
The Virtual Conference for Public Safety Leaders
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
1:00 – 4:30 PM ET
Select from Two Tracks or Mix and Match:
Mission: People |
Mission: Operations |
Mission Ready: Every Responder, Every Time
Public safety challenges evolve by the day – staffing shortages, rising risks, legal complexity, and new technologies. The stakes have never been higher. To meet the moment, today’s leaders must be more than prepared. They must be mission ready.
Connect 2025 is Lexipol’s premier virtual conference built to equip public safety professionals with the insight, tools, and support needed to achieve Total Readiness—across people, operations, and leadership.
Join us for a powerful day of innovation, expert-led sessions, and practical strategies that reflect the real-world challenges you face – and the evolving mission you serve. Whether you’re leading personnel, managing risk, building policy, or improving efficiency, this is your chance to move from reactive to ready.

Choose Your Path to Readiness
Live + On-Demand Access
Connect 2025 Features Two Powerful Tracks:
Mission: PeopleBuild resilient teams and develop future-ready leaders. |
Mission: OperationsStreamline systems and improve performance across your agency. |
Can’t decide?
You don’t have to! Mix and match between the tracks, or register for everything and watch sessions on-demand after the live event. Both tracks include the Opening and Closing Keynote sessions.
3 Reasons to Attend Connect 2025
1. Prepare Your Team for What’s Next
From emerging legal trends to the evolving role of AI, Connect 2025 delivers the insights you need to lead with confidence in a changing world.
2. Learn from Real-World Leaders
Hear directly from seasoned public safety professionals who have faced the challenges you confront daily.
3. Walk Away with Actionable Tools
Whether you manage people, policy, or operations, every session is designed to equip you with strategies you can implement immediately.
Get Mission Ready!
Join thousands of public safety leaders focused on building a culture of readiness. Reserve your spot at Connect 2025 today.
Mission: People |
Mission: Operations |
Featured Sessions
All sessions are 30 minutes.
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Closing Keynote:
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Plus, On-Demand Sessions
Available throughout the conference, these sessions showcase how Lexipol solutions help you:

Lead with insight, not instinct

Simplify operations and improve service

Put people first, from wellness to training

Reduce risk and ensure legal compliance
Inspiring Keynote Addresses
Both tracks at Connect 2025 include the Opening and Closing Keynotes. Lexipol CEO Bill Nunan will present remarks at both sessions.
Opening Keynote:
“Readiness Is a Mindset, Not a Moment”
Learn how one police chief faced the ultimate test and what it taught her about leadership, culture, and preparedness.

Chief (Ret.) Kristen Ziman
Aurora (IL) Police Department
Closing Keynote:
“The Mission Evolves – So Must We”
A compelling call to embrace innovation and invest in people to ensure we are always mission-ready, no matter the mission.

Gordon Graham
Co-Founder, Lexipol
Get Mission Ready!
Join thousands of public safety leaders focused on building a culture of readiness. Reserve your spot at Connect 2025 today.
Mission: People |
Mission: Operations |
Presenters
We’re still finalizing speakers – check back soon for updates!

Chief (Ret.) Aaron Ambrose
Sr. Director of Strategic Alliances
Lexipol

David Baker
Sr. Manager, Content Marketing
Lexipol

Chief Michael Baker
Tulsa (OK) Fire Department

Maria Beermann-Foat, PhD, MBA, NRP
Director
Virginia Office of EMS

Dr. Jaime Brower
Vice President, Peer Support and Clinician Certification and Training
Lexipol

Dan Brown
Law Enforcement Risk Management Consultant
CIS Oregon

Chief Sam DiGiovanna
Verdugo Fire Academy
Glendale, CA

Matthew Fagiana
Instructor, FBI-LEEDA
CEO/Co-Founder, Guardian Communications

Greg Friese
Head of Content/Editorial Director
Lexipol Media Group

Chief (Ret.) Dave Funkhouser
City Administrator, City of Kiel (WI)

Chief Jeff Gibson
Murphy (TX) Police Department

Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder
Loveland-Symmes (OH) Fire Department

Gordon Graham
Co-Founder, Lexipol

Ankush Grover
Director of Product, Policy and Reports
Lexipol

Chief Jerry Harrison
Lebanon (MO) Police Department

Chief Scott Hughes
Hamilton Township, OH

Chief Darryl Jones
Pittsburgh (PA) Bureau of Fire

Chief Dawn Layman
Lenexa (LS) Police Department

Deputy Chief Nicholas McGowan
Petaluma (CA) Police Department

Olivia Neu
Attorney II
Lexipol

Bill Nunan
Chief Executive Officer
Lexipol

Asst. Chief (Ret.) Ray Radakovich
Director of Strategic Alliances
Lexipol

Austin Ray
Director, Solutions Management
Lexipol

Chief (Ret.) Mike Ranalli
Market Development Manager
Lexipol

Mapa Robledo
Sr. Director, Solutions Management
Lexipol

Erin Robles
Managing Attorney
Lexipol

Chief Roger Schei
Pocatello (ID Police Department

Chief (Ret.) Kristen Ziman
Aurora (IL) Police Department
Get Mission Ready!
Join thousands of public safety leaders focused on building a culture of readiness. Reserve your spot at Connect 2025 today.
Mission: People |
Mission: Operations |