Rick Scarbrough became the Executive Director of LEIC in August 2018. He joined LEIC after serving with the Clinton Police Department since 1995, with the last 16 years as Chief of Police. He also served with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office for 6 years. Prior to coming to LEIC, Rick served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the areas of leadership, community policing, capital budgeting and domestic violence.

Before his appointment as Chief of Police, Rick held assignments in patrol, investigations, corrections, community policing, SWAT, grant writing and served as the E-911 Director. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master's in Organizational Management from Tusculum College. He is a graduate of the 197th session of the FBI National Academy and attended the College of Policing Senior Leadership Seminar held in Manchester, England. Rick has served on the Executive Board of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP), the Board of Directors of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Finance Review Committee of the IACP.

Megan France serves as a Training Specialist at the Law Enforcement Innovation
Center (LEIC), an agency of the UT Institute for Public Service (IPS).

Most recently, she has served as a senior instructor for the investigative operations division in the general investigative skills branch with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). She's delivered training programs both domestically and internationally. Her vast experience in law enforcement also includes serving as assistant special agent in charge with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General. Megan received her bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University.

Jason Jones joined LEIC as a Training Specialist for the National Forensic Academy (NFA). He brings 25 years of experience in criminal/crime scene investigations. He is a graduate of Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, GA, and Shorter University in Rome, GA.

Prior to coming to LEIC, Jason worked for the Georgia Department of Public Safety as a criminalist and forensics instructor at the training center. At the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, he taught courses on crime scene investigation, bloodstain pattern analysis, latent print development, and Basic Training for Coroners and Death Investigators. He served as a board member on the Georgia Coroner’s Training Council, where he was instrumental in elevating the standards for training Georgia’s coroners and deputy coroners. Jason is a graduate of the 46^th session of the NFA where he was selected by his peers as the class leader. Jason's memberships include the International Association for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, the International Association for Identification, and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Jeff Lindsey joined LEIC in January 2016 as a program manager. Jeff came to LEIC after a 26-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During his FBI career, Jeff served in a variety of investigative, tactical, training, senior leadership, and program/project management assignments. He had been an active FBI-certified instructor in several areas throughout his career both in the field and at the FBI Academy. Prior to the FBI, Jeff served as a deputy sheriff with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and as an Airborne-Ranger qualified Military Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army.

Jeff is a graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff residence course and the U.S. Army War College Defense Strategy Course. He holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Carson-Newman College, a master's of military studies from the Marine Corps University, and a doctor of philosophy in education from Northcentral University with a specialization in organizational leadership.

Donnie Ross joined LEIC in June 2021 as a Training Specialist for the Community Policing Development: Rural Law Enforcement Training Center Grant. He served 15 years with the University of Tennessee Police Department (UTPD) where he finished as a lieutenant and led the Criminal Investigations Unit, Property and Evidence section, Strategic Initiatives Unit, and Records Section. Donnie also served as the department’s Internal Affairs commander, background investigator, Critical Incident Response Team commander, and Joint Terrorism Task Force Working Group member. He also spent time leading the department’s Motorcycle Unit, Community Relations Unit, and K-9 Unit. Donnie was a department instructor in defensive tactics, use of force, report writing, and arrest control. He also served as the Rape Aggression Defense coordinator training hundreds of women in self-defense strategies.

Donnie is a graduate of the 255^th session of the FBI National Academy. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management and a Master’s in Sports Management, both from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, Martin.

Dereck R. Stewart serves as a teaching associate at LEIC.  He came to LEIC after his retirement from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.  Dereck's experience spans more than three decades where he served in or supervised every business unit within the Highway Patrol before his appointment as the 14^th Colonel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 2018.  Dereck became the first African-American Colonel in the 90 year history of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.  He has been influential in the law enforcement community as a whole-serving most recently on the Governor’s Use of Force and Duty to Intervene Task Force, on the International Association of Chiefs of Police Board of Directors.

Dereck is a graduate of the Tennessee Government Leadership Program – LEAD Tennessee, the Tennessee Government Executive Institute, the FBI National Academy Session #230, the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Executive Leadership Institute (LEEDA), the FBI National Executive Institute Session #39 and the prestigious Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Middle Tennessee State University.