Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker who is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime.

Colonel Grossman was a West Point Psychology Professor, Professor of Military Science, and an Army Ranger. He combined his experiences to become the founder of a new field of scientific endeavor that has been termed “killology.” In this new field, Col. Grossman has made revolutionary contributions to our understanding of killing in war, the psychological costs of war, the root causes of the current “virus” of violent crime that is raging around the world, and the process of healing the victims of violence in war and peace.

Colonel Grossman has been called upon to write the entry on “Aggression and Violence” in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence, and numerous entries in scholarly journals, including the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.

David Corderman

David S. Corderman, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized leadership training professional with extensive experience working with the law enforcement community. His distinguished career includes four years as an infantry officer in the U.S.M.C and 24 years in the FBI as a special agent.

During his law enforcement tenure, he served for eight and half years on the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team, taught numerous law enforcement leaders, and retired as the Chief of the acclaimed Leadership Development Institute. In his last assignment, he was responsible for all the leadership training in the FBI, including the 30,000-member work force and all the outreach leadership programs for international, federal, state, and local law enforcement executives.

Dr. Corderman is the recipient of several awards for bravery and merit, either individually or with others, including the U.S. Attorney General’s Award, the Attorney General’s Special Appreciation Award, the FBI Agents Association Award for Excellence, the FBI’s Shield of Bravery, the FBI’s Medal of Merit, and Department of Justice Certificate of Special Recognition.

Gary Klugiewicz

Gary Klugiewicz is an internationally known defensive tactics instructor. He retired after 25 years of service as a captain at the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. Gary’s name is synonymous with the development of safe but realistic, intense, dynamic simulation training. His programs are known for their no-nonsense, interactive methodology. Gary helps his students translate classroom theory into real-life, performance-based training.

Gary collaborated with the late Dr. George Thompson of the Verbal Judo Institute to develop specialized training programs. These programs provide the tactical application of the basic Verbal Defense and Influence Program (www.VerbalDefenseandInfluence.com). His Combat Verbalization tactics demonstrate how to apply the “LEAP keeps you SAFER 8 to 5 Concept” to initial contacts, disturbance resolution, physical intervention, and subject debriefing.

Gary provides consulting to offer solutions to workplace challenges and the development of special programs for police, corrections, military, security, mental health, and health care organizations.

Brice Allen

Brice Allen began his career as a police officer in 1999 with the City of Boca Raton, Florida, Police Department. He has held assignments in uniform and plain-clothes patrol, Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.), and Criminal Investigations. Specializing in criminal intelligence gathering, tactical operations, and violent crime investigations. Brice was a member of the International Homicide Investigators Association, the Palm Beach County Special Operations and Leadership Association, and his department’s Critical Incident Debriefing Team.

In 2011, Brice joined the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security as an Intelligence Analyst assigned to the Tennessee Fusion Center. As Senior Intelligence Analyst, his responsibilities included coordinating daily operations, tactical intelligence analysis, and domestic terrorism/domestic extremism analysis.

In 2012, Brice was promoted to Homeland Security Training Coordinator, responsible for the development of statewide homeland security training programs.

Glenn Bard & Steven Dempsey

Glenn Bard is a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class and U.S. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm. In 1999, Glenn began Computer Crime Investigations for the Pennsylvania State Police and has since investigated crimes across the United States, ranging from child pornography to criminal homicide. Glenn has also conducted forensic examinations for city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, US Postal Inspectors, and I.C.E. as well as foreign governments.

Steven Dempsey is a 14-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police, where he has been a member of the Forensic Services Unit since 2003. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, with a degree in Psychology and Medical Sciences. Steve has investigated incidents ranging from child pornography to criminal homicide and has conducted computer forensic exams in a variety of criminal applications. He has testified as an expert witness relative to his knowledge in evidence collection and preservation. Steve is currently a faculty instructor at the Westmoreland County Community College in the area of digital forensics.

Fred Campbell

Fred Campbell, Ph.D., Deputy Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction was the training director of more than 4,000 employees at the Arkansas Department of Corrections and former chairperson of training for more than 50,000 state employees. Dr. Campbell has over 24 years of experience in law enforcement and has received more than 25 prestigious commendations and awards, including Who’s Who in Law Enforcement, Honorary State Police Colonel, Honorary Doctorate Degree, Governor’s Award of Merit, Five Governor’s Quality Management Awards, Lifesaving Award, Excellent Service Award, J. Edgar Hoover Gold Medal for Public Service, Arkansas Department of Corrections Supervisor of the Year, State of Arkansas Supervisor of the Year, Gold Medal State Judo Champion, and The Silver Star for Bravery.

Dr. Campbell currently serves as Deputy Warden at the Arkansas Department of Correction and is responsible for religious services, accreditation, mental health, medical services, training/education, food services, mail, councilors program, recreation, sex offenders program, school district, and parole.