Executive Board

 

President | Vice-President | North Vice-President 

Central Vice-President | South Vice-President | Private Sector Vice-President

Secretary | Treasurer | Past-President

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Chapter President

Dawn began her career at the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department in October of 1989 as a per diem employee, hired to enter data into the Departments first CAD system. Once this job was completed, she was retained as a permanent employee and began training as a dispatcher in November of 1991. Dawn worked her way up through the ranks to Senior Supervising Communications Officer. She was the training coordinator, custodian of records and wore many hats at the Communications Center.

In April 2012 Dawn accepted the position of 9-1-1 Coordinator for the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office.

Dawn has been an APCO member since 2000, NENA Member since 2002, NECI member since 2003. Dawn is a certified State of New Jersey Police Training Instructor and holds a Bachelors Degree in Science for Criminal Justice.Dawn is married, has a son, 2 step children, and 2 grand children. Dawn’s hobbies consist of exercising, spending quality time with family and friends and loves to vacation in the Florida Keys.

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Vice-President

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North Region Vice-President

Region North includes the following counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Morris, Sussex and Warren.

Padre began his involvement in Public Safety when he was appointed as Chaplain to the Stratford, CT, Police Department in 1977. Parochial Transfer took him to Ohio where he became an active Firefighter/EMT with the Barton Volunteer Fire Department, rising to the rank of EMS Lieutenant. He also served as Chaplain to the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department. Reassignment brought him back to New Jersey in 1987 and he began a 12 year career with McCabe EMS, attaining the rank of Lieutenant and Midnight Tour Supervisor.

In 1999 he accepted appointment as 9‑1‑1 Coordinator and Communications Supervisor with the City of Bayonne Police Department, his current position. He has also served as Bayonne PBA Chaplain since 1988 and is the Certified NECI Communications Trainer for the Police Department. He has been a member of NJ-NENA for over 10 years and has served as North Region VP for 7 years. He considers the 9‑1‑1 Community and Public Safety Services to be a part of his priestly ministry and looks forward especially to the Annual Conference where he interacts with all our members and he considers everyone in NJ-NENA to be his friend and associate.

Padre is currently Pastor of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Bayonne.

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Central Region Vice-President

Region Central includes the following counties: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, Ocean and Union.

Mark Dudeck

I began my dispatching career in 2001 working for the Rutgers Police Department in New Brunswick. I worked with them for six months dispatching their Police, and Emergency Medical Services. I applied for and took the transfer to the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department in December of 2001. In 2017 I was promoted to my current title as Senior Public Safety Telecommunicator and assigned to the day shift.  Throughout the years, I have assisted with training new hires as well as many other positions in the department.

I have been in the public safety profession for 25 years, serving as an EMT, dispatcher and Deputy Emergency Services Coordinator for Ocean County.  In 2004, I became certified as an NECI Emergency Medial Dispatch Instructor. In 2006 I took over the role of Lead EMD Instructor for the County. I hold the following certification CPR Basic Life Support Instructor thru the American Heart Association, instructing our operators, new hires, and assisting with the department officers, and recruits at the Ocean County Police Academy. I am also currently certified in the following certifications from NECI: CTO Instructor, 911 Instructor, and Method of Instructions thru New Jersey Police Training Instructor. I also hold an instructor certification with APCO as a Public Safety Telecommunicator 1.

I have been a New Jersey Certified Emergency Medical Technician since 1995 and am a life member and past Captain of Bayville First Aid Squad. In 2009 I became an Emergency Medical Technician Instructors Aid with MONOC and currently still teach with Hackensack Meridian Shore Care out of Jersey Shore at the Waretown Facility. I became a Deputy Emergency Medical Services Coordinator in 2010. In 2012, I was the lead Emergency Medical Services Coordinator for Ocean County during Hurricane Sandy.

In 2012, I became a member of NENA and have been an active member, including being the Central Vice President for the past 3 years.  I serve on several committees within the Ocean County Sheriffs Department, as well as belong to the New Jersey Communications Subcommittee and the New Jersey County EMS Coordinators.

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South Region Vice-President

Chris joined NJ-NENA as a volunteer in 2015 and currently serves as Chief Telecommunicator for Burlington County Communications.

 

  

Chris Carroll

Central Communications
1 Academy Drive
Westampton, NJ 08060
Ph: 609-265-7162

ccarroll@co.burlington.nj.us

Private Sector Vice-President

Wendy Holmes began her career with Bell Atlantic in 1997 as a Business Office Consultant. Bell Atlantic became Verizon in 2000 which is also when Wendy became a Network Technician in the 9-1-1 Control Center. She was promoted to Supervisor in 2003 where she worked for 10 years before becoming a 9-1-1 Sr. Engineer Specialist in 2013. She is currently responsible for co-managing E9-1-1 service for nearly 300 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in New Jersey. She is also part of the Verizon team working to migrate NJ PSAPs to the NextGen9-1-1 platform.

Wendy is a certified Verizon Lean Six Sigma (VLSS) Black Belt, ScrumMaster, and Emergency Number Professional (ENP).  She received her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University and Master of Administrative Science degree along with Law & Public Safety Administration Graduate Certification from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Wendy is married with four adult children and takes great pride in being a “basketball mom” while enjoying her youngest son’s college basketball journey at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC.

Wendy E. Holmes, ENP

Sr. Engineer Specialist – E911 Wireline Network Operations, Verizon

Global Network & Technology | Network Engineering & Operations

Phone: 908-418-7657
Email: wendy.e.holmes@verizon.com

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Secretary

Kellie Goodell is employed as a telecommunicator by the Fort Lee Police Department and also serves as the current Chief of the River Vale Fire Department.

Kellie began her career as a telecommunicator and has worked for the Borough of Emerson, Upper Saddle River Police Department, Westwood Police Department, before moving on to her current employer.

Kellie A. Goodell

Email: Kelliegoodell@yahoo.com

 

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Treasurer

Judy Hawkins started in the field of Communications back in 1993 as a Class 2 Special for the Montvale Police Department. In 1995 she began working part time for the Tri-Boro Dispatch Center in Park Ridge. In 1997 she became a full time clerk/dispatcher for the Northvale Police Department. In 2001 she started with the River Vale Police Department as a Senior Dispatcher and 9‑1‑1 Training Officer. Since obtaining her Emergency Medical Dispatch Instructor Certification in 2005, Judy has been instructing at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute.  In February 2022 Judy retired from Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch, where she worked from July 2018 until February 2022.

Judy has been a NENA member since 2006 and serves as conference chairperson.

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Immediate Past-President