25 Years After Columbine: What Has Changed, What Hasn't Changed, and Where Are We Going?

Cristina Fernandez is a Program Manager with the International Association of Chiefs of Police. She currently oversees the IACP’s Law Enforcement Family Support Program Training and Technical Assistance (TTA), Elevate Blue: Essential Training for Law Enforcement, and Mass Violence Advisory Initiative projects. Prior to joining the IACP in April of 2021, Cristina served as a Supervisor in the Crime Analysis Unit at the Springfield (MA) Police Department. In this capacity, she helped build one of the first real-time crime centers in New England. Before her tenure with the SPD, Cristina spent 11 years at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children as an analyst, supervisor, and program manager on the CyberTipline. As Program Manager, Cristina oversaw the daily operations of the CyberTipline, known as the “911 of the Internet.” Cristina holds a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.

Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea (retried) began his career with the Arvada, CO Police Department in 1993, retiring from APD in 2023. He is currently the Owner/CEO of Centurio Training and Consulting LLC. During his time at Arvada he served as a member of the Jefferson County Regional SWAT Team from 1996 to 2012, a collateral duty team where he was a Team Leader. The majority of his career was spent on patrol but he also spent 2 years as the Sergeant of the Internal Affairs Unit and 4 years as the Sergeant in the Community Response Impact Team (CRIT). He was an Operations Commander before promoting to Deputy Chief. As Deputy Chief, he had the opportunity to oversee both the Field and Operations divisions of the Arvada Police Department. Deputy Chief DeAndrea graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1990, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Session 283 and the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, Class 504. Deputy Chief DeAndrea has been involved in three school shootings to include Columbine High School, Platte Canyon High School and Youth With A Mission where he was in a leadership position inside the buildings.

Frank DeAngelis was a staff member at Columbine High School in the Jeffco School District in Littleton Colorado, since 1979, starting as a Social Studies teacher and filling the roles of Head Baseball Coach, Assistant Football Coach, Dean of Students, and Assistant Principal, before becoming the Principal in 1996. x. Frank has been involved in numerous professional activities and associations, and has received multiple awards for his teaching, leadership and coaching skills. He has also been called upon to speak about recovery after a school tragedy at a variety of conferences, and has assisted as a consultant after a number of other violent school events. He was selected as Colorado High School Principal of the Year and was one of the three finalists for National Principal of the Year. He retired in June of 2014 after 35 years at Columbine High School. He is presently serving as a consultant for safety and emergency management for the Jeffco School District in Colorado. He is one of the founders of the Principal Recovery Network and continues to deliver speeches in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Dr. Nicoletti a Board Certified Specialist in Police & Public Safety Psychology who provides counseling services to officers & their families, criticial incident & extreme events interventions, suicide awareness, supervisory trainning, LOD deaths & OIS interventions.  He has coauthored 19 articles & books that include Preparing for the Unimaginable After a Mass Casualty Event, C0PS, 2016 & Training Guide on Suicide by Cop, PERF, 2019.  Specialized assignments have included:
*Harvard Med School Review Member for Evaluation of Occupational Health Systems for Promoting Workforce Mental Health, Western Australia, 2014
*CO Governor's Expert Emergency Epidemic Response Committee, 2001-present
*CHAIR, IACP Psychological Services, 2004-06
*DOE Insider Threat Working Group, 2017
*DHS Threat Working Group, 2017
*National Officer Safety & Wellness Group, 2017
*BOJ VALOR, Safety & Wellness Initiative, 2018
*Insider Threat Trainer at Pine Gap Detection Facility, Australia, 2019
*Participant at NATO Conference on Countering Violent Extremism, Venice, IT, 2019
*Participant at NSA Conference, 2019
*Participant National Counterterroism Conference, 2020