2023-2024 Committees & Appointments

Area of Responsibility	Name
Membership Development	Philip Ryffel (Chair)
New Business	Jason Cohen (Chair)
Technology & Website	Chuck McLaughlin (Chair)
Audit, Budget & Finance	Michel Hamel (Chair)
Conference & Mid-Term Site Recommendation & Mgmt	Bob Heales (Chair)
Awards	Mike LaCorte (Chair)
Ethics & Grievances	Chuck McLaughlin (Chair)
Legislation	Rockne Cooke (Chair)
Welcome Committee	Candice Tal (Chair)
Seminar	Juan Giraldo (Chair)
Protocol & Public Relationships	Mike LaCorte and James Bearden (Co-Chair)
Social Media	Svenja Meismann (Chair)
Executive Committee	Mike LaCorte Alex Solomanidin Chuck McLaughlin Dan Rusu Siti Naidu
Editor	Siti Naidu
Parliamentarian	Siti Naidu
Historian	Bob Heales
Sergeant-at-Arms	John Jones
Ex-officio member for all committees	Bob Heales (Executive Director)
Association Relationship Committee	Vladimir Solomanidin

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2025 WAD Mid-Term, April 30th - May 4th, Lisbon Portugal
2025 WAD Centennial Conference and Celebration, September 2nd - 7th, 2025, Chicago USA

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IMPORTANT:

WAD makes every effort to ensure all members are properly licensed and insured, where required. WAD is not a regulatory agency. Every member is approved by the Executive Committee after notice to the membership. Members are required to validate their credentials annually upon membership renewal. When utilizing another member, members are encouraged to do their own due diligence when contracting any Investigative or Security Professional. Twice annually, WAD will publish in this guide all WAD members that are active, as a reference only. WAD disclaims any liability for any damages incurred in the contracting of investigative or security services of its independent members.

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