Larry Cosme began his Federal Law Enforcement career in 1992 with the former INS. He is currently employed by ICE as a Senior Special Agent in the Office of the Special Agent in Charge for D.C. (SAC/DC) at RAC/Harrisonburg, Virginia. His areas of responsibilities covers Washington D.C. and the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 2005, Mr. Cosme was elected to serve as FLEOA's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency President. He was serving his second term as ICE Agency President when he was elected as FLEOA's National Vice President of Operations.Mr. Cosme has also served Law Enforcement Officers in different capacities, as President and Executive Vice President of local 2149 with the American Federation of Government Employees, National INS Council. During his tenure in these positions, he negotiated agreements that ranged from Contracts, Memorandums of Understanding, Alternate Work Schedules, and Disciplinary Disputes between labor and management.

Mr. Cosme possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice with a Law Enforcement concentration from New Jersey City University. Mr. Cosme also attended training in Management and Labor relations at Rutgers University, sponsored by the American Federation of Government Employees, received training from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in dispute resolution, and has completed training provided by Arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association sponsored by AFGE.

Mathew Silverman began his federal law enforcement career in 2001 with the United States Capitol Police and currently serves as a Senior Inspector with the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Mr. Silverman collaterally serves as Operations Commander for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Taskforce. Mr. Silverman is the Community Outreach Liaison for the District and partners with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation’s Badges for Baseball Program. This program brings law enforcement officers together with the community by mentoring underprivileged children. Mathew is the 2017 recipient of the United States Attorney General Community Outreach Award.

Mr. Silverman has held several elected positions with FLEOA including Vice President and President of Chapter 45 in Maryland. Additionally, Mr. Silverman currently functions as Agency President for the USMS and has been appointed by the FLEOA National Board to serve as the Executive Vice Chair of National Legislation.

In 2009, Mr. Silverman was elected to the Annapolis, Maryland, City Council. Serving on public safety and public housing committees, Mr. Silverman managed the city’s $94M annual budget and provided direct oversight of police, fire, EMS, and the Office of Emergency Management budget worth $16M.

Mathew is a current member of the National Sheriffs Association (NSA), Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

Mr. Silverman earned his Master’s degree of Arts in Criminal Justice and a Master Degree of Arts in Human Resources Management, Law Enforcement Studies. Mathew is a Graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), and the New Jersey Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership Academy.