The EPPS Team
Meet the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety (EPPS) Program team, as well as its advisory board, affiliates and fellows.
Seth W. Stoughton
Faculty Director
Chris Cowan
Executive Director
Jessalyn Walker
Chief Operating Officer
Catherine Birmingham
Graduate Program Manager
Marc Brown, Ed.D.
Lead Instructor
Maureeen McGough
Strategic Advisor
Dr. Brandon Tregle
Director of Research
Erin Wilson
Director of Training
Mark Yancy
Director of Graduate Programs Professor of Practice
Sharon Ippolito
Graduate Programs Coordinator
Advisory Board
Jackie Swindler (Co-Chair)
Director, SC Criminal Justice Academy
Wendy Regoeczi (Co-Chair)
Chair, USC Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Anthony Dennis
Sheriff, Sumter County Sheriff's Office
JJ Jones
Executive Director, SC Police Chiefs' Association
Kayin Jones
Professor & Community Advocate, Benedict College
Melron Kelly
Deputy Chief, Columbia Police Department
Leon Lott
Sheriff, Richland County Sheriff's Office
Greg Mullen
AVP for Public Safety & Chief of Police (Retired), Clemson University
Amy Prock
Chief of Police, Myrtle Beach Police Department
Kassy Alia Ray, PhD
Founder, Serve & Connect
Robert Stewart
Chief (Ret.), SKA Consulting Services
Sally Foster
Executive Director, South Carolina Sheriffs' Association
Executive & Civic Fellows
Mike Hemlepp
Senior Attorney, City of Columbia Attorney's Office
Research Advisors
Cory Schnell, Ph.D
Global Policing Database Research Advisor
Ian Adams, Ph.D.
Senior Research Advisor
Geoff Alpert, Ph.D.
Faculty Director of Research