RC Miles, CPP 

RC Miles is a Security Executive with over 25 years of private sector experience in the design, development, and implementation of comprehensive security, investigations, and intelligence strategies in a variety of business climates and organizational cultures. He has led global security teams to create successful solutions in areas such as Executive Protection & Travel Safety, Special Events Security, Business Continuity, Emergency Response, Crisis Management, and Security Systems.

He is also an accomplished speaker and published author, having presented on Protective Intelligence: Surveillance Detection at the ASIS International Conference in Atlanta, GA in 2008 and on Trans-National Criminal Organization Activity for the US Department of State Consulate in Monterrey, MX in 2011. He’s written articles for Security Management Magazine, including the cover story in the July/August 2022 issue entitled “Battle Ready: Maintaining Operations in Conflict Zones.”

RC is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) from ASIS International and has held senior roles in multiple organizations, including Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Life Technologies, Callaway Golf, Samsung, Broadcom, and most recently at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation as the Global Director of Safety & Security. Prior to his civilian career, he was a Distinguished Military Graduate from Central Michigan University, where be obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in History, and spent 9 years serving in the US Army at various assignments around the world.

Maribeth A. Anderson, MPA, CSP 

Maribeth Anderson, MPA, CSP, is the Global Senior Director at Xylem, which is a water technology company committed to solving water challenges around the globe. She has been a dedicated risk mitigation, corporate security, and safety professional for over twenty years within a variety of industries.

She is an active member of the ASIS and the American Society of Safety Professionals.

Maribeth holds two undergraduate degrees from Lewis University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is also certified as a CSP through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.

Tracey Durner, ACAMS, CGSS 

Tracey Durner is Chief of Programs for the Global Center, responsible for the consistency and coherence of programs on counterterrorism and preventing violent extremism. She specializes in anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), sanctions, asset freezing, cryptocurrency, risk assessment, and de-risking. For more than ten years, she has conducted field resarch, policy analysis and led the design, implementation, and evaluation of capacity-building programs on AML/CFT with government and private sector across across Sub-Saharan African and Southeast Asia. She holds a BA in international affairs and political science from Northeastern University, and MPA from the University of Missouri.

Rawlings Miller, Ph. D.

Dr. Rawlings Miller has deep experience assessing the impacts of physical hazards on lifeline sectors and working with stakeholders to develop implementation plans to reduce risks. She has led a range of vulnerability and risk assessments including significant experience with the built environment, leading or supporting sector-based studies and adaptation planning for transportation, energy, telecommunication, and water from municipality to country-scale from project-scale to system-scale. More recently, many of these assessments include considering economic consequences and disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations and infrastructure.Dr. Miller has provided technical and project management, direction, and support across a myriad of risk-related topics for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Defense (DOD). Dr. Miller was invited to be on the federal steering committee and a co-author of the congressionally-mandated Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report. She has also served as a subject matter expert (SME) in climate resilience for the federal government.

Larry Fitzgerald, CPTED, CPP, PSP, PG 

Mr. Fitzgerald manages TRC’s Security & Emergency Management practice nationally. He has a unique blend of security consulting, design and emergency management experience developed over a 34-year career. Mr. Fitzgerald has consulted on security at convention centers, K-12 schools, refineries, government centers, power generation facilities, universities, chemical plants, city halls, passenger rail facilities, court houses, law enforcement and first responder facilities, emergency operations centers and security operations centers as well as numerous government and commercial sector facilities.  He has written several security articles and white papers, presented security and emergency management topics at conferences and trained newer professionals in the field. He has responded to catastrophic events from both natural disasters as well as terrorst events.   

Nicole Persaud

Nicole Persaud is the Head of Global Safety & Security at Samsara with over 17 years of experience leading diverse teams operating in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. Nicole focuses on using human-centered safety, security and emergency management strategies to enable workers to thrive while protecting them, assets, IP and brand reputation.

Diana Concannon

Diana Concannon, is a forensic psychologist, ASIS Professional Certified Investigator, and Association of Threat Assessment Professional Certified Threat Manager. Diana is Chair of this year’s GSX Conference and Chair of the Extremism and Political Instability Community. She has more than two decades’ experience providing threat management and crisis intervention services in myriad contexts. She conducts workplace violence investigations, assists agencies, corporations, and educational institutions to establish threat assessment teams and workplace violence prevention programs, and administers psychological evaluations, including fitness-for-duty and violence risk assessments. She has authored books related to kidnapping investigations and neurocriminology. Dr. Concannon is licensed as a psychologist in California, New York, Washington DC, and Utah. She is Dean of the California School of Forensic Studies at Alliant International University, and Principal at CPW Consulting Group, Inc. and Specialized Training Services, Inc.

