Chief of Police Kate Adams started her career with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office in 1994 after graduating from Union Institute and University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. She has served in a variety of roles, including Deputy Sheriff, Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain. She has held a variety of leadership positions, including Commander of the Sheriff’s Impact Division, Hi-Tech Crimes Bureau Commander, and Rancho Cordova Assistant Chief of Police. In April 2020, Chief Adams returned to Rancho Cordova and was appointed as Rancho Cordova Chief of Police and Commander of the Sheriff’s Office East Division.

Nathan Bandaries is currently the ORC Manager for Albertsons companies in the Denver Division. Nathan has 27 years of Loss Prevention/ Asset Protection experience holding many positions in the field at K-Mart and The Home Depot.

Ben Dugan, CFI, is the Senior Manager of Organized Retail Crime and Corporate Investigations at CVS Health. He possesses over 30 years retail loss prevention experience ranging from Big Box, Catalog, Pharmacy and Specialty retailers. Ben is certified as an expert in Organized Retail Crime and Diversion by the U.S. Department of Justice and holds additional certifications as a Law Enforcement Instructor, Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI) and in E-Commerce Investigative Methodologies. Ben is currently the President of the National Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail.

27 year veteran of the Sacramento country sheriffs department, where he is currently a detective in the high crime value task force, covering everything from ORC, cyber, and identity theft.

Sean also serves as an instructor at the California district attorney association, and California of department justice advanced training center.

Tom Meehan, CFI, is a leading loss prevention expert in all things cybersecurity and information technology. He is the chief strategy officer and chief information security officer at CONTROLTEK, the retail technology editor at Loss Prevention Magazine and the co-host of the Loss Prevention Research Council podcast CrimeScience. His industry influence is also present through his roles as Sr. Technology Advisor, board member and Innovation Team Chair with the Loss Prevention Research Council.

After speaking with 100 retail store operators in a single weekend about the challenges they faced with shoplifting we felt there had to be a better way. Auror was born. 8 years on, still challenging the status quo and driving real product innovation to empower the retail industry to address retail crime.

Bobby joined Auror, the Retail Crime Intelligence platform, as Director of Market Development - North America & Retail Asset Protection over a year ago. Before Auror he held a variety of roles across asset protection and store operations. His most recent role was leading Asset Protection (AP) Innovation at Target Corporation, where he’s seen first hand how new technology can empower asset protection and stores teams. His industry influence is also present through his roles helping to lead the Loss Prevention Research Council Innovation and ORC Working Groups.