Ryan Lee has over 22 years in the policing profession, including as a Chief of Police. He served from 2000 to 2020 with the Police Bureau in Portland, Oregon, USA specializing in public order policing from 2002 to 2020. He rose through the ranks of the public order unit from line officer to senior leadership. He has deployed hundreds of times in public order operations ranging from peaceful gatherings to riots. He served as a front-line supervisor during the 2011 Occupy Portland Protest and as the Operations Section Chief during the 2016 Election Riots and 2017 Inauguration Riots in Portland. Chief Lee has been a subject matter expert in public order policing for the National Institute of Justice, the Center for Domestic Preparedness, the International Association Chiefs of Police's Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center through work with the Federal Protective Service. He was a keynote speaker at the International Public Order Workshop of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and at their Public Order Commanders Course. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from California State University at Sacramento and a Master of Criminal Justice from Boston University.

Anthony J. Raganella is the CEO of NY Blue Line Consulting Group, which provides law enforcement training, consulting, and expert witness services. He is a retired 25-year decorated NYPD Deputy Inspector where he spent 8 years as the Commanding Officer of the Disorder Control Unit, a citywide unit responsible for planning, assessing, and ensuring the department's training and readiness in public order operations. Anthony conducted international research for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) in 2017 to develop standards for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and training within U.S. law enforcement Civil Disturbance Units (CDU). He is considered a subject matter expert on matters related to protests and civil unrest. He has been a leading advocate in developing public order policing standards in the US. During his career, he has been involved in the policing of over 2,000 demonstrations and significant events, as well as the relevant training of tens of thousands of NYPD officers. Anthony holds a Master's in Public Administration, Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science, and an Associate's in Criminal Justice. He graduated from the 24th Session of Columbia University Police Management Institute and the 223rd Session of the FBI National Academy.

Peter Davidov has served in law enforcement since 1992, when he began his career as a reserve police officer for the Metropolitan Police in Washington, DC. He has served as a United States Capitol Police Officer, Scottsdale, AZ, Police Officer, and Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He has spent most of his career with the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) in Maryland. Peter has extensive experience as a firearms and general instructor. He has taught entry-level and advanced police training in the use of force and firearms. He has specialized in the highly demanding area of police response to civil disorder, an environment where police use of force is highly scrutinized. He has trained for civil disturbance since he began his law enforcement career. Peter was one of the founding members and lead trainers of Montgomery County's Special Event Response Team (SERT), which is responsible for handling civil disturbances. He has responded to many significant events, including IMF protests in Washington, DC, the 2009 G20 protest in Pittsburgh, PA, Presidential Inaugurations in 1992, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017, and the 2015 Baltimore Civil Unrest. He was the CDU leader for Montgomery County's SERT response to the Baltimore unrest. He was part of the command team for MCPDs emergency response to the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021. He is one of the founding members of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) CDU subcommittee and served as chairman of the committee from 2015-2017 and is the current Chairman. He is currently a member of the National Institute of Justice's Special Technical Committee for CDU personal protective equipment. As a member of the STC, he traveled to the United Kingdom and Germany to meet with public order and crowd control experts and practitioners in November of 2017. He presented at the National Public Order Workshop in Ottawa, Canada, in November of 2019 at the invitation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He is a consultant for the DHS Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, AL serving as a crowd management instructor and subject matter expert. He is a National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Working Group member. He has worked as an expert witness in the area of police response to public order events in federal civil litigation. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. He is a graduate of the 279th Session of the FBI National Academy.