APOA 2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Neil Tew
1st VICE PRESIDENT
Mike Granthum
2nd VICE PRESIDENT
Roger Humber
3rd VICE PRESIDENT
Charles Ward
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Deputy Dennis Hill
Elmore County Sheriff’s Office
(334)567-2858
CHAPLAIN
Roger Humber, Program Dir.,
Criminal Justice, South Univ.
(334) 395-8825
1ST DISTRICT
Officer Ronald Ultz
2ND DISTRICT
Sheriff Tom Boatwright
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
(251)575-2963
3RD DISTRICT
Capt. Joe Disney
Greenville Police Department
(334)382-7461 (334)437-1967
4TH DISTRICT
DVP Tony Helms
Geneva County Sheriff’s Office
(334) 684-5660
5TH DISTRICT
Vacant
6TH DISTRICT
Chief Deputy Loren “Buck” Williams
Pike County Sheriff’s Office
(334) 566-4347
7TH DISTRICT
Chief Brian Champlin
Faulkner University Campus Police
(334) 296-2017
8TH DISTRICT
Asst. Chief Jonathan Cole
Dallas County S.O.
(334)874-2530
9TH DISTRICT
Chief Rex Flowers
Demopolis Police Department
(334)289-3073
10TH DISTRICT
Vacant
11TH DISTRICT
Chief Deputy Tom Allen
Autauga County S.O.
(334) 361-2500
12TH DISTRICT
Larry Whatley
Southern Union Community Campus PD
13TH DISTRICT
Chief Jimmy Holmes
Southern Union State Community College PD
(334) 328-4743
14TH DISTRICT
Instructor Steve Thomas
Northeast AL Law Enforcement Academy
(256) 782-5317
15TH DISTRICT
Sheriff John Samaniego
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
(205) 669-4181
16TH DISTRICT
Sheriff Ron Abernathy
Tuscaloosa County S.O.
(205) 393-1603
17TH DISTRICT
Chief Danny Jenkins
Fayette Police Department
(205)932-5312
18TH DISTRICT
**VACANT**
19TH DISTRICT
Sheriff Phil Sims
Marshall County S.O.
(256) 582-2034
20TH DISTRICT
Lt. Jay Stinnett
Limestone County S.O.
(256) 434-0558
21ST DISTRICT
**VACANT**
REP. APO ANNUITY
& BENEFIT FUND
Chief Deputy Waynne Ward
Ret’d, Montgomery Co SO
(334) 613-0916
REP. APOST COMMISSION
Chief John W. Anderson
(334) 683-6329
REP. POLICE/FIREFIGHTERS’
SURVIVORS TUITION ELIGIBILITY
Agent Lynn Shobe
Criminal Justice Information Center
(205) 631-5156; (205) 243-1223
APOA PAST PRESIDENTS
*Indicates deceased
| 2024 – 2025 | Tony Clemmons, Geneva County S.O. |
| 2023 – 2024 | Scott Holderfield, Rainbow City Police Department |
| 2022 – 2023 | Stanley McNatt, Limestone County S.O. |
| 2021 – 2022 | Ann Cargo, Pardons & Parole |
| 2019 – 2021 | Justin Lovvorn, Greenville Police Department |
| 2018 – 2019 | Tommie Reese, Attorney General’s Office |
| 2017 – 2018 | Bill Hamner, Dallas County S.O. |
| 2016 – 2017 | Ed Odom, Department of Public Safety, retired Captain |
| 2015 – 2016 | Kirk Jones, Sheffield P.D., retired |
| 2014 – 2015 | John Sherrer, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Agent |
| 2013 – 2014 | Russell Thomas, Pike County S.O., Sheriff |
| 2012 – 2013 | J. D. Davis, ABC Board, retired |
| 2011 – 2012 | Adolph South, Tuscaloosa P.D., retired |
| 2010 – 2011 | Rodney Thomas, U.S. Treasury Dept., retired |
| 2009 – 2010 | Wallace Hill, Pardons & Parole, retired |
| 2008 – 2009 | Johnny Isaac, Green Co. S.O., retired |
| 2007 – 2008 | Rick Hill, Rainbow City P.D., retired Chief |
| 2006 – 2007 | James McIntyre, Railroad Police, retired |
| 2005 – 2006 | Sid Lockhart, Chambers Co. S.O., Sheriff |
| 2004 – 2005 | Cecil Humphrey, State Capitol Police, retired Chief* |
| 2003 – 2004 | James Glass, Selma P.D., retired* |
| 2002 – 2003 | Lynn Shobe, ACJIS, special agent |
| 2000 – 2001 | R. C. “Pete” Taylor, Department of Public Safety, retired Major* |
| 1999 – 2000 | Lonzo Ingram, Greenville P.D., retired Chief |
| 1998 – 1999 | Charles L. Jones* |
| 1997 – 1998 | Dan Jones, Montgomery Co. S.O., retired Sheriff* |
| 1995 – 1997 | John W. Anderson, AACOP, retired Chief |
