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Executive Council

All Torch Run activities around the world are governed by the Law Enforcement Torch Run® Executive Council.

The Executive Council is authorized by Special Olympics and supported by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) for the purpose of encouraging, promoting, supporting and providing technical guidance to accredited Program Torch Run volunteers in planning and coordinating Torch Run events and activities on a worldwide basis, facilitating the expansion of existing Torch Run activities and planning for the development of new Torch Run activities and events.

The Executive Council is made up of 13 Regional Coordinators elected by Torch Run participants, law enforcement representatives appointed by IACP and Special Olympics representatives appointed by Special Olympics headquarters.

Please contact your Regional Coordinator or your local contact with any concerns or questions you may have regarding the Torch Run.

Special Olympics Representatives

Law Enforcement Representatives

Special Olympics Appointee (2008)
Mary Beth McMahon
Special Olympics Nevada
3480 Buskirk Ave. Suite 340
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
+1 (925) 944-8801
+1 (925) 944-8803 (Fax) marybeth@sonc.org

IACP Appointee (2008)
Russ Laine
Algonquin Police Dept.
2200 Harnish Drive
Algonquin, IL 60102
+1 (847) 658-2723
+1 (847) 980-9618 (Cell)
+1 (847) 658-6589 (Fax)
rlaine@algonquin.org

Special Olympics Appointee (2008)
Drake Turrentine
Special Olympics
1133 19th Street, 12th floor
Washington, DC 20036
+1 (202) 824-0299
+1 ( 202) 628-1076 (Fax)
dturrentine@specialolympics.org

IACP Appointee (2009)
Joe Pena 
Channahon Police Department 
24555 S. Navajo Dr.
Channahon, IL 60410-3334 
+1 (815) 955-9619 (Cell)
+1 (815) 955-9619 (Office)
+1 (815-467-9300 (Fax)
mailto:mJPena@channahon.org

Council Appointee (2009)
Rodney Seurer
Savage Police Department
6000 McColl Drive
Savage, MN 55378
+1 (952) 882-2608
+1 (952) 292-2239 (Cell)
rseurer@ci.savage.mn.us

Special Olympics At-Large (2010)
Denny Alldridge
Special Olympics Wisconsin
5900 Monona Drive, Suite 301
Madison, WI 53716
+1 (608) 222-1324, ext. 215
+1 (608) 222-3578 (Fax)
+1 (608) 295-3267 (Cell)
dalldridge@specialolympics
wisconsin.org
  

Law Enforcement At-Large (2010)
Mike Teem, Chair 
Raleigh Police Dept.
P.O. Box 590
110 S. McDowell Street
Raleigh, NC 27602
+1 (919) 890-3367
+1 (919) 961-5150 (Cell)
+1 (919) 571-5647 (Pager)
+1 (919) 890-3053 (Fax)
+1 (919) 556-0696 (Home)
mrteem@hotmail.com

Special Olympics At-Large (2009)
Nancy Bottelo

Special Olympics Hawaii
P.O. Box 3295
Honolulu, HI 96801
+1 (808) 943-8808 x 22
+1 (808) 943-8814 (Fax)
+1 (808) 398-0588 (Cell)
ceo@specialolympicshawaii.org

Law Enforcement At-Large (2009)
Bill Buford
10900 Short Marche Road
North Little Rock, AR 72113
+1 (501) 618-8407
+1 (501) 405-3201 (Pager)
+1 (501) 851-4298 (Home)
bill.buford@asp.arkansas.gov

Special Olympics At-Large (2008)
Jeff Henson
Special Olympics Illinois
605 East Willow St.
Normal, IL 61761
+1 (309) 888-2551
+1 (309) 888-2570 (Fax)  
jhenson@soill.org

Council Appointee (2010)
Shelly Yielding
Special Olympics Arkansas
2115 Main St.
N. Little Rock, AR 72114-2835
+1 (501) 771-0222
+1 (501) 766-8318 (Cell)
+1 (501) 771-1020 (Fax)
mailto:shellyyielding@aol.com


 

Law Enforcement At-Large (2008)
Mike Peretti
Livermore Police Dept.
1110 S. Livermore Ave.
Livermore, CA 94550
+1 (925) 371-4821
+1 (925) 580-9589 (Cell)
+1 (925) 371-4950 (Fax)
mperetti@livermorepolice.org

Chairman Emeritus
Richard LaMunyon
10624 W. 31st St. North
Wichita, KS 67205
+1 (316) 722-7995
+1 (316) 258-1428 (Mobile)
+1 (316) 722-4525 (Home)
rlamunyon@mac.com

