The designated ex-officio member of the United States Sentencing Commission representing the United States Parole Commission. He was appointed as a U.S. Parole commissioner by President George W. Bush in 2004. Prior to his appointment, he served 29 years as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., where he became the chief of police in 1989. Presently, he is an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia where he teaches law enforcement subjects, community policing, and ethics in law enforcement. Mr. Fulwood is a graduate of the George Washington University Contemporary Executive Development Program and a graduate of the National Executive Institute F.B.I. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from Southeastern University in 1992.