NOBLE Massachusetts President, Lisa Butner currently works at Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), where she holds the rank of Detective Captain. At TUPD, she oversees Internal Affairs, all criminal investigations, Executive Protection, Clery & Title IX Compliance, and community outreach.

She retired from Massachusetts State Police (MSP) in 2022 as a Detective Lieutenant assigned as the Cadet Program Coordinator. Her duties involved the development and implementation of a Cadet Program which has acted as a conduit to increase diversity within the uniformed branch of the department.

President Butner has worked for four police agencies over the course of her 40 year career; Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the MSP and TUPD. She has worked half of her career in the uniformed branch of these Departments and the other half within a variety of investigatory units. Some of her assignments included homicide investigations, auto theft investigations, recruitment, undercover officer in drug investigations and sensitive crime investigations.

She is one of the founding members of NOBLE Massachusetts. She has previously served as a member of the Governor’s Black Advisory Commission and has sat on several legislative Commissions.

She currently holds three master’s Degrees; two from Suffolk University in Public Administration and Crime and Justice Studies, and a third from the University of Massachusetts (Lowell) in Criminal Justice.

Chief, Robert Alben Barrows, has held the post of Chief of Police at Bunker Hill Community College for more than sixteen years, and has been serving our communities for over 34 years in law enforcement. Whether as an officer of the Special State Police of Massachusetts, a Special Police Officer in the Boston housing developments, or as a former member of the Massachusetts National Guard. Chief Robert “Bobby” Barrows values service and the protection of the Massachusetts communities.

Chief Barrows comes to us with a vast understanding of the college communities. He is a proud graduate of North Shore Community College, as well as Salem State College where he earned a B.A in Criminal Justice and later, a Master of Science in Criminology from Salem State University. He is the proud recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award from Salem State University and is a member of the National Criminal Justice Honor Society

In 2017, he graduated from YW Boston, “Lead Boston” a leadership program designed to foster and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion. He attended the Police Chief and Command Leadership Academy (2016). In 2019, he attended the FBI-New England Regional Command College. In 2023, Chief Barrows became a certified Municipal Police Training Committee Instructor. He has been an adjunct professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) for over 18 years, and once served as an ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) instructor, also at BHCC.

Chief Barrows has a well-rounded background in public service, community relations, and higher education. He is dedicated and committed to the rehabilitation and re-employment of those who have been incarcerated. Chief Barrows serves on the Fenway Community Advisory Board who fosters open communication between CRJ’s reentry programs and the local community. The program promotes active community support for reentry programs and CRJ’s mission. The program supports the initiative to advance public education, create understanding, and advocate for issues related to the reentry programs and its residents. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department honored his commitment to offender re-entry programming in 2007.

Chief Barrows and his team, the Bunker Hill Community College Police Department, have been proud recipients of the Commonwealth Citation Award for Outstanding Performance in 2007, 2012 and 2019 and most recently The Bunker Hill Community Trustees’ Distinguished Service Award in May 2024 and in October, 2024 received the Distinguished Fellows Award from the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society.

With Chief Barrows’ leadership, Bunker Hill Community College’s (BHCC) Police Department was awarded Full Accreditation by the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC) on June 21, 2023, making the Department one of two community college police and public safety departments statewide to receive the highest level of professional certification in the Commonwealth.

Chief Barrows is currently the Vice President of NOBLE (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives) Massachusetts Chapter. Chief Barrows also is a member of the International Chief of Police Association, Executive Board member of The Massachusetts Chief of Police Association, Board of Directors member of the Municipal Police Institute, the Massachusetts Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, the Massachusetts Community College Chiefs, and he serves on the advisory board for English High School Legal and Protective Services in Boston.

Yolanda Smith

Associate Vice President of Public Safety and Chief of Police at Tufts University, understands the need for change and reform within policing. In four years at Tufts, she has successfully enhanced the culture of trust and transparency within the department and the Tufts Community. Since her arrival, she has built a new policing model- the Hybrid Response Model, which includes accredited, armed police and a cadre of campus security officers who are non-enforcement officers who respond to calls for service that do not warrant armed police presence. Yolanda has met with students, faculty, and staff to better understand what public safety should look like for the community. She has made other substantive changes, including uniform changes for the officers that distinguish the campus police from the municipal police. The entire police fleet was redesigned to look more attributable to the university. She enhanced training in various topics, including empathy, conflict resolution, and bias awareness, among others. As a leader, Yolanda strives to ensure that her team and community members feel included in her mission, that there is equity in policies, and that everyone has access to her as needed.

