NSSF, the trade association for the firearm industry, offers federally licensed firearms retailers (FFLs) the opportunity to work with experienced advisors who understand what it takes to stay compliant with ATF rules and regulations, OSHA/EPA, CA DOJ, and TTB Excise Tax guidelines.
Meet the Team:
Judy Bender
Judy Bender joined ATF in 1973 in Chicago, IL, just a year after it became a Bureau. She was hired as a Clerk-Stenographer, then later an Investigative Analyst, and worked with ATF’s special agents, including a year in ATF Headquarters. After 27 years, Judy became an ATF inspector/investigator. Over the next 15 years, she conducted hundreds of inspections of firearms and explosive licensees and qualified many applicants for firearms and explosive licenses. She also taught and developed practical exercises at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. During her career, Judy was the training instructor for several new investigators and supervised the Downers Grove, IL for an extended period of time. Judy retired from ATF with over 42 years of Government service.
Andrew Graham
DOJ Senior Executive Service member, ATF Deputy Assistant Director – Field Operations over ATFs Inspection Program and Deputy Assistant Director over Enforcement Programs & Services (EPS), retired from federal service after 37 years. Andrew is founder and CEO of Graham Industry Advisor, LLC., a veteran owned private consulting firm geared toward upholding industry member firearm rights and compliance with the Gun Control Act (GCA) and Safe Explosives Act (SEA). Andrew’s federal experience and tenure as a consultant includes operational aspects impacted by current ATF Rulings, Executive Orders, regulatory oversight to optimize regulatory compliance. Andrew has executed, taught, and supervised the deployment of the GCA’s code of federal regulation from every operational level as a regulator. After retirement, Graham Industry Advisors was established to provide independent consulting services on all aspects of Chapter 44, Part 478 regulated firearm industry, with a focus on optimizing business operations, and an infrastructure for success.
Dale Krupinski
Mr. Krupinski has over 20 years’ experience in recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace safety and health hazards. He’s worked tirelessly with the shooting range industry to assess OSHA compliance and workplace exposures to airborne lead dust, noise, and other related hazards over the last 10 years. Dale has previously worked for OSHA as a Compliance Safety and Health Officer and as an industrial hygienist at OSHA’s National Office. Dale is a board-certified industrial hygienist and safety professional, as well as an OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer. He created On Target Safety Academy to provide training and technical occupational safety and health assistance to the shooting range industry either onsite or remotely.
Judyth LeDoux
Judyth is a trained professional subject matter expert with 34 years’ experience in federal regulatory and criminal law enforcement. Prior to her ATF retirement on September 30, 2022, she worked for the Naval Investigative Service, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and as a Paralegal Specialist for U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Florida and Missouri, assisting AUSA’s with cases involving the criminal misuse of firearms and explosives. She joined ATF in 1999 as an Inspector, conducting firearm and explosives inspections in the Florida panhandle. From 2004-2010, Judyth held operational and managerial positions in Maryland and DC. As a training Program Manager and Branch Chief she developed the curriculum and managed ATF’s advanced firearm and explosives training programs. In addition to ATF training, Judyth presented training to firearms and explosives industry members across the country. In 2011, she left DC to supervise IOIs in the Cleveland Area Office. In 2013, she became the Director, Industry Operations for the Columbus Field Division, directing regulatory enforcement programs for firearm and explosives licensees in Ohio and Indiana. After retirement, Judyth joined NSSF’s consulting team and formed “LeDoux Consulting LLC,” specializing in compliance with Federal Firearms Law, Regulations, and ATF policies.
Renee Lewis
Renee Lewis recently retired from Department of Justice after 36 years. During that time she worked in a variety of positions including criminal investigations for the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement as a certified Criminal Intelligence Analyst. For the past 13 years Renee worked as a Field Representative/Inspector for the Bureau of Firearms (BOF). Her duties included inspecting California firearm dealers for compliance with state firearm laws, assisting BOF special agents in enforcement activities relating to firearms, and training hundreds of firearm dealers, professional organizations, community college students, mental health facilities, superior and juvenile court personnel, and state, federal, and local law enforcement officers and non-sworn personnel.
Harry McCabe
Harry retired from ATF June 30, 2012, after more than 36 years of service. He began his career as an Inspector in Raleigh, NC; and he conducted numerous firearms and explosives inspections in both North and South Carolina until being transferred to Bureau Headquarters in 1983. During his career, Harry was Area Supervisor in Detroit and a branch chief in Headquarters. In 1998, he became Director, Industry Operations of the Nashville Field Division where, for 12 years he directed all of the firearms inspection activities in Tennessee and Alabama. During that 12-year period, Harry oversaw more than 5,000 firearms qualification and compliance inspections and conducted approximately 50 firearms industry educational seminars. In 2010, Harry became Deputy Assistant Director for Field Operations where he was responsible for the entire firearms regulatory policy and inspection program nationwide.
Bill Napier
Bill has over thirty years’ experience in retail loss prevention passionately serving others in leadership roles such as site manager, corporate manager and director. Businesses have included small and growing retail chains as well as a Fortune 1000 company. For over 18 of those years Bill has been in the retail outdoor arena with responsibility for ATF compliance and firearms related investigations. Bill is a guest speaker at groups such as National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) SHOT Show, National Retail Federation (NRF), Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), Retail Technology (RETECH), ASIS International and The Loss Prevention Foundation. Bill has appeared in various retail related magazine interviews and articles on such topics as emerging security technology, return fraud, physical security and leadership. Bill served over twenty years in municipal law enforcement as a uniform patrol officer, detective and supervisor where he specialized in impaired driving enforcement with the drug recognition expert program. In addition Bill was a state certified law enforcement instructor. Bill volunteers as a Hunter Education instructor in Nebraska, serves on the ASIS Retail Loss Prevention Council and is a member of the Subject Matter Expert Committee. Bill is also on the board of directors for The Loss Prevention Foundation.
Wally Nelson
Wally is a retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director with 30+ years of ATF experience. As DAD, he directed all regulatory firearms programs including: The development and monitoring of firearms inspection programs, licensing, NFA, imports, tracing and regulations, as well as the firearms technology branch. He retired from ATF in October 2005. Since joining the NSSF’s consulting team in 2006, Wally has brought his expertise in firearms laws and regulations to firearms industry members as a private consultant. As a consultant, he has conducted FFL site visits to review required records and sample firearms inventories. He has also, provided employee training, helped to develop compliance plans and assisted FFLs of all types and sizes with ATF compliance and licensing issues.
Richard M. Weimer
Following completion of a dual major in Accounting and Economics from the University of Illinois (Urbana), Richard was engaged for thirty years doing managerial regulatory/compliance work in private business including expert testimony before Federal and State regulatory bodies on communications rate design, cost allocations and depreciation. Richard then enjoyed fifteen years as lead auditor for the U. S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) conducting Federal excise tax compliance audits for tobacco and firearms and assisting the prosecution of various fraud schemes. (Retired July 31, 2017). Currently Richard is principal in his own consulting firm offering Federal Excise Tax Consulting for tobacco and firearms.