Jeff Kaye is a co-founder of the International School Safety Institute, and the President of the consulting company School Safety Operations Inc. Jeff is a motivational speaker, the author of reference books covering areas related to school emergency management and safe school culture and climate, and a recognized expert in school safety. He took his twenty-five years of law enforcement experience with the Reno, Nevada Police Department and moved into the realm of school safety by taking a position as Director of Public Safety for a large Southern California K-12 public school district. Jeff and his team now consult and train schools, places of worship, and private industry staff on realistic ways they can stay safe, while remaining prepared to respond to any manmade or natural threat that may present itself. Jeff’s work has been source referenced in the creation of laws, policies, and procedures for school safety in the U.S. and Canada.

John Callery is the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA San Diego, California District Office where he leads and manages DEA Operations. The Office is currently concentrating on the growing opioid threat, Mexican Cartels and the enduring scourge of methamphetamine trafficking in the region.

John has more than 35 years of law enforcement experience beginning as a Police Officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) where he was also detailed to the prestigious USAF Presidential Honor Guard at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C., serving then President Ronald Reagan. John matriculated his law enforcement career as a DEA Special Agent in 1992, initially assigned to the DEA Los Angeles Field Division, with later overseas tours in Thailand and Malaysia.

He is a professional trainer and has conducted hundreds of lectures around the globe on a myriad of law enforcement, intelligence and counter terrorism topics. Since 2010, he continues his support of the education safety industry as a means to foster relationships between academia and law enforcement for enhanced efforts in school safety.

John earned a Master’s of Science in Counterterrorism-WMD from the Rochester Institute of Technology and Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from the University of Maryland. He also holds a Master Certificate in Conflict Management from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business.

Theresa Campbell is the President of Safer Schools Together, an organization focused on promoting a climate and culture of safety in schools and Executive Director, International Centre for Threat Assessment (ICTA).

Theresa established Safer Schools Together (SST) in 2008, to provide opportunities for extensive professional development in the areas of safe and caring schools and violence prevention. In addition to hosting training symposiums, SST has authored the Safe & Caring School Tool to measure the climate and culture of a school, as well as ensure best practices are followed and the Ministry of Education mandates regarding school/student safety are met. Recommendations from each assessment are aimed at ensuring that positive programs and proactive measures to address bullying, drugs and fighting are implemented, or enhanced, ensuring students, staff and parents feel safe and comfortable in their respective schools. SST was awarded the contract for the British Columbia Provincially mandated ERASE Bullying Prevention Training Strategy for which, Theresa is the lead trainer.

Theresa was identified 20 years ago by educational and law enforcement professionals as an innovative visionary and passionate leader in the area of program development and ensuring safe and caring schools. She developed the first web-based anonymous reporting tool to encourage students to get personally involved in ensuring the safety and security of their school. In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious 2008 Frederic Milton Thrasher Award for superior service in gang prevention.

Theresa is very involved in the community and has served on many boards and committees, liaising with various levels of government, police services, school districts, regional health and social services. She is also an executive board member of the Odd Squad VPD (Vancouver Police Department).

Previously as Manager of Safe Schools for the Surrey School District, she has been responsible for the conceptualization, development and implementation of many highly successful and comprehensive, evidence-based prevention and intervention programs, initiatives and resource materials aimed at enhancing student and staff safety. Many of these unique and innovative projects have also been recognized and implemented worldwide. Prior to the Surrey School District, Theresa spent 10 years with the Vancouver School District where she worked extensively with entrenched, at-risk and gang-associated youth.

Theresa is also the executive producer of five award-winning gang prevention documentaries and a certified trainer and consultant with the Canadian Centre for Threat Assessment & Trauma Response and serves as a representative on municipal, provincial and federal committees. She has been recognized for her work by all three levels of Canadian government.

Tim Ware is the School Safety and Security Coordinator for The San Diego County Office of Education. He is currently assigned to the San Diego County Emergency Operation Center where he serves as Education Liaison and spearheads the effort to mitigate the effect of the Coronavirus on the Education Community. He leads the effort to provide quality support in School Safety and Security for SDCOE’s Main Campus, satellite locations as well as the 42 school districts in San Diego County. His mission is to “have the greatest effect on the greatest amount of people in the shortest amount of time”.

Mr. Ware’s wealth of knowledge in School Safety and Security acquired as a Deputy Probation Officer for both juveniles and adults and 20 years serving as School Intervention Manager in the Public School System has prepared him well for the challenges found in today’s world of school safety. His experience in school safety includes developing Emergency Operation Plans, Crisis Response and building highly effective school safety teams. He is well respected for his work in coordinating prevention, response and recovery efforts with Law Enforcement and San Diego’s Military Community.

After a stellar Collegiate career at the University of Southern California (USC), Tim played professionally for the San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Raiders. Since retiring from the National Football League, Tim has diversified his skills by developing creative systems to advance school safety and developed creative programming for youth. Tim is an accomplished and dynamic speaker in the areas of Transformational Leadership, School Safety, the Role of Men in the Home and in the Community and a variety of topics from a Christian and secular perspective.