Before Tufts, Yolanda had a successful 26-year career at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, rising through the ranks to simultaneously hold the positions of Superintendent, Chief of Staff, and Special Sheriff. In her career, Yolanda has always been at the forefront of progressive law enforcement methods that focus on engagement with the community, addressing structural bias, rehabilitation & transformative justice to combat recidivism, and ensuring sustainability in the community post-release. She also prioritized diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives. Some highlights of her career include instituting weekly Spotlight Meetings at the Suffolk County House of Correction to address the unique challenges of inmates that require higher levels of care, overseeing the creation of the PEACE Unit, a specialized unit for youthful offenders with more direct programming specifically designed to foster an environment of respect, and the distribution of specialized tablets to facilitate greater contact between inmates and their family and help them achieve their educational goals.

Superintendent Smith was an active member of the Massachusetts Sheriff’s Association Education Training Committee, where she served as chairperson of the executive branch of the committee. In 2010, Superintendent Smith completed the F.B.I. Crisis Negotiator course with various agencies represented from across New England, and she is a 2010 graduate of Lead Boston. She was the lead instructor of the Choice Officer Training program. She sought innovative ways to keep the training curriculum current and applicable to the needs of the communities and schools. Yolanda served on the Department’s Policy Review Committee and is on the MCAD (Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination) Referral list of trainers in Harassment/Discrimination prevention in the Workplace.

In addition to her law enforcement career, Yolanda dedicates much of her free time to organizations that align with these goals. She serves as the executive secretary for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Massachusetts chapter, and served on the National Finance Committee for three years. Yolanda is an artist who loves to paint about culture, strong women, and nature. Yolanda has a master’s in Public Policy from Liberty University, recently completed a certificate course in Crisis Leadership in Higher Education at the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, and is pursuing her Doctorate in Criminal Justice.

Stephanie Brown

has been serving as a City of Beverly Director of Public Safety Dispatch since 2022. In this capacity she acts as Project Manager during the planning for and transition of police and fire dispatch services to the Beverly Public Safety Dispatch Center (“BDC”) and thereafter for the supervision and management of the BDC. She is responsible for overseeing all Public Safety Dispatchers of the BDC. The Director of Public Safety Dispatch participates with management in formulating policy for the BDC and collective bargaining with subordinates. In her role Stephanie Brown understands the dynamic nature of public safety and commits herself to continuous training and education to stay abreast of the latest industry best practices.

Everyday activities are inclusive of leadership and day to day managerial and oversight responsibilities of the Police and Fire Dispatch Operations such as acting as the 911 Coordinator, CJIS Representative and CAD manager. Additionally, she is responsible for ensuring all communications equipment, network and systems are working properly and reports any issues to the appropriate personnel. Management of the State 911 Grants for Communications Specialists; and tracking reimbursements and assisting police administrative assistance with any needed reports.

Stephanie Brown

has a greater than 35 year diverse Law Enforcement Career background encompassing both dispatch and policing in Georgia and Massachusetts. This career began through being a part-time staff member of the Criminal Investigation Division at the Bradford County Sheriff’s Department in Starke, Florida while completed a BS Telecommunications from the University of Florida.

Her long tenure of service in the state of Geogia begins in 1993 with the Georgia Institute of Technology Police Department where she has worked as Public Safety Dispatcher, Public Safety Peace Officer and Communications Manager. A “notable highlight” during her time as Peace Officer with GA Tech was her appointment to work in the Olympic Village during the 1996 Summer Olympics. After the bombing, her primary duty was helping to secure the perimeter and ensuring the safety of all within the Olympic Village.

Other notable positions include serving as a Case Investigator within the Domestic Violence Unit for the DeKalb County Solicitor General’s office and Criminal Investigator for the Georgia Department of Driver Services. As a Criminal Investigator she worked Driver License Fraud and Internal Affairs. She has served on the Secure ID Task Force inclusive of agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigators, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and GA Dept of Driver Services (designed to combat illegal immigrants’ issuances of GA Driver’s License/ID’s).

