Wendy Christie has more than 20 years of experience in the area of employee relations. As a human resources consultant, she has helped countless companies develop legally compliant employee handbooks and documentation....

Wally Nelson is a retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) with more than 30 years of ATF experience. As DAD, he directed all regulatory firearms programs, including the development and monitoring of firearms inspection programs, licensing, NFA, imports, tracing and regulations, as well as the firearms technology branch....

Wally Nelson is a retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) with more than 30 years of ATF experience. As DAD, he directed all regulatory firearms programs, including the development and monitoring of firearms inspection programs, licensing, NFA, imports, tracing and regulations, as well as the firearms technology branch....

Travis Haley is a veteran Force Reconnaissance Marine with 15 years of dedicated experience. After leaving the military, Mr. Haley served as a Private Military Contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan while operating his first company SDI Tactical.  After 4 successful years in the startup, Mr....

Tracy Campbell is a retired police officer with the City of Fayetteville with over 25 years of experience as dog handler and trainer. He has handled patrol dogs on the streets of Fayetteville for over 21 years....

Executive Director, National Tactical Officers Association

Thor Eells is the Executive Director of the NTOA, after recently retiring from the Colorado Springs, CO. Police Department after serving over 29 years.  The majority of his career has been in tactical operations where he has served as a SWAT operator, Team Commander and Division Commander.
 
In addition to his practical experience, Commander Eells has extensive teaching experience with the NTOA....

Thomas Chittum is the Chief of ATF’s Special Operations Division (SOD) and a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES). SOD provides operational, investigative, and emergency support to ATF's 25 Field Divisions. His previous assignments include Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Seattle Field Division; Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Internal Affairs Division; Chief of Staff for the Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations (OPRSO); Chief of the Frontline Branch; and Resident Agent in Charge in the Las Vegas Field Office....

Over the past 20-plus years, Thomas “Mack” Brennan has held a number of managerial position in the corporate field and as a business owner. He has overseen staff from line employees up to management, giving him a unique human resources knowledge and perspective....

Taylor Hayden is the owner of Blackstone Shooting Sports, a 27,000 square-foot indoor shooting range and retail firearms store located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before starting Blackstone, Hayden was a corporate attorney at a large southeastern law firm, representing private and public entities in all areas of corporate structuring, financing and equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions....