Speakers

Andy Altizer

Director of Emergency Management, Kennesaw State University

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your Campus

Andy Altizer has been the Director of Emergency Management at KSU since January 2015. Before coming to KSU, he was the Director of Emergency Preparedness for eight years at Georgia Tech. He was the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program Manager at Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) for over four years. He has also worked in student affairs at several other campuses, including most recently as the Assistant Dean of Community Life at Oglethorpe University. He served over ten years in the United States Army, including serving as an Inspector General in Afghanistan in 2002. Andy is CPR/AED certified through the American Heart Association and has completed the NAEMT’s Emergency Medical Responder Course. He is also certified as a Professional Continuity Practitioner by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and a certified Homeland Protection Professional through the National Sheriff’s Association. He has a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of Missouri, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Truman State University. Andy additionally has completed graduate work at Kennesaw State University, Oglethorpe University, and the University of South Carolina.

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Emily Ambrose, MS, ATC

Director of Athletic Performance, Private Institute of Higher Education

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Critical Safety Issues to Consider in Your Return to Campus Plan

Emily Ambrose, MS, ATC is a Certified Athletic Trainer with 12 years of experience in the sports and performing arts industries. She is skilled in injury prevention, manual therapy, clinical Pilates, functional movement assessment, and corrective exercise prescription. Emily currently coordinates the Athletic Performance/Health and Wellness program for a college in the Los Angeles area.

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Jason Barr

Chief Revenue Officer, Healthy Roster

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Critical Safety Issues to Consider in Your Return to Campus Plan

Mr. Jason Barr started his career far from healthcare or technology, completing two combat tours in Iraq as an Officer in the US Army. Graduating from the United States Military Academy with an Engineering degree, he felt bound for a career in operations and analytics. After business school at Fisher College of Business, at The Ohio State University, he joined a 3-person software startup and had to build a business from scratch that quickly grew to 35 people and more than $1M ARR. Finding the B2B SaaS model was a great fit for his operational management and metrics-driven decision-making, he never looked back. Now in his 3rd SaaS growth company, Jason found a lifelong passion in delivering technology that helps enhance the delivery of healthcare at patient, provider, and health system levels.

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Sarah Barrett

Director of Training and Education, Clery Center

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Accounting for the “Other”: Examining Clery Act Emergency Notification Policies in Light of COVID-19 Response

Sarah works to deliver effective training and education programs across the country in support of Clery Center’s mission. She is also responsible for developing comprehensive and engaging curriculum for Clery Act Training Seminars, webinars, and events related to National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Sarah has spent the majority of her career in support of higher learning stateside and abroad, working as a Program Manager for international studies, a Language and Culture Auxiliar de Conversación in Northern Spain, and even an Assistant Dean of Students at one of the nation’s first land-grant institutions. Sarah identifies as an adaptive leader and has been instrumental in the development and implementation of various risk management initiatives, such as Youth Protection (Minors on Campus), Drug-Free Schools and Communities Acts (DFSCA), and the Clery Act. She has worked to build compliance programs from the ground-up, and has experience developing training programs and writing university policy. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Sarah is committed to identifying wholistic ways of supporting individuals both on and off campus. She holds an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy and is working to complete a doctorate in Applied Family Sciences with certificates in Human Services Administration and Leadership Dynamics.

Margo Bennett

Chief of Police, UCPD Berkeley

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Free Speech and Campus Unrest

Margo Bennett has over 36 years of law enforcement experience. She spent 13 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and investigated white collar & reactive crimes. Assigned to the FBI Academy in Quanticoa, Va., Margo developed training expertise in the areas of Interview & Interrogation, Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement, Violence in the Workplace, Hostage Negotiations, and various other fields of study. Margo holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Educational Psychology. In 2002, Margo moved to California and was the Administration and Outreach Captain for the University of California Police Department Berkeley. She was selected as the UCPD Berkeley Chief in April 2013. Margo resides in the San Francisco Bay area.

Guy Bliesner

School Safety and Security Analyst, Idaho Office of School Safety & Security

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your District

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Liability Considerations When Re-Opening

Guy Bliesner began his career in education in 1994 as a high school teacher and coach. Moving into administration in 2006 as the Safety and Security Coordinator for the Bonneville School District. While serving in that position he was named to the Idaho’s Governor’s School Safety Task Force. Also, during his Bonneville tenure, he was named a finalist for the 2011 Campus Safety Magazine’s national Campus Safety Director of the Year Award. In 2013 he left the district to form, with a partner, the private School Safety, Security, Risk Management consulting firm of Educators Eyes. This firm developed and implemented Idaho’s first statewide school safety and security condition assessment.

In 2016 he dissolved the firm to join, as a founding member, the newly created Idaho Office of School Safety and Security. He currently serves as the School Safety and Security Analyst assigned to schools in Southeast Idaho. His mission is to support the public and charter schools of southeast Idaho to bolster school safety through assessment, training and planning assistance.

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Abigail Boyer

Associate Executive Director, Clery Center

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Accounting for the “Other”: Examining Clery Act Emergency Notification Policies in Light of COVID-19 Response

Abigail Boyer has been with Clery Center since 2012, becoming Associate Executive Director in 2015. She leads the Clery Center team in providing educational resources, training curriculum, and technical assistance tools to help improve campus safety nationwide. She also manages the organization’s Office on Violence Against Women technical assistance grants designed to support institutions in enhancing their dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking prevention and response efforts. She also presents nationally on topics related to the Clery Act and campus safety. Prior to joining Clery Center, Abigail served as the Community Outreach Coordinator for The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc. where she was instrumental in the development and implementation of programs targeted towards law enforcement, colleges and universities, and other students, parents, and community members. Abigail earned a B.A. in Political Science at West Chester University and an M.S. in Organization Development and Leadership with a concentration in Adult Learning and Training at Saint Joseph’s University. She has been a contributor to Campus Safety Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, LA Times, and Huffington Post.

Kelly Charles-Collins, Esq

MBA, Attorney, Speaker, Author, Consultant, HR Legally Speaking

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Bystander Intervention: Stand Up, Speak Up, Act Up

Kelly Charles-Collins is an unconscious bias, bystander intervention and workplace investigations expert. For more than 20 years, Kelly has been empowering establishments of all sizes — from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies — to discover and leverage the true value of their workforce in order to stay on the right side of the next #hashtag movement.

Kelly makes complicated, difficult, and sensitive topics approachable. As the CEO of HR Legally Speaking, LLC, and an attorney, speaker, and author, she uses her professional experience, intuitive perspective and warm personality to help people gain a true understanding of how our minds can lead us in the wrong direction in work and life. She is also an award-winning TEDx Speaker on the bystander effect, the author of “ACE Your Workplace Investigations: A Step-by-Step Guide for Avoiding Friction, Covering Your Assets” and “Earning Employee Trust,” and has been featured on television and other media discussing her 4 C’s for safe bystander intervention: connect, create a distraction, call for help, and capture the incident.

Kelly’s presentations are interactive and thought-provoking. Through stories and her real-world experience, Kelly equips participants with realistic, practical tools they can implement immediately to overcome challenges in their workplace and daily lives. But she’s not all business – you never know when there will be music and dancing.

Nick Chernoff

Senior Threat Analyst / Trainer, Safer Schools Together (SST)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Evaluating School Climate and Culture: Ensuring Safe & Caring School Communities in the Age of COVID-19

Nick Chernoff’s background working in schools started with his role in the Surrey (British Columbia) School District in the safe schools department where he served as a safe school liaison for five years. He also spent time working as an outreach worker for youth at risk of gang involvement with the Surrey WRAP program.

Nick has been a member of the Canadian armed forces for more than five years in the infantry regiment. During that time, he has worked closely with various military intelligence units.

As a member of the Safer Schools Together team, Nick specializes in social media awareness and digital data collection. As a lead analyst, he collects social media data that is used to assist schools in both Canada and the United States in addressing worrisome and threat-related online behaviors.

As a speaker, Nick has years of experience as a trainer Safer Schools Together across North America. He provides presentations and workshops to school administrators and law enforcement on digital threat assessments. He also actively trains students, staff and parents on social media awareness and online safety.

Aaron Coles

CEO, Drift Net Securities

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19 — The Road to Re-Opening Your District

Aaron Coles founded Drift Net Securities on the principle that safety is a human right, especially for future generations of young people.

The events of the shooting at Columbine HS shaped Aaron’s experiences throughout his school years. Even as a very young person, he understood that these violent atrocities could happen to anyone at any time; his siblings, his friends, his school. In first grade he experienced his first lockdown and never felt safe in school again because he understood that his safety at school was in the hands of the adults around him.

He was always motivated by the desire to protect others, and after seeing rampage school violence played out again at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Aaron decided to focus his engineering skills on developing a solution that could be used for better prevention and crisis response in schools.

Aaron invented the KnowWhere Campus Safety System to fill the gap that he saw in the security industry and provide to schools the highest functioning and most affordable solution on the market today.

Leading Drift Net Securities as the CEO and CTO, he continues to innovate an industry that until now has been stagnant. Aaron often says that he measures the success of his work and Drift Net Securities by the number of lives protected, not the number of dollars collected.

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Clayton Cranford

Owner, Total Safety Solutions LLC

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Understanding Threats and Cyberbullying: Keeping Student Safe While at Home

Clayton Cranford is a Sergeant in a Southern California law enforcement agency and owner of Total Safety Solutions, LLC. He is one of the nation’s leading law enforcement educators on social media, child safety and behavioral threat assessments. Clay is the author of the definitive book on cyber safety for families, “Parenting in the Digital World.” He has served as a member of the Orange County School Threat Assessment Team, an SRO, and a member of the crisis negotiation team. He has investigated threats, weapon possession and violent crimes in K-12 schools throughout Orange County.

Clay has more than 20 years of teaching experience and has been a featured speaker at the National Conference on Bullying, the Southwest Conference on Human Trafficking, the California Association of Crime Prevention Officers, and the National Association of School Resource Officers.

He was awarded the 2015 National Bullying Prevention Award from the School Safety Advocacy Council and the 2015 American Legion Medal of Merit. Clayton is a sought-after media commentator on cyber safety and child safety issues. He has appeared on several TV shows, including “The Doctors,” NBC News, and CBS News.

Clay has a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice.

Scott Dennison

Senior Director, Product Management, Transact Campus Inc.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM

COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening Your Campus

Scott Dennison is the director of product management responsible for Transact Campus security products portfolio. This includes Transact’s door access, security management service, and mobile credential integration services, as well as Transact’s contact tracing services. Scott has 10 years of product management experience of wireless locks, access control and video surveillance. Prior to his product management career, Scott spent over 10 years in project management installing access control, video surveillance, intercom and other technologies in critical infrastructure projects across the United States. Scott has a bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from Indiana University.

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Chris Dorn

Senior Analyst, Safe Havens International

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Returning to School: Considerations for Those with Access and Functional Needs

Chris Dorn serves as a senior analyst with Safe Havens International. Chris has served as a board member with Safe Havens since he helped co-found the organization in 2001. He has served as a regional school safety specialist for a group of public school districts, and with Safe Havens he has performed assessment projects for hundreds of public, private, independent, charter and faith-based schools in 17 states. Chris’ project experience ranges from single-school districts to major metropolitan districts with hundreds of schools. He recently released his sixth book, Staying Alive: How to Act Fast and Survive Deadly Encounters and has recently been selected as a contributing author for an upcoming textbook on extreme violence by Cognella, Inc. His book Innocent Targets: When Terrorism Comes to School is a leading text on school terrorism and is in use by FEMA and DHS personnel in all 50 states.

Chris is a frequent guest author and presenter at national conferences and school safety training academies, and he was selected as part of a team to author course content for the Department of Homeland Security as part of the White House 2013 school safety initiative. At only 21 years old he was selected as an analyst for Jane’s, the highly regarded British defense, intelligence and public safety publisher. Since 1997 he has presented for hundreds of organizations in more 40 states including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Homeland Security, National Association of Pupil Transportation, Vietnam National University, and University of Tennessee along with regional, state and local law enforcement, homeland security, emergency management and school organizations. He regularly presents keynote and in-service presentations to educators, first responders and trade organizations.

Daniel Dusseau

Director Public Safety/Chief of Police, Northern Virginia Community College Police Department (NOVA)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening Your Campus

Daniel Dusseau is the director of public safety/chief of police at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and has been involved in public safety for more than 30 years. He served more than 20 years in a major urban police department and worked in or oversaw every aspect of police operations as a patrol officer and, eventually, a senior commander.

Dan currently oversees police and emergency management operations at the largest college in Virginia and one of the largest and most diverse in the U.S. Since his arrival at NOVA, he has successfully transitioned the multi-campus college into a centralized operation, with a well-regarded professionalized police department that has significantly reduced crime and established a greater culture of safety across the entire college.

Dan currently provides expertise in a variety of state and regional councils and task forces. As a result of his innovative efforts, Dan has received many awards, including the 2014 Campus Safety magazine Higher Education Director of the Year and the 2019 Virginia Governor’s Award for Administrative Excellence.

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Kevin Dorn

Vice President, Parsons

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Screening, Tracing, Testing: Rapidly Integrating Technology Systems to Protect Vulnerable Populations

Kevin Dorn is currently leading business development efforts to bring Parsons capabilities to support our clients’ fight against the COVID-19 crisis and now the return to the “new normal.” His role includes leading the strategic direction and new business efforts for the DetectWise™ product line, which include health screening devices, mobile lab infrastructure, and analytic software.

Prior to this role, Kevin has led business development efforts in the Cyber and Intelligence Market which focuses on provision of services and cyber platforms for the Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, as well as civilian agencies, state/local government and commercial clients. He has also served as Defense & Security Sector business development manager responsible for growth and execution of air & missile defense programs, including contracts with Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army, General Services Administration OASIS contract and other government agencies. Kevin joined Parsons in March 2010 and previously led efforts to grow Parsons’ footprint in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Jay Findling

Gang Specialist/Interfaith Community Crisis Chaplain, New York Gang Investigators Association (NYGIA)/New York State Chaplains Task Force (NYSCTF)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Compassion Fatigue: Helping Our Hometown Heroes

Dr. Jay Findling has been an educator for more than 25 years, focusing on student safety, emergency and crisis response in various K-12 settings. Paramount to his philosophy is the belief that educational and law enforcement agencies must collaborate if schools are going to become true safe havens. His work as a volunteer has allowed him to serve as an auxiliary police officer for large and mid-sized municipal police departments, as well as federal civilian volunteer divisions.

Jay is a certified as an interfaith crisis chaplain with the New York State Chaplains Task Force. He has received more than 140 hours of training in various FEMA coursesand has been certified as a trainer of ICS 100/700. He is also a certified New York Gang Investigators Association (NYGIA) specialist. His past collaboration with the New York FBI office resulted in him receiving the 2010 Director’s Community Leadership Award.

Jay has published articles focused on the understanding of basic gang issues in different communities and insight on ways to initiate collaborative efforts to develop intervention and prevention programs. He has presented at various state and national conferences on the topic of school safety and emergency preparedness, gang awareness, and compassion fatigue for non-law enforcement and first-response communities.

Shoshana Findling

Site Director and Professor, Touro College

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Compassion Fatigue: Helping Our Hometown Heroes

Dr. Shoshanah Findling has been a licensed counselor for 25 years and a professor of education for more than 15. Her specialty has been focused on early childhood education and school counseling.

Shoshanah previously worked as a high school counselor specializing in post-secondary readiness and related services. Her work has always focused on helping at-risk students and students with special needs. In 2017, she completed her training as an interfaith community crisis chaplain with the New York State Chaplains Task Force.

Christina Fisher, ATC

Athletic Performance Coordinator, Private Institute of Higher Education

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Critical Safety Issues to Consider in Your Return to Campus Plan

Athletic Performance Coordinator at a College in Los Angeles, CA, Christina Fisher, ATC is a Certified Athletic Trainer with 8 years of experience in the sports and performing arts industries. She has worked in a variety of settings including Collegiate Performing Arts, NCAA Division 1 Football and Track & Field, ACHA Division 1 Mens Ice Hockey, OCAA Men’s and Women’s Rugby in addition to High School and Middle School athletics. Christina is skilled in injury assessment and prevention, emergency evaluation and care, manual therapy techniques and creating individualized corrective exercise programs. Christina currently coordinates the Athletic Performance/Health and Wellness program for a college in the Los Angeles area.

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Trent Frazier

Executive Director of the Office of Campaigns and Academic Engagement, Department of Homeland Security

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Enhancing School Security: An Overview of SchoolSafety.Gov’s Free Resources

Mr. Trent Frazier is the Executive Director for Academic Engagement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In his role, Mr. Frazier leads the Department’s engagement with the academic community with a focus on building resiliency against the growing threats and challenges, both man made and natural, that confront U.S. academic institutions. In addition, Mr. Frazier oversees the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse, a partnership across four federal agencies to provide one-stop access to federal school safety resources, programs, and actionable recommendations to create a safe and supportive learning environment where students can thrive and grow. Prior to this role, Mr. Frazier has served in a variety of positions across the Department focused on border infrastructure, workforce management, and acquisition and program management. Through his efforts, Mr. Frazier has received the Secretary’s Award for Excellence and multiple leadership awards across the Department. He has a Juris Doctorate from Washington University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow, and has since been a fellow in the Harvard Senior Executive Fellows Program.Dr. Shoshanah Findling has been a licensed counselor for 25 years and a professor of education for more than 15. Her specialty has been focused on early childhood education and school counseling.

Guy Grace

Director of Security and Emergency Planning, Littleton Public Schools

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19:The Road to The Re-Opening of Your District

Guy M. Grace has worked in the security field for 33 years. He currently serves as the Director of Security and Emergency planning for Littleton Public Schools, a suburb of Denver. Guy began providing district security services to Littleton Public Schools (LPS) on 1990 after serving in the Military and college. Guy worked his way through the ranks in the security team when in 1999, Guy was appointed to head the LPS Security Department.

Guy is a recipient of many national and security industry awards and recognitions. Guy is a regular speaker at school safety trade conferences and a regular security media commentator for various trade magazines and media. Guy has created and assisted with developing many security related projects, protocols and practices that are utilized today in school safety. Guy also serves as a Director on the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (http://passk12.org/ ).

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Haden Gragson

Business Development Manager – Education, Avigilon

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Safety And Security Priorities Have Changed: What Can An Educational Institution Look Like In The New Normal?

Haden Gragson is a Business Development Manager in the Education sector at Avigilon. He spent his previous 13 years at the University of Mississippi where he managed the access control and video surveillance systems.

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James Gruenberg

Chief Mission Officer, GlobalFlyte, Inc.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Examining the 3 “C’s” for Effective COVID-19 Response and Recovery

James Gruenberg is a 30-year veteran of the fire, emergency medical, and disaster response services and is currently the Chief Mission Officer and Training Director for GlobalFlyte, Inc. Jim is most noted for his participation in the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (US&R) under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Not only was Jim one of the key leaders in the development of Ohio’s FEMA US&R task force, Ohio Task Force One, but he was also selected as a member of FEMA US&R’s command and control team called the Incident Support Team.

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Robin Hattersley

Editor-in-Chief, Campus Safety Magazine

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM

Welcome – National Anthem – Director of the Year Award Announcements

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening Your Campus

Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries wince 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the California State University, Long Beach.

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Janelle Hughes

Deputy Project Director, REMS TA Center

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM

Keynote: Recovering from All Threats and Hazards: Creating Community Partnerships So Your School and Campus Can Get Back on Its Feet

Janelle Williams-Hughes is deputy director of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Supportive Students’ (OSSS) Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center. In this role, she helps carry out the Department of Education’s aims for the center to provide technical assistance and training on K-12 and higher ed preparedness to local, regional, state, territorial and tribal education and emergency management agencies.

Stu Kippelman

Chief Information Officer, Parsons

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Screening, Tracing, Testing: Rapidly Integrating Technology Systems to Protect Vulnerable Populations

Kevin Dorn is currently leading business development efforts to bring Parsons capabilities to support our clients’ fight against the COVID-19 crisis and now the return to the “new normal.” His role includes leading the strategic direction and new business efforts for the DetectWise™ product line, which include health screening devices, mobile lab infrastructure, and analytic software.

Prior to this role, Kevin has led business development efforts in the Cyber and Intelligence Market which focuses on provision of services and cyber platforms for the Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, as well as civilian agencies, state/local government and commercial clients. He has also served as Defense & Security Sector business development manager responsible for growth and execution of air & missile defense programs, including contracts with Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army, General Services Administration OASIS contract and other government agencies. Kevin joined Parsons in March 2010 and previously led efforts to grow Parsons’ footprint in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Dr. Stacey Lambert-Johnson

Director of Student Success (DOSS) and Chief Learning Officer, The Academy of Scholars

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Safety And Security Priorities Have Changed: What Can An Educational Institution Look Like In The New Normal?

Our Director of Student Success (DOSS) and Chief Learning Officer, Dr. Stacy Lambert-Johnson is a 24-year educator who believes that God directs her path and continues to show her the way. After serving in the US Army, Dr. Lambert-Johnson began her career in education in Tallahassee FL in 1996 at Tallahassee’s first charter school. She was honored as “Teacher of the Year” her first year teaching. Dr. Lambert-Johnson was then led to Cleveland, OH where she worked as a 6th, 7th and 8th grade Social Studies and Language Arts teacher. During her second year in Cleveland, she was honored as the “Distinguished Teacher of the Year”.

She was recruited into an administrative position after her third year of teaching in Cleveland and began her assistant principalship at a prek-8th grade Montessori school, followed by a prek-8th grade Major Works (college prep) school. After only two years as an assistant principal, Dr. Lambert-Johnson was offered a principal position. The school that Dr. Lambert-Johnson was assigned to was in “academic emergency” and designated a “failing” school. After just four years at the school, Dr. Lambert-Johnson and her staff were able to move the school out of “academic emergency” to “continuous improvement”. Dr. Lambert-Johnson was then assigned to another PreK-8th grade school in Cleveland and remained there for 7 years, each year leading the school to achieve value added above growth, ensuring that students attained more than a year’s worth of growth in Reading and Math.

Dr. Lambert-Johnson took her talents from the inner city to the suburbs of Cleveland, to Parma, OH in 2014, becoming the first African-American elementary principal in Parma in 2014. While in Parma, Dr. Lambert-Johnson was instrumental in leading her staff through the change process of writing a building wide continuous improvement plan, growth plan and comprehensive Positive Behavior Intervention Support Plan. She worked with her staff to revise the school’s vision and mission aligning it to a more student centered approach where students having a voice and assuming leadership roles was the common goal. Dr. Lambert-Johnson worked with community members and parents to ensure continuity of the school’s vision and mission beyond the school walls.

In addition to her tireless efforts as an educator Dr. Lambert-Johnson is a 4th grade Sunday School teacher, an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and a mentor. She is also a mother and a “glamother”. She received a Bachelors of Science in social science, a Masters in social science education, and an Educational Specialist in elementary education from Florida State University.

She received a Masters in educational administration from Cleveland State University and a Doctor in Education from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Lambert-Johnson also holds a Superintendent’s license.

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Stephen Lopez

Chief, New Mexico State University (NMSU)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Managing The New Normal and The Impact on Campus Police/Security

Stephen Lopez is currently the Chief of Police for the New Mexico State University system. Lopez has been in campus law enforcement for over 30 years. He was adjunct faculty for 14 years teaching courses in criminal investigations and public health, and holds numerous law enforcement instructor certifications.