| 1994 – 1995 | R. Garry Clem, FBI, retired |
| 1993 – 1994 | Bryant Mixon, Dale Co. S.O., retired Sheriff |
| 1992 – 1993 | Jack L. Walton* |
| 1991 – 1992 | Richard B. Thompson |
| 1990 – 1991 | Timothy B. LaGrone, FBI, retired* |
| 1989 – 1990 | Roger Mullins* |
| 1988 – 1989 | Larry Wright, ACJIC, retired Director* |
| 1987 – 1988 | Kater Williams, Dothan P. D., retired Chief* |
| 1986 – 1987 | Glen B. Kibler, ATF, retired |
| 1985 – 1986 | James C. Morgan, Chambers County S.O., retired Sheriff* |
| 1985 | Dempsey Marcum* |
| 1984 – 1985 | Michael Sullivan, Department of Public Safety, retired Colonel* |
| 1983 – 1984 | Barney Harding, Auburn PD, retired Chief |
| 1982 – 1983 | Joel R. Hitt* |
| 1981 – 1982 | Thomas J. Purvis, Mobile County S.O., retired Sheriff |
| 1980 – 1981 | Durwood Thompson, Department of Public Safety, retired* |
| 1979 – 1980 | R. Alan Benefield, Alabama Peace Officers Standards & Training, Chief |
| 1978 – 1979 | Joseph W. Stone, ATF, retired* |
| 1977 – 1978 | Robert L. Turner, Autauga County S. O., retired Sheriff |
| 1976 – 1977 | W. O. Nichols* |
| 1975 – 1976 | Winifred Patterson* |
| 1974 – 1975 | Julian K. Davis* |
| 1973 – 1974 | William H. Smith* |
| 1972 – 1973 | John W. Cloud* |
| 1971 – 1972 | Tom Goff, Ozark PD, retired Chief |
| 1970 – 1971 | John Corbin* |
| 1969 – 1970 | C. P. Walker* |
| 1968 – 1969 | W. R. Jones* |
| 1967 – 1968 | E. P. Brown* |
| 1966 – 1967 | James A. Roby* |
| 1965 – 1966 | Dewey F. Colvard* |
| 1964 – 1965 | Wilson Baker* |
| 1963 – 1964 | L. B. Sullivan* |
| 1962 – 1963 | P. C. Jenkins* |
| 1961 – 1962 | Floyd Mann* |
| 1960 – 1961 | D. D. Darnell* |
| 1959 – 1960 | Preston Hornsby* |
| 1958 – 1959 | Hugh H. Jacobs* |
| 1957 – 1958 | Oscar P. Romine* |
| 1956 – 1957 | J. R. Dykes* |
| 1955 – 1956 | G. J. Ruppenthal* |
| 1954 – 1955 | Mack Garrett* |
| 1953 – 1954 | R. H. Jones* |
| 1952 – 1953 | Homer Snead* |
| 1951 – 1952 | Joseph T. Burton* |
| 1950 – 1951 | Laurin Carroll* |
| 1949 – 1950 | John H. Suther* |
| 1948 – 1949 | Art F. Adams* |
| 1947 – 1948 | C. M. Thorsen* |
| 1946 – 1947 | C. Fay Bowman* |
| 1944 – 1946 | Tom E. Head* |
| 1943 – 1944 | R. C. Goad* |
| 1942 – 1943 | Walter B. Smith* |
| 1940 – 1942 | Harden Billingsley* |
| 1939 – 1940 | W. H. Holcomb* |
| 1938 – 1939 | N. W. Kimbrough* |
| 1937 – 1938 | Haygood Patterson* |
| 1936 – 1937 | S. E. Tranum* |
| 1935 – 1936 | Luther Hollums* |
| 1934 – 1935 | F. H. McDuff* |
| 1933 – 1934 | James Hawkins* |
| 1940 | Robert F. Perry* |
APOA DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES
| First District Baldwin, Mobile, Washington |
Second District Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox |
Third District Butler Conecuh, Escambia |
| Fourth District Coffee, Covington, Geneva |
Fifth District Dale, Henry, Houston |
Sixth District Barbour, Bullock, Pike |
| Seventh District Crenshaw, Montgomery |
Eighth District Dallas, Lowndes |
Ninth District Choctaw, Marengo, Sumter |
| Tenth District Greene, Hale, Perry |
Eleventh District Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore |
Twelfth District Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa |
| Thirteenth District Clay, Cleburne, Randolph |
Fourteenth District Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega |
Fifteenth District Jefferson, Shelby |
| Sixteenth District Bibb, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker |
Seventeenth District Fayette Lamar, Marion, Winston |
Eighteenth District Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah |
| Nineteenth District Jackson, Madison, Marshall |
Twentieth District Cullman Limestone, Morgan |
Twenty First District Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence |