Tuesday October 20, 2009 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Cost: $135
This workshop will focus on recent research in current campus safety issues. Content will be developed from data collected from institutions nationwide.
The presenters will engage participants in meaningful dialogue about issues such as behavioral threat assessment, campus violence prevention, crisis response preparedness and other related campus safety issues.
The workshop presenters are leaders in their field and have over 15 years of experience advising campuses nationwide through their firm, Margolis Healy Associates.
Dr. Gary J. Margolis Managing Partner, Margolis, Healy & Associates, LLC Chief of Police (ret.), University of Vermont Police Services Dr. Gary J. Margolis has more than a decade of higher education public safety experience as the Chief of Police at the University of Vermont, and more than nineteen years in policing. Under his leadership, UVM Police Services became a twice internationally accredited police agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for whom Dr. Margolis is a Commissioner. Dr. Margolis holds a Research Associate Professor appointment in the UVM College of Education & Social Services, and a faculty appointment at Norwich University in Northfield, VT. He offers courses in leadership development to masters and doctoral students in the graduate programs at both institutions.
He is a Past General Chair of the University & College Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the oldest and largest police association in the world, and a former member of the association's executive committee. Dr. Margolis is an active member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators as a member of the Government Relations Committee and Chair of the Education Committee. He is often called upon by the US Department of Justice and US Department of Homeland Security as a campus security expert. He is a much sought after speaker, consultant, educator, expert witness, and trainer on campus safety and security; security technology application; emergency response & recovery planning; and preventing violence against women crimes on campuses. In the Fall 2008, he evaluated the forthcoming iteration of the FEMA Action Guides for Emergency Response & Recovery.
Dr. Margolis has testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on matters relating to criminal justice. Prior to his role as the Chief of Police at UVM, Dr. Margolis was a training administrator at the Vermont Police Academy, responsible for the basic and in-service training of Vermont's police officers. He has a Masters Degree in Education and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont.
In January 2007, Dr. Margolis led a full-scale active shooter exercise on campus and has been featured as a key note speaker on the subject. Dr. Margolis is a graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Executive Education Program on Crisis Management and, in early 2008, traveled to Israel as an invited guest of the Israeli Government to study terrorism and share his expertise with the Israel National Police and Israel Defense Forces.
Dr. Margolis has been a featured speaker and panelist on emergency response and recovery with Mr. Healy at the annual meetings of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), and the National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS). His work has been featured in Police Chief magazine and the Campus Law Enforcement Journal magazine.
Steven J. Healy Managing Partner, Margolis, Healy & Associates, LLC Director of Public Safety (ret.), Princeton University Jeffrey J. Nolan, Esq., Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, PC Steven Healy was the Director of Public Safety at Princeton University from 2003 to 2009, where he lead the University's safety, security, and law enforcement programs. He is a Past President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), and served as a member of the association's Government Relations Committee for 12 years. He is a nationally recognized expert on the Clery Act.
As President of IACLEA, Steven contributed significantly to the national dialogue about campus safety and security in the aftermath of the tragic rampage-shooting incident at Virginia Tech University in April 2007. He has appeared on numerous news programs and talk shows including CNN with Lou Dobbs, ABC Nightly News, CBS, the Fox Network, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. He testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on the topic of "Security on America's Campuses." In May 2007, he was invited to testify before the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on the topic of "Best Practices for Keeping America's Campuses Safe." Steven was named one of the "Top 25 Most Influential People in the Security Industry" by Security Magazine.
In December 2007, he completed his term as the chairperson of the National Center for Campus Public Safety Advisory Board. In that role, Mr. Healy was responsible for leading the development of a strategic plan and framework for the National Center for Campus Public Safety. In February 2008, Mr. Healy was a featured presenter in a Plenary Session at the ACE Annual Meeting, addressing issues of "Campus Security, Response and Recovery in a New Era."
Prior to Princeton, Mr. Healy was the Chief of Police at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. He also served as Director of Operations at the Department of Public Safety at Syracuse University. During his tenure at Wellesley College, Mr. Healy was the IACLEA Regional Director for the North Atlantic Region and President of the Massachusetts Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. Mr. Healy is a 1984 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He spent 10 years on active duty with the United States Air Force as Security Police Officer. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Healy was the Operations Officer for the 95th Security Police Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base. Mr. Healy is a frequent speaker at national conferences and seminars on issues related to campus safety and security.
He serves as a subject-matter expert for the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice. He is currently leading an IACLEA special panel reviewing post-Virginia Tech challenges and concerns for the higher education community. At the request of the U.S Department of Education, he was asked to serve on a special working group developing emergency management planning guidelines for the higher education community. He is IACLEA's representative to the NACUBO "National Campus Safety and Security Project" and to EDUCAUSE's "The IT Role in Campus Safety" project. Mr. Healy was a featured speaker and panelist with Dr. Margolis on emergency response and recovery at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).
Jeffrey J. Nolan, Esq., Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, PC Mr. Nolan's litigation and counseling practice with Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. focuses on representing employers and institutions of higher education in employment and student-related litigation, advising employers and institutions of higher education on the resolution and legal implications of employment and student-related issues, and assisting employers and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of appropriate policies, handbooks and training programs. Jeff is an active member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA).
Mr. Nolan works with clients to develop sound risk management strategies and policies, and often speaks at client-sponsored training programs and public conferences on issues related to crisis management planning, at-risk individuals assessment and response planning, and related privacy and disability law issues. Example pertinent conference presentations include: a nationally-broadcast NACUA-sponsored Virtual Seminar, "Dealing with Distressed and Suicidal Students," (October, 2005); two sessions at the University of Vermont's Legal Issues in Higher Education conference regarding the Creation and Implementation of Emergency Response and Recovery Plans on Campus (October, 2007); a presentation on Understanding, Anticipating and Preventing Workplace Violence for the Vermont Human Resources Association (November, 2007); a NACUA annual conference discussion group, "Danger to Self/Danger to Others: The Suicidal Student" (June, 2002), and a number of presentations at UVM and client-sponsored conferences on student privacy laws, at-risk student and employee issues, and risk management strategies.
Mr. Nolan is listed in Chambers & Partners America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Labor and Employment law, in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Labor and Employment law, and in New England Super Lawyers in the area of Employment and Labor law.
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