He has bachelor degrees in criminal justice and psychology, and a masters in strategic planning for critical infrastructures. He has taught at regional and national conferences, including the Campus Safety Conferences. He also conducts workshops in areas including integrating training in use of force, active shooter response, and select fire weapons for patrol. He is a regular facilitator and evaluator in tabletop, functional, and full scale exercises.

Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (OAS), SAMHSA

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Enhancing School Security An Overview of SchoolSafety.gov’s Free Resources

Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. is the first Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use. She obtained her Ph.D. from Yale University with a specialty in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She is board certified in General Psychiatry and in Addiction Psychiatry. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry with more than 25 years as a clinician, teacher, and clinical researcher. Most recently she served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals and as the Chief Medical Officer for the Eleanor Slater Hospital system which is Rhode Island’s state resource for patients with the most serious mental illnesses and medical illnesses requiring long term, inpatient care. She was also Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. Previously, she served as the first Chief Medical Officer for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Prior to coming to SAMHSA, she served at the University of California, San Francisco as a Professor of Psychiatry, as the Medical Director for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and as the Medical Director of SAMHSA’s Clinical Support Systems for Buprenorphine (PCSS-B) and Opioids (PCSS-O).

Dr. McCance-Katz has published extensively in the areas of clinical pharmacology, medications development for substance use disorders, drug-drug interactions, addiction psychiatry, and treatment of HIV infection in drug users. She served on the World Health Organization (WHO) committee that developed guidelines on the treatment of drug users living with HIV/AIDS. She has been a national leader in addressing the overprescribing of opioid analgesics and in providing consultation on management of patients with chronic pain and opioid overuse. She was a participant in the development of SAMHSA TIP 40 which provided the initial guidance to physicians utilizing buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid use disorder, contributed to the development and maintenance of the legislatively required 8 hours of physician training for prescribing buprenorphine products and has continued to be actively involved in the development and delivery of physician training on office-based treatment of opioid use disorders. She has been one of the architects of Rhode Island’s plan for addressing the opioid epidemic including new approaches to treatment in the form of a statewide system of Centers of Excellence in the treatment of opioid use disorder, new approaches to training in the utilization of DATA 2000 (Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000) to bring DATA waiver training to medical students, and going forward, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, and legislative/regulatory work addressing safe use of opioids in acute pain.

Dr. McCance-Katz lives in Cranston, Rhode Island with her husband. She has three grown children and one grandchild.

Imad Mouline

Chief Technology Officer, Everbridge

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Return to Campus: Contact Tracing and Beyond

Imad Mouline is the chief technology officer for Everbridge. In this role, Mouline is responsible for Everbridge’s market strategy, product roadmap, innovation, and research and development.

Mouline joined Everbridge in 2011, when the company acquired CloudFloor, an enterprise cloud management company where he was co-founder and CTO. Prior to CloudFloor, Mouline served as CTO of Compuware’s Application Performance Management Solutions division, which was formed when the company acquired Gomez, a provider of web performance management solutions, where Mouline was CTO. Before this, he served as CTO of S1 Corporation, a provider of financial services solutions.

Mouline is a regular presenter at industry, technology, and academic conferences, including APCO, NEDRIX, the World Conference on Disaster Management, Cloud Connect, Interop, Internet World, and the MIT CIO Symposium. He is frequently quoted in leading publications including The New York Times, USA Today, BBC News, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, Fortune, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, Network World, CIO Zone, and InformationWeek.

Mouline is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has been awarded five US patents.

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Lt. Joseph Pangaro, CPM, CSO

Director of Global Training and Security Consulting, IPVideo Corporation

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Illegal Drugs, Vaping, Bullying and Assaults: Protecting Areas on Campus Where Video Surveillance Can’t Be Used

Joseph Pangaro is a retired Police Lieutenant from Ocean Township, N.J., located in Monmouth County. Joseph is a Certified Public Manager (CPM).

Retiring after 27 years, Joseph took on a new challenge as director of school safety and security for a large school district in central N.J. In that position, he upgraded all safety and security practices and policies, as well as the physical security of the buildings for the district, and implemented a student and staff training program to bring leading practices to the district.

As the owner and CEO of True Security Design, he concentrates on providing the most up-to-date training programs for the law enforcement, school and business communities.

Session Sponsored By:

Michael Pendley

Director, Healthy Roster

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Critical Safety Issues to Consider in Your Return to Campus Plan

For the past ten years, Michael has helped businesses implement software to improve efficiencies and increase communications. In the last three years, Michael has worked with Higher Education and Health Care companies to implement software where security and compliance are essential.

Session Sponsored By:

Sarah Powell

Director of Emergency Management, Temple University

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your District

Sarah is the Director of Emergency Management for Temple University. She provides strategic direction, subject matter expertise, and operational coordination for the university emergency management and mission continuity programs. The scope of her work in that capacity includes test, training and exercises; critical incident management; emergency operations and mission continuity planning; preparedness education; and risk assessment and mitigation efforts.

