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TEAM BIOGRAPHIES 2015 LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FINAL LEG TEAM John Newnan MARYLAND, USA John Newnan has been involved in the Torch Run since the inaugural Torch Run in Maryland in 1986. He has served as his agency coordinator, county coordinator, and was the MD LETR Director from 1999-2014. John is a Final Leg veteran serving as the Team Captain and Coordinator for the 2013 Korea Final Leg, 2014 USA Games Final Leg and now the 2015 LA Final Leg. John has served on the International Law Enforcement Torch Run Executive Council since 2005 as the Region II Coordinator and is currently the Final Leg Committee Chair. TEAM CAPTAIN In 2005, John was honored to be inducted into the Richard LaMunyon International LETR Hall of Fame. He is especially proud that his Torch Run efforts involve his entire family, his wife Kathy, son Ryan, daughter Jessica, and daughter-in-law, Ashley. In 2008, John’s son Ryan, helped introduce the Torch Run and Polar Plunging in the Middle East while serving a tour of duty in Mosul, Iraq as an Infantry LT/Platoon leader in the U.S. Army. While in Mosul, Iraq, Ryan put together a Polar Plunge® (with 700 bags of ice!) in a combat zone raising over $6000 to benefit Special Olympics back home. John’s daughter Jessica, is a Special Education teacher currently teaching at the American Community School in Abu Dhabi and is an avid supporter of Special Olympics and his daughter-in-law, Ashley, worked for Special Olympics Maryland as their volunteer coordinator. Howard County Police Department 2015 LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FINAL LEG TEAM Paul Manuel ALBERTA, CANADA Paul Manuel is a police officer with the Calgary Police Service joining in 1977. His career over 37 years has been primarily in the patrol area and he is currently a Superintendent working in the Office of the Chief. He started with the LETR in 1988 as a runner in the local Torch Run and from there started becoming involved in various fund raising events. Over the years, Paul’s involvement grew to organizing events and runs and then to becoming the Director of the Alberta Province Torch Run Program. In 2007 Paul was elected as the Region XI (Canada) Coordinator on the TEAM 1 International Executive Council and has served in that position since that time. He is a veteran of 6 previous World Games Final Leg Teams, being a TEAM LEADER Run Team Leader for the past five. Paul is also the Head Coach for the Special Olympics Calgary Power Lifting Program, a role he thoroughly enjoys. Paul is married to Theresa, has three sons and three grandsons. Calgary Police Service Graziano Carrozzo LA SPEZIA, ITALY Graziano is 50 years of age and lives in La Spezia, Italy with his mother and two sisters (Mara and Marisa). All three have an intellectual disability and all participate as Special Olympics athletes. The sporting activities provided by Special Olympics helps Graziano to have a good quality of life and he relishes the opportunity to take part in local regional and national events. His sporting interests are focussed on Athletics and 5-A-Side Football. TEAM 1 Graziano has represented Italy in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai in 2007 and Athens in 2011 in the discipline of Athletics. SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETE SPECIAL OLYMPICS Team 1 - Page 1 2015 LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FINAL LEG TEAM Bob Cormier NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA Bob Cormier is presently the Chief of Police for the Tilton Police Department in New Hampshire. He attended Boston State College, Northeastern University and graduated the Metropolitan Police Academy in 1982. He also worked for the Woburn Police Department, Plymouth Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department. Bob is also a graduate of the 245th Session of the FBI National Academy. Bob also serves as a President of the New Hampshire Chiefs of Police and has been the Law Enforcement Torch Run Director since 2008. TEAM 1 Each year Bob attends all Special Olympic Games, fundraisers, annual LETR TORCH RUNNER Conferences and drove athletes to the 2014 National Games in Princeton NJ. He has been involved with Special Olympics for over 25 years. Tilton Police Department Kristine Krishtal MASSACHUSETTS, USA Kristine has been a Police Officer with North Attleboro PD since 2003. She became “hooked” by LETR in 2012 when her daughter Kailyn, a Special Olympics Young Athlete, won her first gold medal at a Summer Games. Kristine said that the “pure joy” she saw on her daughters’ face that day made her want to do more to help Special Olympics. She attended her first International LETR Convention that same year and was appointed as the Coordinator