Board of Directors
2026 - 2028
Chairman of the Board / President
David Stuckman, MCBA®
American Surety Bail Bonds
923 W Court Place, Suite G130
Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: (785) 539-3950
FAX: (785) 539-7116
E-mail: kansasbailbonds@gmail.com
David Stuckman is a Master Certified Bail Agent™ through PBUS. He has been licensed as a bail agent since 1986 after working several years as a bounty hunter for Gatsche Bail Bonds in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1992 Mr. Stuckman became a bail agent full-time opening his office in Junction City, Kansas. He became a General Agent with American Surety Company in 2002 with 22 sub-agents under him throughout the state of Kansas. Mr. Stuckman has served as a board member of PBUS for many years and has been on several committees. He is also a board member of the Kansas Bail Agents Association.
Mr. Stuckman raised two wonderful children as a single parent. Cassidi is a full-time yoga instructor in Chicago, IL. Colby is in college studying to become a pharmacist. Mr. Stuckman was honored to receive the PBUS "Bail Agent of the Year" award in 2015.
Executive Vice President
Chris McNeil
Metro Bonding Company
150 Palmetto St.
Mobile, AL 36603
Phone: 251-423-7150
Email: metrooutlaw@gmail.com
Senior Vice President
Wayne Dowdle, MCBA®
D&D Bail Bonds
2015 23rd Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone: 228-297-7171
Fax: 228-539-5500
Email: wayne@ddbail.com
Vice President
Jeff Kirkpatrick, MCBA®
Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.
401 S. Jackson Street
Jackson, MI 49201-2216
Phone: (517) 788-9150
FAX: (517) 783-5884
E-mail: jeff@pbus.com
Jeff Kirkpatrick of Jackson, Michigan is a Life Member of PBUS, a Master Certified Bail Agent™ and past President. He was honored in 2012 as PBUS' Bail Agent of the Year and with the President's Award in 2013. He was also inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2009.
Mr. Kirkpatrick has been a bail agent for over 30 years and owns a retail bond agency. He is the Vice President of Industry Relations for Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company. His in-depth involvement in PBUS has led to him serving as President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, At Large Director, Division Director, and Division Vice Director. He has also served on numerous PBUS committees.
Additionally, Mr. Kirkpatrick was a member of a special commission that was impaneled to recommend and implement procedural safeguards designed to enhance public safety during the fugitive apprehension process. He has taught various seminars on skip-tracing and bail recovery. He was responsible for the creation of the first PBUS website in 1996. Mr. Kirkpatrick is the past president of the Michigan Professional Bail Agents Association and holds a Fidelity and Surety Insurance License from the State of Michigan. He writes both property and corporate surety bail.
Mr. Kirkpatrick obtained certification as an Electronics Technician from the Federal Communications Commission and is licensed as an Amateur Radio Operator and a certified locksmith. He is the immediate Past President of the Jackson Community Federal Credit Union and currently serves as a Director and Board Secretary.
Secretary
Misty Smith, MCBA®
Treasurer
Connie Allbritton, MCBA®
Big Red Bail Bonds
1198 N Flood
Norman, OK 73069
Phone: 405-243-7524
Fax: 405-378-4871
Email: connie@bigredbailbonds.com
Immediate Past President
Topo Padilla
Greg Padilla Bail Bonds
530 | Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 288-1111
FAX: (916) 446-4351
E-mail: topo@pbus.com
Topo Padilla and his father Greg Sr. opened the family bail bond business in 1979. Together they grew the business to be one of the largest bail bond agencies in California. After 20 successful years in business, they sold the company to a large corporation. After five years of working in the corporate world, they came to realize they were not able to maintain and manage the personal relationships with their clients and the legal community.
In February 2004, Mr. Padilla and his father re-opened their bail bond business under Greg Padilla Bail Bonds. Once again they provide the most comprehensive and professional bail bond service in the state. The company is committed to respectfully assisting those who find themselves incarcerated. Clients can rely on the professional and capable handling of their particular case.
