July 08, 2008
PSST Executive Committee
The PSST board of directors' executive committee is composed of the following individuals:
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Chief Harlin R. McEwen, Chairman
email: chiefhrm(at)pubsaf.com
Chief Harlin McEwen is Chairman of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation. He has nearly 5 decades of experience as both an advocate for public safety telecommunications issues and as a career law enforcement officer and administrator.
Chief McEwen started his career as a patrol officer in 1957 in his home town of Waverly, New York, followed by service in the Tioga County, NY, Sheriff's Department and the Cayuga Heights, NY, Police Department where in 1967 he was promoted to Sergeant. In 1972, he was promoted to Chief of Police, a position he held for 13 years. From 1969 through 1974, he served as Coordinator of the Tompkins County Mobile Radio District. From 1985 until 1988, Chief McEwen served as Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and Director of the Bureau for Municipal Police, where he was responsible for overseeing the training and registration of all police officers and peace officers in New York State, as well as for the development and implementation of the New York State Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Program. From 1988 through 1995, he served as Chief of Police for the City of Ithaca, NY, where he was instrumental in implementing modern technology and computerization and advancing training and professionalism of the force.
In February 1996, Chief McEwen was sworn in by FBI Director Louis Freeh as a Deputy Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with his office at headquarters in Washington, DC. During his tenure at the FBI, he was responsible for oversight of the development and implementation of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) 2000 system and the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and also traveled extensively throughout the United States and internationally, speaking at law enforcement and criminal justice conferences on matters relative to the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services.
Chief McEwen participated as a member of the Steering Committee on the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee (PSWAC) and as a member of the Steering Committee of the FCC Public Safety National Coordinating Committee (NCC). He was a leader in creating the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC).
Chief McEwen serves as Chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Communications Committee and previously served as Communications Advisor to the Major Cities Police Chiefs Association, the National Sheriffs' Association and the Major County Sheriffs' Association. He serves on numerous advisory committees and is also an advisor to the FBI, the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and various other agencies.
Chief McEwen is a Fellow in the Radio Club of America, and was the recipient of the RCA/NPSTC Richard DeMello Award. He is the recipient of the prestigious FBI Medal of Meritorious Achievement and the IACP Lone Star Distinguished Award and in 2006 was named as Honorary President of the IACP.
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Kevin McGinnis, Vice Chairman
email: mcginnis(at)nasemsd.org
Kevin McGinnis is Vice Chairman of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation. A practicing paramedic, Mr. McGinnis has been involved with the delivery of emergency medical services since 1974 and is expert in evaluating local, regional and state EMS systems and ambulance services.
Since 2000, Mr. McGinnis has been a Program Advisor for the National Association of State EMS Officials, specializing in communications systems technology, data systems and rural EMS. He also serves four national EMS associations as communications technology advisor. From 1986 to 1996 he was EMS director for the state of Maine. He is a past ambulance service chief and hospital emergency department director.
In addition to the PSST, Mr. McGinnis is Vice-Chair of the Department of Homeland Security's SafeCom Executive Committee, and Vice-Chair of that Department's e-Gov Disaster Management (Data Communications) Practitioner Steering Group. He is also an active member of both the ITS America Public Safety Advisory Group and the National Traffic Incident Management Coalition.
Mr. McGinnis holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in Health Care Delivery Systems and a Master of Professional Studies from Cornell University in Hospital and Health Services Administration.
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Alan Caldwell, Secretary-Treasurer
email: acaldwell(at)iafc.org
Alan Caldwell is Secretary-Treasurer of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation. A volunteer firefighter for more than 30 years, Mr. Caldwell also serves as Senior Adviser, Government Relations, for the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). He has been with the IAFC since 1996 and served as its director for nearly a decade.
Prior to the IAFC, Mr. Caldwell spent 34 years with RJR Nabisco. He headed Washington representation of the food interests of RJR, including Nabisco Brands, through several acquisitions, a record-breaking leveraged buyout and numerous spin-offs.
Mr. Caldwell is a member of the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department, part of the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department, the 16th largest fire department in the United States, where he recently retired as a certified volunteer chief. He has served on the Fairfax County Volunteer Fire Commission and has been its chairman.
Mr. Caldwell holds a Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State University in World Business.