for her county in 2013. Tragically in April 2014, Kristine’s daughter Kailyn passed away. Kristine says TEAM 1 life had been difficult at without Kailyn, but she knows that she will be by her side as she proudly takes part in the Final Leg. As she says, “running is TORCH RUNNER not my favorite, but for my daughter and LETR I would do pretty much anything”. North Attleboro Police Department Team 1 - Page 2 2015 LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FINAL LEG TEAM Stefano Lucarelli VENEZIA, ITALY Stefano is 38 years old, married with a wife (Manola) and son (Gianmaria) who is almost 3 years old. He is a Superintendent in the Italian State Police attached to their headquarters in Venice. He enjoys sailing, running, gardening, cooking and everything about food and wine. Stefano is a marathon runner with the 29ers Venice Marathon being his TEAM 1 most recent race. He has only recently become involved with the Torch Run and is looking TORCH RUNNER forward to the experience. Ministero dell'Interno - Polizia di Stato Rick Lucy BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Rick Lucy has been with the Abbotsford Police Department for 32+ years, and is presently a Deputy Chief. He has been married for 26+ years to Diane, and they have 3 awesome adult children, Braden, Melissa, and Trevor. In 1990, Rick was blessed to have been selected as one of the core group of runnners that introduced the LETR to his province by carrying the torch from Calgary, Alberta to Vancouver, BC for the opening of the National Summer Games. Rick has had a wide variety of opportunities with the LETR and SO since that time, and is the current Director of the BCLETR, as well as a Director on the Board of SOBC. He has volunteered at several Winter and TEAM 1 Summer Games, including as Organizing Committee Chair, Coach, and Mission Staff at Provincial, National, and World Games. Rick considers his experiences with the LETR and SO to have been life-changing and has an TORCH RUNNER abundance of memorable moments from more than 24 years of involvement. Abbotsford Police Department Team 1 - Page 3 2015 LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FINAL LEG TEAM Derek McCorkhill OREGON, USA Derek McCorkhill is a 26 year veteran with the Oregon Department of Corrections. He is currently working as a Captain at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. His wife of 34 years, Marsha ,is also a Captain at Coffee Creek. Both are active with LETR and Oregon Special Olympics. Their dedication to Special Olympics began when their son Tyler who is 26, became involved as an athlete. Derek has two other children (Chris and Brooke) and one grandson who is almost 2 years old. Derek's interests outside of work and Special Olympics involve fishing and camping. He is looking forward to when his grandson becomes his 1st mate on the fishing boat. TEAM 1 He expressed that at 56 years old, was not driven enough to get in "Torch Run shape" for himself, but when inspired by the obstacles the athletes TORCH RUNNER themselves have and continue to overcome, wanted to do it for them. He is grateful to be have been given the opportunity to represent Oregon Law Enforcement at the 2015 World Games. Oregon Department of Corrections Ana Ortiz NEW MEXICO, USA Ana Ortiz has been a Patrol Officer for the Santa Ana Police Department for the last 6 years. Ana was honored to be recognised as Officer of the Year in 2013. A single mother of two, she enjoys spending time with her children especially spending time with her eldest daughter during her softball games and tournaments. She also an avid runner and participates in CrossFit and dance fitness during her spare time. Ana has been involved in the Torch Run since 2010 after she was handed the responsibility to represent her Police Department. She was named Regional Coordinator in 2014 and has enjoyed volunteering and TEAM 1 coordinating events in her local area for the Special Olympics through programs such as Tip-A-Cop, Adopt-A-Cop, and bowling tournaments. She TORCH RUNNER looks forward to continuing to not only serve her community but continue to seek ways to involve her fellow officers and the community to become involved with the Special Olympics Santa Ana Police Department Team 1 - Page 4 2015 LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FINAL LEG TEAM Sarn Paroli MANAWATU, NEW ZEALAND Sarn Paroli has been involved with Torch Run for two years and is a founding trustee of the recently formed LETR, New Zealand. Sarn has spent most of his policing career as a Detective and is now a Senior Sergeant, currently in charge of policing in a large provincial area in the lower North Island of New Zealand. Sarn is married to Clare and they have three children, Joshua, Isabel and Elena who all enjoy outdoor activities together.