Dennis Shepp, MBA, CPP, PCI

Dennis Shepp has over 44-years experience in North America and the Middle East as a security management practitioner. He worked with Saudi Arabia’s national energy company, Saudi Aramco, as a corporate security advisor for projects in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam, KSA. He currently has his own consulting firm, Dennis Shepp Professional Development Inc.

Dennis was a faculty member at the University of Calgary, University of Alberta and CNA-Q college in Doha, Qatar, instructing security management and investigations certificate courses.

Dennis remains a faculty member and advisor for ASIS International, facilitating online, virtual CPP study groups. Dennis has his MBA (Master Business Administration) from Royal Roads University, is a Life ASIS Member, CPP^®; PCI^® and CFE (Ret). 

Lee Neutzling, PSP

Lee Neutzling currently holds the position as the Security Program Manager for AWS.  He currently is responsible for a variety of tasks including; physical security, security officer management, investigations, and asset protection.  Lee has been responsible for global physical security and loss prevention operations and investigations, along with executive protection responsibilities.  He has managed multi-million-dollar contract security service contracts and numerous physical security projects and installations.  He also serves as a Deputy Chief Security Officer (CSO) through American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) CSO Roundtable.

In the fall of 2008, Lee graduated from the FBI’s Citizen Academy; which teaches community leaders more about the FBI and how the private sector can work with the FBI to help fight crime.  Lee has attended several training sessions conducted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that ranges from conducting risk assessments to bombing incidents.  In August of 2010, Lee received his Physical Security Professional (PSP®) certification through ASIS.  This designation is for those whose primary responsibility is to conduct threat surveys, design integrated security systems that include equipment, procedures and people, or install, operate and maintain those systems.  In 2011, Lee joined the Ohio State Highway Patrol Auxiliary and currently holds the rank of Major. Auxiliaries assist Troopers in a variety of tasks and events which include:  patrol duties, OVI checkpoints, criminal patrol, assisting with large public events such as the Ohio State Fair and numerous Ohio State University functions such as football games natural disasters.  In 2012, he earned his Masters of Arts Degree in Security Management from American Military University.  Since earning his Master of Arts, he continues to learn more about security by attending training sessions conducted either by Federal, State, or local law enforcement and/or private sector.  Some of these training sessions include conducting interviews and interrogations, conducting threat and vulnerability assessments, incident response to terrorist bombings, active shooter and directive threat training, and others.

He participates in several other security and community organizations; these include American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) where he served as a past board member, the FBI Citizens Academy, InfraGard which is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector for information sharing, and Financial Institutes Security Organization (FISO). Lee also served as a board member for the Canton Domestic Violence Project Inc. and committee member of his local Boy Scout Troop. He enjoys running and has completed several 50k Ultras.

Kevin T. Doss, MS, CPP, PSP

Kevin T. Doss, MS, CPP, PSP has over 33 years of experience providing protective services in high-risk environments across the globe. As a consultant, Mr. Doss has worked with the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group, the United States Special Operation Command, the US Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Secret Service, along with many other federal and state agencies. His experience includes performing a Threat, Vulnerability Risk Assessment of the entire 51-mile Canal Zone in Panama as well as a security assignment involving the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Kevin provides expert advice and instruction on security matters involving the protection of critical infrastructure, regulatory compliance, risk management, physical security and workplace violence.

Kevin’s educational credentials include a Master’s of Science Degree in Security and Risk Management from the University of Leicester, UK, and two ASIS board certifications: Physical Security Professional (PSP) and Certified Protection Professional (CPP).

Mr. Doss is the ASIS International (ASIS) PSP Board Certification Advisor and the lead instructor. He is also an adjunct ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Board Certification Advisor and instructor. Kevin has written and published multiple chapters on security related topics and is co-author of the book titled, ‘Active Shooter: Preparing for and Responding To A Growing Threat (2015)’. He also is the author of the Physical Security Professional (PSP) Study Guide, 2nd Edition (2011) and the Physical Security Professional (PSP) Study Guide, 3rd Edition (2019).

In addition to his work-related and educational contributions, Kevin also volunteers his time as the Mentoring Director for the Yokefellowship Prison Ministry, which focuses on being an integral part of a returning citizens personal development after their release back into society.