Shinar Haynes is current NENA Coordinator for the North Region of Texas. She is the CEO of Responder Services Consulting working with public safety and emergency management agencies.

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Her public safety career that began in 2003 with the Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications (DPSC). In 2015, Shinar moved to New Orleans to lead the newly consolidated Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) and was appointed as the agency’s first Director of Operations. Most recently she served as the Executive Director for Tarrant County 9-1-1.

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Shinar is among the elite group of Certification Public Safety Executives (CPE) and Registered Public Safety Leaders (RPL). She also holds a Master of Business Administration in Homeland Security and Emergency Management, with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology. She is an active member of APCO, NENA, IAED, IAEM, SHRM, and PERF.