Dominique Boss grew up in New York where she attended the New Visions Program for legal studies during her senior year. This program allowed her to intern with the local Criminal Court Judge, the District Attorney, & New York State Assemblyman Cahill.
After graduation, Boss relocated to Pensacola Florida to attend the University of West Florida where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in legal studies graduating cum laude. During her college career, she was employed with the National Park Service working at Gulf Island National Seashore, in Perdido Key, as the lead beach lifeguard.
After graduating from UWF in 2009, Boss relocated to Sylva, North Carolina to attend the Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy. After completing this academy, she was hired with the National Park Service as a commissioned federal law enforcement ranger to work at Olympic National Park in Washington state.
After that first summer season, Boss was hired at Padre Island National Seashore, in Texas, at her first permanent duty station. During her employment, she went back to college and obtained her master’s degree in public administration with a specialization in justice administration in 2011, graduating magna cum laude. After completing her master’s degree, in 2014, she attended the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glenco, GA. Followed by completing her field training in Yellowstone National Park & Grand Teton National Park.
Boss returned to her duty station and spent 6 years in Texas prior to relocating to Oklahoma in 2015 to work with the NPS at Chickasaw National Recreation Area. After 4 years in Oklahoma, she lateraled to Grand Teton National Park where she remained until her retirement with the NPS in 2021 serving 13+ years with the agency.
During her tenure with the NPS she held various roles to include, Field Training Lead, Field Trainer, Emergency Medical Service Coordinator/Manager, Evidence Manager, Park’s Court Liaison, American Heart Association BLS Instructor, NHTSA SFST Instructor, & EMT.
As a ranger she not only enforced traffic codes and resource violations but investigated felonious crimes that took place within these federal lands to include drug and illegal alien interdiction, sexual assaults, child abuse, felony motor vehicle accidents, DUIs, drug possession etc.
She also served the area by providing medical assistance and search & rescue efforts to those in need as an EMT in these remote locations, many calls resulted in lives saved.
Boss resides in Grand Junction with her husband, Bill, and their two daughters. She loves the area and enjoys biking, swimming and her family adventures in the mountains.
Boss is honored to be a part of the CMU/CMU Tech Public Safety Department as the professional assistant to the Director of the Western Colorado Peace Officers Academy.