VACP Leadership
2025-26 Executive Boards of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP) & Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (VACLEA)
VACP Executive Board
The Executive Board of the VACP meets approximately 6 times per year to direct the business of the association and to discuss issues of importance to the law enforcement profession. The Board is made up of five (5) at-large committeemen, three (3) vice presidents, the President of the Association, and the Immediate Past President.
Members of the Board serve either a multi-year term as an at-large member (at-large members do not succeed to the Presidency), OR are elected as 3rd Vice President to then succeed annually through the chairs as 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Vice President, and ultimately as President of the Association. Following a one-year term as President, that Board Member serves one additional year as Immediate Past President.
Each year at the VACP Annual Conference, a new Board member(s) is/are elected to the board to replace the outgoing Past President and any other vacancies on the Board.
ACTIVE members in good standing who are the chief executive officer of a state, local or campus police department are eligible to serve on the VACP Executive Board. Eligible members who are interested in the open position(s) are interviewed at the Annual Conference by the VACP Nominating Committee, who then nominate a candidate(s) to the voting membership for election to the Board. Newly elected board members fill the lowest open slot on the Board.
For more information about the Executive Board, please see Article VI of the VACP Bylaws.
Members of the Board serve either a multi-year term as an at-large member (at-large members do not succeed to the Presidency), OR are elected as 3rd Vice President to then succeed annually through the chairs as 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Vice President, and ultimately as President of the Association. Following a one-year term as President, that Board Member serves one additional year as Immediate Past President.
Each year at the VACP Annual Conference, a new Board member(s) is/are elected to the board to replace the outgoing Past President and any other vacancies on the Board.
ACTIVE members in good standing who are the chief executive officer of a state, local or campus police department are eligible to serve on the VACP Executive Board. Eligible members who are interested in the open position(s) are interviewed at the Annual Conference by the VACP Nominating Committee, who then nominate a candidate(s) to the voting membership for election to the Board. Newly elected board members fill the lowest open slot on the Board.
For more information about the Executive Board, please see Article VI of the VACP Bylaws.
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Scott C. Booth, VCLEE-CEO
Chief of Police Roanoke City Police Department (540)853-2212Immediate Past President -
John Patrick Clair, VCLEE-CEO
Chief Blacksburg Police Department (540)443-1401President -
Travis C Christian, VCLEE-CEO
Chief of Police Petersburg Bureau of Police (804)895-2635First Vice President -
Stephen E Keatts, VCLEE-CEO
Chief of Police Poquoson Police Department (757)868-3360Second Vice President -
Michael Kochis
Chief of Police Charlottesville Police Department (434)970-3288Third Vice President -
Charles Andy Penn, VCLEE-CEO
Chief of Police Arlington County Police Department (703)228-4040Board Member At-Large -
Wayne Sager
Chief of Police Strasburg Police Department (540)465-5230Board Member At-Large -
William H. Anspach III, VCLEE-CEOChief of Police Colonial Heights Police Department (804)520-9328Board Member At-Large
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Stephen Jenkins, VCLEE-CEO
Chief of Police Portsmouth Police Department (757)235-5733Board Member At-Large -
Christopher B. Settle, VCLEE-CEOChief of Police Culpeper Police Department (540)829-5516Board Member At-Large
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Douglas A. GoodmanAssistant Town Manager, Internal Operations / Town Clerk Town of Ashland (804)798-9219Treasurer
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Cory McGookin
Executive Director Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police & Foundation (804)285-8227Executive Director / Secretary
VACLEA Executive Board
For more information about VACLEA, see https://www.vachiefs.org/vaclea.
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Michael L. MarshallChief of Police Virginia Military Institute Police Department (540)464-7017President
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David M. McCoy, VCLEE-CEOChief of Police University of Richmond Police Department (804)289-8718Vice President
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William Mac Babb, VCLEE-CEOChief of Police Virginia Tech Police Department (540)231-7965At-Large Member
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Michael Hall
Chief University of Mary Washington Police Department (540)654-1635At-Large Member -
Chris A. Mitchell SrChief of Police Regent University Police Department (757)226-5030At-Large Member
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Tim LongoChief of Police and AVP,Safety & Security University of Virginia Police Department (434)320-5260At-Large Member
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Thomas Travis, VCLEE-CEOChief of Police Richard Bland College Campus Safety & Police (804)863-4085At-Large Member
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Cory McGookin
Executive Director Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police & Foundation (804)285-8227Executive Director / Secretary