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Our team is passionate about your success. We provide advisory services and consulting for corporate security practitioners and their organizations. The vast majority of our team held corporate security leadership positions, so they know the issues and how to solve them.

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Leadership

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- Bob

Bob Hayes is the principal architect and founder of the Security Executive Council (SEC). He...
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- Kathleen ("K2")

Kathleen Kotwica, PhD, is EVP and Chief Knowledge Strategist for the Security Executive Council (SEC)...
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Professional Staff

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- Deborah

Deb joined the Security Executive Council at the end of 2021 and has been responsible...
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- Elizabeth

Since 2005, Liz Lancaster-Brisson, M.C.J., has been responsible for planning, processes and project management for...
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- Greg

Greg is the Director of IT and Product Technology for the Security Executive Council (SEC)....
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- Matt

An experienced law enforcement professional with over 11 years’ experience in security, public safety, and...
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- Rob

Director of Finance for the SEC, and experienced business and financial services professional with over...
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Emeritus Faculty

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Tom Bello

Tom Bello is a senior risk management and global security professional with 38 years of...
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George Campbell

Congratulations to George on being awarded the 2020 OSPA Lifetime Achievement Award! Click here for...
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Dean Correia

Former Affiliation: Wal-Mart Canada Corp. Dean has had a career in operations and loss prevention...
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Pam Dost

Pam Dost started her 40-year career at Boeing working on proposals and classified programs. She...
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Francis D’Addario, CFE, CPP

Congratulations to Francis on being awarded the 2022 OSPA Lifetime Achievement Award! Click here for...
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Phil Hopkins

Phil Hopkins retired in 2016 as the Vice President of the global security team at...
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Neil R. Johnston

Neil Johnston offers experience as former Security Technical Operations Senior Manager of The Boeing Company...
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Radford Jones

Rad Jones is an instructor in the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, where...
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Mark Kelly

Mark has more than 25 years of experience managing global security programs for major multi-national...
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Patricia Ketchum

Tricia recently retired from a 30-year career at Fidelity Investments, a multinational financial services corporate...
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Bill King

Bill King boasts over 40 years of military and contract security experience. Bill spent 27...
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John Kingsley-Hefty

John Kingsley-Hefty is an experienced security consultant whose leadership, accountability, communication skills, and project management...
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Herbert J. Mattord

Herbert J. Mattord, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP is the Director of Undergraduate Education and Outreach in...
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Jerome Miller

Mr. Miller is a military veteran with an extensive law enforcement background. He retired from...
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Gregory R. Niehaus

Gregory Niehaus is associate dean for research and academics at the University of South Carolina's...
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John W. Piper

John W. Piper retired from the US Secret Service in 1991 after having served as...
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J. David Quilter

J. David Quilter is a Security Executive Council Emeritus Faculty Member and author of FROM...
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Dan Sauvageau, CPP

Dan Sauvageau retired from Fidelity Investments in 2019 as Senior Vice President of Global Security...
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Captain Chris Schaffer USCGR (ret)

Chris Schaffer is a senior crisis management and global security professional with 35 years of...
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John P. Slattery

John Slattery is a security consultant specializing in intelligence-driven solutions. He provides a wide array...
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Matt Vaughan CFE, CPP

Matt has 30 years of security and risk experience in multiple industries including technology, industrial...
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Steve Walker

Mr. Walker is a Senior Partner of the Foushée Group Atlanta, Inc. He has more...
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Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D.

Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP is the Executive Director of the Institute for Cybersecurity...
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Advisory Board of Visionary Leaders

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Whit Chaiyabhat

Whit Chaiyabhat, CPP, MBCI, CEM, CBCP is the Vice President and Head of Global Security...
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Ted Fahy

In 2020, Ted was appointed Head of Global Security & Resilience for Organon (a small...
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Herbert J. Mattord

Herbert J. Mattord, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP is the Director of Undergraduate Education and Outreach in...
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Geoff Shank

Geoff Shank joined Abbott as the Divisional Vice President, Global Security in November of 2016....
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Duaine Styles

Duaine Styles joined Globe Life in March 2015 and serves as their Chief Security Officer....
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Greg Wurm

Greg Wurm is the Vice President, Chief Security Officer at Anthem, Inc., a Fortune 23...
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