Stephanie began her Law Enforcement Career in Massachusetts

in 2010 where she gained her experience with managing, recruiting, scheduling, training, and policy implementation and pre-employment background investigations over the course of 15yrs. This lead to law enforcement experiences and leadership promotions with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections as the assistant to the Deputy Superintendent at MCI Concord; Telecommunicator and Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor for the Essex County Regional Emergency Communication Center and the MBTA Transit Police Department as a Communications Manager for IXP Corporation.

Current affiliations

in addition to NOBLE include memberships in, the Massachusetts Association of Women on Law Enforcement, Massachusetts Communications Supervisors Association, and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials. .

Sandy Zamor Calixte is the former Chief of External Affairs and Communications for the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department. She was hired by the Department in 2006, as the Coordinator of Community Outreach and Youth Programming, and was promoted to the position of Director of External Affairs in 2013 by Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins. In 2014, Zamor Calixte was elevated to Chief of External Affairs and Communications.

Throughout her time with the Department, Chief Zamor Calixte worked with numerous social, civic, criminal justice, education, law enforcement, and faith-based organizations to help foster the Department’s message of public service, civic engagement, and personal responsibility.

Zamor Calixte oversaw all external programs for the Department including the Choice program, a Department initiative comprised of a cadre of officers appointed with the mission of visiting schools in Suffolk County to discuss gangs, peer pressure, planning for the future, and making smart choices with students, and the Department’s Summer Enrichment Program. She also helped to build a multi-organizational collaborative effort to reduce youth violence with the B-Smart Initiative at Chez-Vous Roller Skating Rink in Dorchester, and also initiated the female JailBrake program.

The JailBrake program is designed to help reduce the rise in violent acts committed by adolescents in Suffolk County and to curtail the increase in the number of young people being incarcerated by emphasizing the realities of imprisonment including: lack of control, lack of privacy, and responsibility for one’s own actions.

The Summer Enrichment Program, which Chief Zamor Calixte created and implemented, under the auspices of Sheriff Tompkins, is a paid internship program for motivated high school juniors and seniors, that enables participates to gain insight into the world of law enforcement through job shadowing, weekly presentations by members of law enforcement, roundtable discussions, law enforcement related field trips and educational tours.

Most recently, Chief Zamor Calixte spearheaded the renovation and upgrade of the Department’s public website and external communication vehicle, the Common Ground newsletter, to reflect the Department in its similarly modernized functions.

Chief Zamor Calixte is also an active and civically-engaged member of the community, currently serving as Executive Director of Communications and Outreach for the Massachusetts Branch of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). She is also an alumna of Emerge Class 2021, and has served on the boards of many civic institutions including as President of the Hazelton Street Association, and as a former member of the Mattapan Economic Development Initiative, and the Young Professionals Network of the Urban League and Communities of Color. She is also the former president and graduate advisor for the Haitian Club of Northeastern University.

Prior to her work at the Department, Chief Zamor Calixte served as an investigator for the Department of Industrial Accidents and the Department of Treasury. Chief Zamor Calixte most recently achieved a Graduate Certificate in Social Justice from Harvard University Extension School, and she holds a Masters in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University and a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology. She was a Ujima Scholar and a Martin Luther King Fellow.

Anthony T. Mosley serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, bringing over two decades of high-impact leadership in human capital management across both public and private sectors. As CHRO, he oversees strategic HR operations, talent development, DEI initiatives, and workforce planning that support the department’s mission of safety, service, and community engagement.

Prior to joining SCSD, Chief Mosley held senior HR leadership roles at Tufts University, MIT, Fresenius Medical Care, Facebook (Meta), and HCA Healthcare—where he led enterprise-wide recruitment strategies, spearheaded culture-building programs, and built high-performing teams within complex organizations. His work consistently reflects a commitment to operational excellence, equitable hiring practices, and compassionate leadership.

Anthony holds multiple advanced HR certifications and is a respected voice in organizational transformation, workforce inclusion, and leadership development. A longtime advocate for mentorship and second-chance hiring programs, he continues to champion initiatives that open doors and elevate people.

As NOBLE’s Associate Member Representative, Anthony leverages his corporate and public experience to connect emerging leaders with opportunities to grow, serve, and lead in law enforcement and public service. He is passionate about building bridges between HR best practices and the unique demands of justice-centered institutions.

Outside of work, Anthony enjoys music, fashion, mentoring young professionals, exploring new cultures through travel, and quoting his favorite leadership mantra: “People first, always."