Welcome IACP Conference Attendees
It was great to see everyone who joined us for the session “Creating a Culture Champion Network to Maximize Officer Engagement in Culture Change.”
Scroll down for the resources Dean promised you, including a copy of the slide deck.
If you weren’t there, we’ve also included a recording of a previous session we did together. We hope it’s helps you understand the powerful effect a Culture Champion Network has on maximizing stakeholder engagement.

Al
Al Almeida
Deputy Chief of Police,
York Regional Police
Al Almeida is Deputy Chief of Police at York Regional Police and is the Executive officer to the Chief. Al has more than 34 years of policing experience working in operational roles including Drugs and Vice, Homicide, and Intelligence. Al has led change initiatives at YRP including the implementation of the Intelligence Hub and he recently co-led an organizational cultural transformation called Breakthrough.
Al holds a Master of Arts Degree in Leadership from the University of Guelph, a certificate in Police Leadership from the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto and a Diploma in Law Enforcement from Seneca College.

Kate
Kate MacDonald
Senior Legal Counsel,
York Regional Police
Kathleen (Kate) MacDonald is Senior Counsel at York Regional Police in Ontario, Canada. York Regional Police’s 2200 members serve 1.2 million citizens in one of the fastest growing and most diverse populations in Canada. Kate holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminology from Queen’s University and a law degree from Western University. Kate was called to the bar in 2003, and has practiced law in both the private and public sectors. After several years as a Crown Attorney in Toronto, she joined YRP full-time in 2014.
Kate provides legal advice and training on a wide variety of issues in policing and the criminal justice system to police services across Ontario. She is currently designing a career-spanning personal and professional development program for police officers with an emphasis on inclusion, professionalism and wellness. Kate recently spent three years as a Change Process Leader in YRP’s organizational culture transformation. In 2022, Kate was named Ontario Women in Law Enforcement’s (OWLE) Civilian of the Year. Kate is also a qualified trauma-informed yoga instructor.

Dean
Dean Anderson, EdD
Co-founder & CEO,
Being First, Inc.
Dr. Dean Anderson is an international thought leader, speaker, bestselling author, and strategic advisor to the C-Suite. For 40 years, Dr. Anderson has been guiding transformational leaders of Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and global non-profit organizations to integrate the inner work of personal transformation and mindfulness with advanced methodologies that guides leaders in HOW to design and implement transformational change successfully. Dean is passionate about co-creation — the high-performance way of Being, working and relating that brings people of diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges and produce breakthrough results for all.
Dr. Dean Anderson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Being First, Inc.