LeROY JaMES, CEO. MS.

Mr. James has over 43 years of law enforcement and security experience, and 23 years as an adjunct professor. He is a veteran of the US Air Force and has served as a Chief of Police, and Director of Public Safety at two major universities, and a community college. Mr. James has served as a Compliance Coordinator for a federal court-ordered Consent Decree, and a Memorandum of Agreement for a law enforcement agency. Mr. James has combined his professional and academic experiences to build L. K. James & Associates to serve the unique needs of todays campus police at universities, and law enforcement agencies across the country.

MELOYDE BATTEN-MICKENS, Ph.d., CEM

Dr. Mickens serves as the Deputy Director of Emergency Management for Prince George’s County, MD. She also serves as a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc - Emergency Response Task Force, and formerly served as a commissioner with the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Dr. Mickens previously served as the Program Director for public safety and emergency management at Gallaudet University, and Simmons University.

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lewis Eakins, ph.d., cpp

Dr. Eakins is the former Vice President of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness at Ivy Tech Community College. He is the former Chief Security Officer at Idaho State University, and the former Director of Public Safety at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Eakins is a nationally recognized emergency management expert, a graduate of FEMA’s National Emergency Management Executive Academy, and a nationally sought after conference presenter on the topics of active shooter preparedness, risk assessments, disaster preparedness, business continuity, and disaster resilience.

LARRY VOLZ, MS

Mr. Volz has over 39 years of law enforcement and security experience. He has served as Deputy Chief, Chief of Police, and Director of Public Safety at a major university, a smaller intercity university, and a large scale public library system. He has expert experience in patrol operations and scheduling management, support system operations for university policing, crime prevention/physical security management, large scale special event management, and adviser/designer of electronic security systems.