About Me

APCO INTERNATIONAL 2^ND VICE PRESIDENT

CANDIDATE RESUME

NAME: GREGORY T. RIDDLE

EMPLOYER: WEST SUBURBAN CONSOLIDATED DISPATCH CENTER

ADDRESS: 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305-1798

PRESENT DUTIES: Executive Director – West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center

July 2000 hired to build communication center, acquire necessary equipment, furnish the building, hire and train 21 telecommunicator staff and begin a consolidated 9-1-1 operation for two suburban Chicago villages. Primary responsibility includes the day-to-day operation of a consolidated communications center for the Villages of Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest, which are suburbs on the western edge of the City of Chicago with a combined population of approximately 90,000.

PRIOR DUTIES: I began my public safety career as a paid on-call firefighter in my home town. Seventeen months later I started full time with the Elk Grove Village Fire Department. During my career I was promoted through the ranks ultimately reaching the rank of Deputy Chief of Administration prior to my retirement from that department in June, 2000. During my time with Elk Grove Village I was assigned increasingly responsible leadership roles including one of the first paramedics in the department, Company Officer, Communications Officer, officer in charge of the Fire Prevention Bureau, and the Deputy Director of Emergency Management. I continued as the Communications Officer during all of my other management assignments for the Department.

NUMBER OF YEARS AS AN APCO MEMBER: Since 1981 (27 years); an Active Category member with APCO International designations of Life and Senior member; Illinois APCO designation of Chapter Life member.

ILLINOIS APCO CHAPTER OFFICES HELD:

Executive Council Rep. 1996 - Present President 1995 – 1996

1st Vice President 1994 – 1995 2nd Vice President 1993 - 1994

Executive Board Member 1988 – 1993

CHAIRED ILLINOIS APCO CHAPTER COMMITTEES:

Constitution and Bylaws Communicator of the Year 9-1-1 & Wireless Technologies

Scholarship Fund Nominations Committee

MEMBER OF ILLINOIS APCO CHAPTER COMMITTEES:

North Central Regional Conference Committee 1989 and 1992

APCO / NENA / ICC Annual Conference Committee – 1992 to present (Program Chair since 1997)

Illinois’ Committee to host the 1999 International Conference

CHAIRED INTERNATIONAL APCO COMMITTEES:

Chapter Enhancement Task Force (CETF) 06/00 – 08/01

Conference Manual Review Committee 06/99

Executive Council Management Committee 08/01 – present

Constitution & Bylaws Committee (C&B) 08/03 - present

Member and Chapter Services Committee (MCSC) 08/01 – 09/05

Governance Review Work Group Advisory Committee Group Leader – Member Services Group

Registered Public Safety Leader Work Group Member and Chapter Services Committee

Chapter Enhancement Task Force Executive Council Management Committee

Conference Manual Review Committee Executive Director Search Committee

APCO Liaison to the International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Rescue Committee

Co-Chair Illinois Mutual Aid Box Alarm System – Telecommunications, Communications and Dispatch Committee 2007 to present; Committee member 2004 to present.

Chair Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Telecommunications Committee 1993 to present

Since my election as the Illinois APCO Executive Council Representative in 1996 I have had the opportunity to become increasingly involved in significant leadership roles for APCO International. This began with my service on numerous committees as a member to then chairing multiple committees each year. At my first Executive Council meeting in January 1997 I volunteered for the Management Committee. Since August 2001 I have served as the Chair of the Management Committee. As an original member of the Chapter Enhancement Task Force (CETF), Lyle Gallagher who was the chair asked me to take over when he became APCO International President. The CETF evolved into the Member and Chapter Services Committee (MCSC) when the Executive Council decided that the work of the CETF should continue as a Standing Committee in service to the membership. At that point I continued as the chair of the MCSC until September 2005. In August 2003, as a member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, I was asked to become the chair of the Committee. In 2005 the Board of Officers appointed me as one of five Group Leaders serving the Member Services Group of Committees. As a Group Leader I work with several committee and task force chairs in the following areas: develop their goals and objectives to ensure they are aligned with the Association’s Strategic Plan; budgets; semi-annual reports; and I report to the Board of Officers and Executive Council on the committee’s effort to reach their annual goals and thus support the mission of APCO. As the Member Services Group Leader I liaison with the following committees: Awards; Commercial Advisory; Editorial Advisory; Historical; Member Chapter Services; Membership Task Force. In 2006 I participated in the first APCO Registered Public Safety Leaders (RPL) Program and graduated in August 2007. It has been my pleasure to have also worked actively with numerous Boards of Officers and APCO International staff in support of APCO and the Long Range Strategic Plan.

My hope now is to take the experience that I have gained over my 27 years of membership in APCO and continue my service as your 2^nd Vice President.

	Gregg Riddle for 2008 APCO 2nd Vice President