 

Special Olympics Athlete Appointee (2008)
Sam Stillings
Escort: Chad Trench
(SO MN Liaison, trenchc@somn.org
1547 Bigelow Ave.
Owatonna, MN 55060
+1 (507) 676-0304
+1 (612) 333-8782 (Attn: Kim)
torchrunmn@yahoo.com

 

Region I
CT | MA | ME | NH | RI | VT

Region VIII
AK | ID | MT | OR | WA | WY

Paul Zarnetske
West Haven Police Dept.
#200 Saw Mill Road
West Haven, CT 06516
+1 (203) 937-3904
+1 (203) 627-8576 (Cell)
+1 (203) 937-3993 (Fax)
pzarnetske@yahoo.com
 

Grant Holle
PO Box 8037
Bigfork, MT 59911
+1 (406) 837-6363
+1 (406) 270-0643 (Cell)
freeheeler@centurytel.net

Region II
DC | DE | MD | PA | NJ | NY | VA | WV

Region IX - Western Europe

John Newnan
Howard County Police Department
3410 Courthouse Drive
Elliott City, MD 21043
+1 (410) 313-2219
+1 (410) 313-2272
jnewnan@co.ho.md.us

Inspector Jeremy Adams
PSNI Lisnasharragh
42 Montgomery Road
BELFAST
BT6 PLD Northern Ireland
jeremyadams@orange.net
+1 011 44 2890922908
+1 011 44 7801738467 (Cell)
+1 011 44 2890922990 (Fax)
jeremy.adams@psni.pnn.police.uk

Region III
AL | FL | GA | MS | NC | SC | TN

Region X - Eastern Europe/Eurasia

Joe Pellicci
Richland County Sheriff's Department
5623 Two Notch Road
Columbia , SC 29223
+1 (803) 576-3025
+1 (803) 309-0703 (Cell)
jpellicci@rcsd.net

Jacek Hachulski
Centrum Szkolenia Policji
Zegrzynska 121 Str
05-121 Legionowo 3
POLAND
+1 011 48 22 605 35 04
+1 011 48 606 948 222 (Cell)
+1 011 48 22 605 3504 (Fax)
torchrun@olimpiadyspecjalne.pl

Region IV
IL | IN | KY | MIOH

Region XI - Canada
AB | BS | MB | NB | NF | NWT | NS | ON | PEI | PQ | SK | YK

Jim Reno
50 N. Alabama Street
Indianapolis IN 46204-5305
+1 (317) 339-4157
R8574@indygov.org

Paul Manuel
Calgary Police Service
Bureau of Information & Technology
Records Management System Replacement Project
133 - 6th Ave. S.E. #600
Calgary, Alberta T2G 4Z1
+1 (403 206-8820
pmanuel@calgarypolice.ca

Region V
IA | MN | NE | ND | SD | WI

Region XII - Far East
Japan | Hong Kong | Taiwan | Australia | Macau | New Zealand

Steve Palmer 
Polk County Attorney's Office
206 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
+1 (515) 286-3623
+1 (515) 208-9467 (Cell)
+1 (515) 419-3166
pca408@cs.com or
spalmer@attorney.co.polk.ia.us

TBD

 Region VI
AR | KS | LA | MO | OK | TX

Region XIII - Caribbean
St. Vincent | Jamaica | Barbados | Dominica | Antigua | St. Lucia | St. Kitts & Nevis | Puerto Rico | Grand Cayman| Suriname | Bahamas | Grenada | Trinidad & Tobago | Guadeloupe | Martinique | US Virgin Islands | St. Maarten> | Bonaire | Curacao | Aruba | Haiti | Belize | Guyana | Montserrat

Richard Candelaria
Midland Police Dept.
601 N. Loraine Street
Midland TX 79701-4759
+1 (432) 685-7178
rcandelaria@midlandtexas.gov

Carl Alfonso (Ret.)
15 Sydenham Avenue
St. Ann's
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tabago
+1 (868) 627-7100
+1 (868) 620-1100 (Cell)
carlalfonso1144@hotmail.com

 

Region VII
AZ | NoCA | SoCA | CO | HI | NV | NM| UT | GUAM

 

Kurt Kendro
Honolulu Police Dept.
1865 Kamehameha IV Road
Honolulu, HI 96819
+1 (808) 529-3156
+1 (808) 847-6253 (Fax)
hpd1670@aol.com
or kkendro@honolulu.gov

 

 

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