Sarah has served as a consultant and subject matter expert for state and local government on projects pertaining to emergency management, public health, and behavioral health response. Sarah also serves as adjunct faculty member for Temple University’s Community and Regional Development program and Jefferson University’s Disaster Medicine & Management and Community & Trauma Counseling graduate programs. Over the past fifteen years, Sarah has additionally worked with a number of local, state, and national institutions on a topics that pertain to critical incident response and strategic planning, including business continuity and disaster recovery.

Session Sponsored By:

Amy Reddington

Show Director, Campus Safety Conference

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM

Welcome – National Anthem – Director of the Year Award Announcements

Amy Reddington is the Show Director of the Campus Safety Conferences (CSC) which is produced by Campus Safety Magazine (CS Magazine). She has been a passionate champion of the mission of creating safer schools. Since 2014, the Campus Safety Conference series has grown to become a leading voice and has impacted thousands of schools and institutions across the country.

Amy has over 20 years of event and media experience which includes a wide variety of industries and roles and includes major industry trade shows, executive-level conferences, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Amy resides in Massachusetts and spends much of her time at the hockey rinks and baseball fields cheering for her 11-year old twin boys.

Dr. Melissa Reeves, Ph.D., NCSP, LCMHC,

Associate Professor, Winthrop University

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Keynote: Mental Health and COVID-19: Caring for Others and Yourself in Times of Change and Uncertainty

Dr. Melissa Reeves, Ph.D., NCSP, LCMHC is an Associate Professor at Winthrop University. She is the Past-President of the National Association of School Psychologists (2016-17), a nationally certified school psychologist, licensed clinical mental health counselor, and licensed special education teacher. She has over 19-years’ experience working in public schools, a private school, and day and residential treatment programs. Dr. Reeves is a co-author of the PREPaRE Crisis Prevention and Intervention curriculum and travels both nationally and internationally training professionals in crisis prevention and intervention, threat and suicide assessment, trauma and PTSD, and cognitive-behavioral interventions. She is a senior consultant with Sigma Threat Management Associates and also an advisor for Safe and Sound Schools, an organization founded by two parents who lost their children in the Sandy Hook tragedy. She has co-authored multiple books and publications focusing on school safety and trauma.

Bronwyn Roberts, ESQ

Project Director, REMS TA Center

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM

Keynote: Recovering from All Threats and Hazards: Creating Community Partnerships So Your School and Campus Can Get Back on Its Feet

Bronwyn Roberts is the Director of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Supportive Students’ (OSSS) Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center. During her 11 years in this role, she has facilitated thousands of technical assistance and training sessions to K-12, higher ed, and state education agency entities nationwide.

Laura Schroeder

Business Development Manager, Motorola Solutions Inc.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Safety And Security Priorities Have Changed: What Can An Educational Institution Look Like In The New Normal?

Laura has been helping to secure campuses for over 20 years. She is currently the Business Development Manager for Education in the Southeast for Motorola/Avigilon.

Session Sponsored By:

Timothy A. Shaw

President and Chief Operating Officer, GlobalFlyte, Inc.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Examining the 3 “C’s” for Effective COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Timothy A. Shaw is a retired Special Agent with over 21 years as an investigator in the FBI and is currently President and COO of GlobalFlyte, Inc. As an FBI agent, Tim conducted complex criminal investigation of Columbian drug cartels, organized criminal gangs and terrorism organizations and spent eight years with the tactical SWAT Team. He also proudly served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He has a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University.

Session Sponsored By:

Gary Sigrist

CEO and President, Safeguard Risk Solutions, LLC

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your District

Gary L. Sigrist, Jr., is the CEO and President of Safeguard Risk Solutions, LLC. His career spans with more than 30 years as an educator, administrator and police officer. He is also a nationally known speaker, consultant, author and expert on emergency preparedness and on how to build relationships with first responders.

Gary was an educator and administrator for South-Western City Schools (SWCS) for 30 years. In 2008, he was named Project Director for Readiness and Emergency Management in Schools. SWCS is only one of a handful of school districts to win the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Grant in 2008 and 2010, under his guidance. He secured almost $1M in funding and resources through federal and state grants for SWCS to enhance safety, security and crisis management programs, as well as implementing the district’s visitor ID system and developing its Continuity of Operations/Disaster Recovery Plan and Food Defense Plan. He also led the re-engineering of the district’s two-way radio communication system and oversaw the implementation of its Mass Notification Plan.

Gary developed the only course approved and endorsed by the State of Ohio Division of Real Estate on Realtor Safety. His work with Law Enforcement, training from New Mexico Tech and the US Department of Homeland Security, and his work with members of the Columbus (OH) Fire Department Bomb Squad lead to the current training “Bomb Threat Protocols for Schools” that is being delivered to schools across the nation.

