired in 2008. Jeffrey attended the FBI National Academy, Session 283, in 2022 and has a bachelor’s degree from SUNY University at Buffalo. He is finishing his Master’s degree at Hilbert College in the field of Criminal Justice Administration.
Jeffrey was involved in a variety of specialty units throughout his career to include SWAT, Bike Patrol, Tactical Training, Field Training, and served as the Entry Team Leader and Sniper Team Leader on the department’s SWAT Team. As of his latest promotion in 2023, Jeffrey is serving as the Captain of Administration and Public Relations.
John Sumwalt
Secretary
John Sumwalt started his policing career in 1992 with the NYS Park Police where he worked in the NYC and Long Island Regions. He was hired by the Suffolk County Police Department in 1995 and upon graduating from the Police Academy was assigned to the Fifth Precinct. While assigned as an officer in the Fifth, he worked in the Patrol, COPE, and Precinct Crime Sections and then as an investigator in the Fifth Squad Detectives. Upon promotion to Sergeant he remained in the Fifth Precinct assigned to patrol until his transfer to the Office of the Chief of Patrol. In 2010, Inspector Sumwalt was designated to the rank of Detective Sergeant where he would go on to serve in the Seventh Squad Detectives Section, Computer Crimes Section, and the Office of the Chief of Detectives before his eventual promotion to Lieutenant where he served in the Office of the Chief of Department and Sixth Precinct Crime Section. As a Detective Lieutenant he served as the Commanding Officer of the Technical Services Section. Upon his promotion to Captain, Inspector Sumwalt was transferred to the Internal Affairs Bureau. He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector in August of 2018 and served as the Executive Officer of the Third Precinct and as Commanding Officer of the Major Crimes and Special Patrol Bureaus. In February 2022, Sumwalt was promoted to the rank of Inspector and assigned to the Fifth Precinct. He retired from the SCPD in September of 2024. Inspector Sumwalt is graduated from Long Island University with a BA, Saint John’s University with a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Leadership and the 242nd Session of the F.B.I. National Academy. He is currently employed as a Public Safety Executive at Peregrine Technologies.
Joseph Gannon
Historian
Joseph J. Gannon was born and raised in the Bronx, New York; received his B.A. from Fordham University in 1966. Within two weeks, he was appointed to the New York City Police Department being the third generation in his family to so serve. He was initially assigned to the Tactical Patrol Force later transferred to the Detective Division serving in multiple commands including the Narcotics Bureau, a general crimes investigator in the Detective Squad covering Times Square, the Theater and Hotel Districts; and 11 years in the Special Frauds Squad. This required investigating complex financial crimes and losses of negotiable securities from Wall Street on a citywide basis. It was during the course of that assignment that he was nominated to the National Academy and graduated from the 126th Session in the summer of 1981.
A number of events followed which resulted in his retirement to assume a position in the Global Security Department of American Express Comapny, eventually becoming Director-Investigations, North America. Invited back to the Academy in 1982, he served as an instructor at Quantico in White Collar Crimes in 1982 through 2002. That role expanded to teaching not only the National Academy, but various FBI Schools including New Agents’ Enrichment Sessions; In Services for White Collar Crime Supervisors both at Quantico and Xerox (Leesburg); the Southern Police Institute, the Criminal Investigations Course and Crime Prevention Schools as well as NYPD Homicide Investigations School.
In addition, he enjoyed a regular block at the Youth Leadership Program on “Ethics, Integrity and Decision Making”. His duties at American Express took him all over the world including Western Europe, the UK, Moscow and Tokyo with long term assignments in Miami, Vancouver (BC) and Los Angeles. He retired after 29 year’s service, but remains a contractor with his former employer. Joe served on the Chapter Executive Board in various positions, culminating as Chapter President in 2011. Having just celebrated his 50th Wedding Anniversary in 2017, Joe is the proud Grandfather of two sets of twins who now regularly attend Retrainers, both at the Chapter and National venues. Their Dad has followed the family tradition and after serving in multiple New York State investigative agencies for over a dozen years (OCTF, Inspector General and Insurance Frauds Bureau) is a senior Postal Inspector in the New York Division for the past decade while Mom is a school teacher in the New York City school system.
