National Missing Persons Conference Master of Ceremony
Peter J. Cestare – Lieutenant Commander (Retired) NYPD Medal of Honor Recipient
Over 39 years of law enforcement experience between NYPD and Horry County Police Department. I served with New York City Police Department from 1981 through 2001 where I was a Detective Commander in charge of the Major Case
Investigations Unit. During my tenure with NYPD, I was twice awarded the highest
honor that can be bestowed upon a Police Officer, the NYPD Medal of Honor, and
the NY Yankees Medal of Valor.
In addition to Law Enforcement, I served in all ranks of a large volunteer Fire Department. I served as Fire Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, for Levittown Fire District, Levittown, New York. After relocating to South Carolina, I was employed by the Horry County Police Department where I served in a command position as the Lieutenant overseeing major case investigations and direct command of the Crime Scene Investigations Unit and the Property and Evidence Sections. I had overall responsibility for all forensic investigations, as well as, the custody and control of all evidence and property coming into the possession of Horry County Police. While employed by the Horry County Police Department I assisted in investigating over 1000 cases per year, ranging from Rapes, Burglaries, Missing Persons cases, Homicides and every major investigations handled by Horry County Police.
He also assisted neighboring Law Enforcement agencies to include, SLED (SC State Law Enforcement Division), Myrtle Beach PD, Conway PD, Loris PD, Aynor PD, Surfside Beach PD, and North Myrtle Beach PD, as well as neighboring counties and State agencies. I have testified as an expert witness in countless criminal court trials. During the later part of 2020, I retired from Horry County Police Department and now offer technical investigative and forensic assistance to multiple agencies as a Law Enforcement Consultant. Still to this day, one of my career highlights and
passion has been working with and assisting CUE with investigations and searches.
Duane T. Bowers, LPC is a trauma educator, author, therapist, Certified Wellness Consultant, and Certified Spiritual Coach in private practice. For the past two decades he has provided support to families of victims of missing, murdered, exploited and trafficked persons, and has supported and trained the professional staff of law enforcement and agencies who work with these families and victims, in the US and Canada. These include the staff of the of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the staff of the Trust and Safety Divisions of several ESP and Social Media Platforms, and the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce.
Bullard Entertainment has entertained CUE conference attendees for more than a decade. The QUEEN OF KARAOKE MARTHA BULLARD has won such titles as Mrs SC Congeniality and best karaoke entertainer in the Tabor City Yam Festival. She joined the CUE family when Alice Donovan went missing, she was the mother of her dear friends Jennifer and Angie Warner. She wanted to do more to help. Along the way she became friends with many other families.
Jillian Backman is an award-winning radio personality, author, and consultant with a degree in Psychology from the University of Texas. She has built a distinguished career centered on her empathic ability to guide individuals in need of deep soul-level understanding.
Sandra McClammy aka “The Midday Miss” was born and raised in Wilmington, NC. She is a graduate of New Hanover High School and a UNCW graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature & Language and a Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts. Possessing two career passions, Sandra divides her life in the areas of education and music with finesse.
In addition to teaching, Sandra is also a DJ. Proudly representing North Carolina, she serves as a member of the worldwide DJ coalition, CORE DJs led by the infamous Tony Neal traveling all over the US yearly for conferences and performances and often sharing the room with the likes of Spinderella, Kool Herc, DJ Scratch, Mix Master ICE and a host of artists from Diddy to 50 Cent to Da Brat to Roxanne Shante. With the Core DJs, she has also shared the room with industry execs from J Prince to Deb Dorsey. As the host and the producer of the syndicated CORE DJ Radio Show she is heard in more than 7 states in the US. She DJs in various clubs and has opened for names such as DeRay Davis, Rickey Smiley, Big Daddy Kane, Chubb Rock, DJ Jazzy Joyce, DJ Clue, DJ Smooth Ski and DJ DooWop just to name a few. For Cumulus Broadcasting she has been there for over 23 years and is currently the music director and midday host on COAST 97.3. Currently she an official DJ for KYN Klub and Je’Melody. Her motto is “Music is the motive.”