Hernando County Schools, Florida

Angel is the Director of Safe Schools for the Hernando County School District, dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of all students and staff. He brings over 33 years of law enforcement experience, which laid the foundation for his transition into school safety. Before assuming his current role, he served as a School Safety Guardian and later as the Assistant Director of Safe Schools for Hernando County. His extensive background supports a proactive, experienced approach to school security and emergency preparedness.

Avon Community Schools, Indiana

Deb has served as the School Safety Coordinator for Avon Community School Corporation since 2019, leading district-wide safety planning and emergency preparedness. She was instrumental in establishing the Avon Schools Police Department in 2020 and now oversees staff and student training, safety technology systems, and ongoing safety data analysis to support a secure and responsive school environment.

Spartanburg School District, SC

Jeff serves as the Chief Safety Officer for Spartanburg School District One and is a 30 plus year law enforcement officer serving 10 schools plus a career center in upstate South Carolina. Harmon began his Law Enforcement Career in 1995 and joined Spartanburg District One in 2022. Harmon is a graduate of Lander University and Spartanburg Methodist College. Harmon still serves as a Law Enforcement Officer through the Inman Police Department where he routinely fills in for SROs throughout the District.

Northshore School District, WA

Marco is in charge of managing community partnerships and volunteers for NSD and identifies new opportunities to strengthen and connect the NSD community in alignment with the district's mission and strategic plan goals

Crawfordsville Community Schools, Indiana

Rex is honored to serve as Superintendent of the Crawfordsville Community School Corporation, where he is dedicated to providing an exceptional, safe, learning-focused, and fun experience for the entire school community.  He has been a student, parent, teacher, coach, and administrator in Crawfordsville Schools.  Each of these roles provides him with an insightful perspective on school safety for students, staff, and the school community. He received his Bachelor’s from Wabash College, his Master’s from Olivet Nazarene, and his PhD from Indiana State University.  

Plymouth-Canton Schools, MI

Joshua Meier joined the Plymouth-Canton Community School District in October 2020 after retiring from the Canton Public Safety Department, where he served for 23 years in various public safety and leadership roles. He began his career in Canton as a Public Safety Service Officer, later becoming a firefighter/paramedic, and eventually rising to the position of Fire Chief. He went on to serve as Public Safety Director, overseeing the police, fire, ordinance, and emergency management departments. A Canton native and graduate of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Josh holds a bachelor's degree in Public Safety Administration from Eastern Michigan University. Since joining the school district, Josh has implemented numerous safety and security enhancements, including a state-of-the-art security operations center, access control systems, AI-enabled surveillance cameras, a visitor management system, and a mass notification platform. He has partnered with several vendors, including Motorola, to advance security systems and delivery models tailored to the public school environment. Josh remains committed to enhancing school safety and fostering a secure learning environment where all students can thrive.

Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Indiana

Ryan is the Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools for Hamilton Southeastern Schools, one of the fastest growing school districts in the state of Indiana with over 21,000 students.  He spent 25 years in the field of education as a teacher and administrator at the building and central office levels where he led efforts in professional development, school safety, student services, and human resources working tirelessly to provide a safe, welcoming space where students can focus on learning and simply enjoy being a kid.

Ryan developed a multi-layered approach to crisis management using best practices and prevention-based models in crisis prevention, crisis management, mental health awareness and suicide prevention.  He has trained safety experts, school administrators, SRO’s and teachers across the country on prevention-based models.

He has first hand experience helping schools and communities navigate the difficult path of the realities of crisis and tragedy.

Ryan took a short sabbatical from public education leadership in 2022 until late 2023 to become Director of SafeSchools at Safe Hiring Solutions where he helped guide development of Student Defender Solutions.

As a dedicated prevention specialist, he realized that he could drastically reduce the possibility of having to deal with  situations that impact the primary school goal of educating our kids.