Gary is a certified Department of Homeland Security trainer for both the Law Enforcement Active Shooter Emergency Response (LASER) and Screening of Persons through Observational Techniques (SPOT) organizations. Gary earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Ohio University and a Master of Science degree in education administration from The University of Dayton. He also completed Ohio Peace Officers Basic Training through the Central Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Academy.

Session Sponsored By:

John Thomas

Executive Director/Chief, USC Department of Public Safety

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your Campus

John Thomas is a native of Los Angeles. Prior to his appointment to Captain at the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Public Safety (DPS) in October 2006, he spent twenty-one years as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) where he retired at the rank of Lieutenant in December 2005 to accept a position as Deputy Chief of Police for the University of the District of Columbia Department of Public Safety & Emergency Management in Washington D.C. He was promoted to USC Department of Public Safety’s Assistant Chief in February 2009 and Executive Director/Chief in January 2013.

A product of South Los Angeles, he graduated from Crenshaw High School before attending UCLA. He holds a BA in Political Science/Liberal Arts and holds a Master’s Degree in Executive Leadership from the USC Price School of Public Policy.

As a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Thomas worked patrol assignments in Wilshire, 77th Street, Southwest, Newton Street and Pacific Divisions. He was also assigned to the Department’s Gang Enforcement Detail in South Los Angeles, Operation South Bureau CRASH and worked undercover narcotic enforcement as a member of the Department’s FALCON (Focused Attack Linking Community Organizations and Neighborhoods) Unit. While assigned to FALCON he was awarded the City of Los Angeles’ City Angel Award for outstanding community enhancement and the Department’s Meritorious Unit Citation.

Chief Thomas has been on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Police Historical Society since 1999. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Challengers Boys & Girls Club in South Los Angeles, the Police Officers’ Association of Los Angeles County (POALAC) and the LAPD’s Association of Black Law Enforcement Executives (ABLE).

He is also a member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), the Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation and the FBI National Academy Associates.

Despite being a retired Los Angeles Police Lieutenant, he continues to “Protect and Serve” the people of Los Angeles as an LAPD Line Reserve Officer working patrol and other assignments throughout the city.

Session Sponsored By:

Paul Timm, PSP

Vice President, Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your District

Paul Timm, PSP, is the vice president of Facility Engineering Associates, a board-certified physical security professional (PSP), the author of “School Security: How to Build and Strengthen a School Safety Program” and a nationally acclaimed expert in physical security.

In addition to conducting numerous vulnerability assessments and his frequent keynote addresses, Paul is an experienced crisis assistance team volunteer through the National Organization for Victims Assistance (NOVA). He is certified in vulnerability assessment methodology (VAM) through Sandia National Laboratories and the vulnerability assessment methodology. He is also a member of ASIS International’s School Safety & Security Council and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials’ risk management committee. Paul recently earned his Master’s degree from Moody Theological Seminary.

Session Sponsored By:

Paul Timm, PSP

Vice President, Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your District

Paul Timm, PSP, is the vice president of Facility Engineering Associates, a board-certified physical security professional (PSP), the author of “School Security: How to Build and Strengthen a School Safety Program” and a nationally acclaimed expert in physical security.

In addition to conducting numerous vulnerability assessments and his frequent keynote addresses, Paul is an experienced crisis assistance team volunteer through the National Organization for Victims Assistance (NOVA). He is certified in vulnerability assessment methodology (VAM) through Sandia National Laboratories and the vulnerability assessment methodology. He is also a member of ASIS International’s School Safety & Security Council and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials’ risk management committee. Paul recently earned his Master’s degree from Moody Theological Seminary.

Session Sponsored By:

Alan Walters

Executive Director – Safety & Risk Management, Georgetown County School District

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM

General Session: COVID-19: The Road to Re-Opening of Your District

Alan Walters currently serves as executive director of safety and risk management for the Georgetown County School District, which serves approximately 10,000 students in coastal South Carolina. He also serves as a member of the South Carolina State Board of Education. In 2017, he was named Campus Safety magazine’s K-12 Director of the Year. Previously he served for 17 years as a summary court judge.

Alan also spent 17 years as a highly decorated law enforcement officer whose awards include being named South Carolina Deputy Sheriff of the Year and South Carolina Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. During his service, he held positions including investigator, SRO, crime prevention officer, SWAT operator, crisis negotiator and training instructor, which includes time in supervisory and command ranks. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Southern Illinois University and a Master of criminal justice degree from the University of South Carolina. He has been a presenter at local, state, national and international trainings.

Session Sponsored By:

John Weinstein

Commander, Strategic Planning and Outreach, Northern Virginia Community College Police Department (NOVA)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM

De-Escalating Problems When Frustrations Are High

Lt. Weinstein has served as a deputy sheriff and police chief and teaches at police academies in Northern Virginia. He has a PhD in international politics and is a nationally recognized expert in nuclear weapons command/control. He contributes regularly to Campus Safety and serves on its editorial board.