Past President
Scott G. Hall, MCBA®
At-Large Director
Tracey Halley-Terrell, MCBA®
At-Large Director
Patti Grotzinger
Council of Presidents' Liaison
Larry Newman
AAA Way Bail Bonds
1890 E. Fir Rd.
Carthage, MO 64836
Phone: (417) 674-1600
Email: aaawaybailbonds@hotmail.com
Larry Newman lives in Carthage, Missouri with his wife Sharon. Together they own AAA Way Bail Bonds and have been in business since 2009.
Mr. Newman is a former first responder, volunteer firefighter, police officer, Probation and Parole volunteer, and Jasper County Sheriff's Office deputy and detective. Currently he serves as President of the Missouri Alliance of Professional Bail Bond Agents.
Mr. Newman and his wife donate each year to several police and sheriff's departments for their Shop with a Cop programs and sponsor the Carthage Tigers High School Bass Team, a group of 40 Jr. high and high school age youth.
Mr. and Mrs. Newman have three children and six grandchildren.
Pacific Director (CA, HI)
Brandon Padilla
Midwest Director (KS, MO, NE, OK)
Jeff Barton
Greater Northwest Director (AK, ID, OR, WA)
Freya Browne, CBA®
11:11 Bail Bonds
700 Prospect St #202
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone: (360) 329-6812
E-mail:
Old West Director (AZ, NM, TX)
Gerald Madrid, MCBA®
Gerald Madrid Bail Bonds
507 Fifth Street N.W.
Albuquergue, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 220-8282
E-mail: gerald@gmadridbb.com
Deep South Director (AL, GA, MS)
Justin Dowdle, CBA®
South Central Director (AR, LA)
Guy J. Ruggiero, Jr.
Iberville Bonding Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 755
Plaquemine, LA 70765 0755
Phone: (225) 687-3778
FAX: (225) 687-3611
E-mail: guyrug123@gmail.com
Guy Ruggiero currently serves as the South Central Director for PBUS. He also serves as Vice President of the Louisiana Independent Business Association (LIBA) a Self Insured Workers Compensation Fund Association in Louisiana. Mr. Ruggiero, a native from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, attended Ascension Catholic High. Afterwards, he went on to attend Nicholls State University where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. After receiving his Bachelors degree in education, Mr. Ruggiero launched his career in 1978 when he accepted a position as a field underwriter with the New York Life firm. In 1982, he started and served as President of Ruggiero and Associates, Inc., a general insurance agency that specializes in life, health, auto, commercial, and personal insurance.
In 1994, Mr. Ruggiero created yet another organization known as the Association of Louisiana Bail Underwriters, Inc. where he currently resides as President. Later, in 1996, he was responsible for creating and passing legislation that enables bail agents to receive pre-licensing instruction and continued education. In response to his dedicated work on this subject, the Louisiana Department of Insurance appointed Mr. Ruggiero as a founding member of the Insurance Education Advisory Council (IEAC). He was honed as Bail Agent of the Year in 2006 by PBUS.
Old South Director (NC, SC, TN, VA, DC)
Trey Wright, CBA®
Northeast Director (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Dennis Sew, MCBA®
American Bail Services, LLC
PO Box 6
Parsonsburg, MD 21849
Cell: (410) 622-1413
E-mail: agentsew69@aol.com
Dennis Sew has been a bail agent for over 30 years and a successful agency owner. He has been a PBUS® member and served on the Board of Directors for over 25 years. Mr. Sew has received the following honors from PBUS®; Bail Agent of the Year, PBUS® President’s award and was selected to the PBUS® Hall of Fame. He has chaired the fundraising and membership committee and served on the education committee.
Tropics Director (FL, PR, VI)
Blair Harvey
Roche Surety and Casualty Company, Inc.
4107 N Himes Ave., 2nd Floor
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: 813-623-5042
Fax: 813-623-5939
Email: blair@rochesurety.com
New England Director (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
vacant
Northern Director (IA, MN, WI, ND, SD)
vacant
Mid-America Director (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WV)
vacant
Rocky Mountain Director (CO, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Carter Spensieri