FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION Houston Chapter 46



Houston Chapter 46 Officers

Houston Chapter President
Sherry Arp

 

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Houston Chapter Vice President
Jorge Reyes Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Houston Chapter Secretary
Jim Dankworth
Secretary@fleoahouston.org

Jim Dankworth retired from the Treasury Department (IRS) in 2003 with 31 years on the job, and 21+ years as a Special Agent. Jim is experienced in conducting high profile investigations involving prominent individuals and very high dollar corporate fraud. He is also an expert in electronic fraud detection.  Jim also served as a Federal Air Marshal for 6 months immediately after the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Jim is a member of both National and Houston Certified Fraud Examiners, an Associate Board Member of Houston Metropolitan Criminal Investigators Association, a member of the Association of Former Special Agents of the IRS.  He has served on National Legislative Committee for FLEOA lobbying for Pay Parity for Federal Agents and has been a Certified Fraud Examiner for over 6 years.  Jim is also a Distinguished Expert in firearms proficiency. Finally, Jim is active in BSA Troop 320 as a Committee Member and Assistant Treasurer /Scoutmaster.

Jim enjoys vacations with his wife, canoeing, gardening, carpentry, computers.

Houston Chapter Treasurer
 Renee Hale
Treasurer@fleoahouston.org
Renee Hale is a Special Agent assigned to the Houston Field Office for the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. She began her career as a Special Agent with IRS-CID in 2000 and moved to Houston in 2001. Prior to working as a Special Agent, Renee worked in the private sector in the areas of accounting and banking.

An active member of FLEOA since 2001, Renee was elected to the position of Treasurer in December 2004. She is also a member of the Houston Metropolitan Criminal Investigators Association.

Renee grew up in Northern California, but left in 1990 and has lived in Alabama, South Carolina, and now Houston, Texas. She was awarded her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of North Alabama in 1991. She has been married for over 11 years, and in her spare time enjoys traveling, reading, and scuba diving.

Houston Chapter Recruitment
     Yolanda Warren
      Recruitment@fleoahouston.org
Yolanda J. Warren began her Internal Revenue Service (IRS) career in 1984, as a Reports Clerk for the Southwest Region, in Houston, Texas.  Yolanda is a native Houstonian.  In 1988, Yolanda joined Internal Security/Inspection Service as a General Investigator. In 1994, she was reassigned as an Inspector in the Mid-States Region. Yolanda is the Health Improvement Post-of-Duty Coordinator in the Houston Office of Internal Security.

In January 1999, as the result of IRS' Restructuring and Reform Act, Yolanda along with her fellow Special Agents became a part of the Department of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).   TIGTA investigates allegations of employee misconduct, bribery, false impersonations, threats and assaults.

She was a former member and Secretary of the IRS - Association for the Improvement of Minorities (AIM), Houston Chapter. Currently, Yolanda is Recruitment Chair and a member of the Scholarship Committee for the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives(NOBLE.) Yolanda is also the Recruitment Chair of the Federal Law Enforcement Officer's Association (FLEOA).

Yolanda is the mother of Alicia. Yolanda loves God and is a ministry partner at the Living Stones Baptist Church. Yolanda is affiliated with the Second Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Outreach Baptist Church, and New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church, of Houston, Texas.   Yolanda loves to sing, cook, sew, fish and watch drag racing.