Marlon C. Lynch, the chief of police at Vanderbilt University, is the 2008-2009 president-elect for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc. (IACLEA).
Lynch will be installed as IACLEA’s 2008-2009 president-elect at the IACLEA’s Annual Conference on July 1, in Hartford, Conn. He will automatically ascend to the office of IACLEA president on July 1, 2009.
Lynch has been active in leadership positions with IACLEA for a number of years, including director-at-large on the IACLEA Board of Directors since 2005 and chair of a communications subcommittee of IACLEA’s domestic preparedness committee. That committee produced a Guide to Communications between Campus Public Safety Departments and Federal-State-Local Emergency Responders under a federal Department of Homeland Security grant. He also chaired the board of directors’ governance task force, which recommended changes to IACLEA’s bylaws. He currently chairs the board’s task force on public relations.
Lynch joined Vanderbilt in August of 2005 as assistant chief of police after serving as chief of police and director of public safety at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He became chief of police at Vanderbilt on Jan. 1, 2007.
Lynch earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a master’s degree from Boston University, both in criminal justice. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Northwestern University School of Police Staff & Command.
The president-elect assists the president in the administration of the association, oversees the progress of IACLEA committees, is responsible for the orientation program for newly elected officers and directors and performs other duties as designated and assigned by the president. The president-elect performs the duties of president in the event the president is unable to serve.
IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its 1,300 educational institution members and 2,000 individual members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services.
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