2020 ‘ ASTORS ’ Champion : Kathleen Kiernan , Ed .
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the traditional and non-traditional tools of terrorism .
Kathleen Kiernan , Ed .
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• Kiernan Group Holdings
CEO
• Excellence in Homeland Security
Dr . Kathleen Kiernan is the Founder and
CEO ok of the national security , educa- tion , risk management and compliance firm Kiernan Group
Holdings ( KGH
),
Chair Emeritus of InfraGard National
Members Alliance , and adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins
University and the Naval Post Graduate School
.
Dr . Kiernan developed
Preparedness without Paranoia ® the experience-based training in n awareness , preparedness , re- sponse and recovery training for active assailant and workplace violence pre- vention - and GOT Preparedness ® (
Got
Online Training ), both of which are high- ly regarded and endorsed by
AST , and built specifically for dispersed and re- mote workforces , and
KGH has trained thousands of individuals domestically and internationally .
Dr . Kiernan is a 29-year veteran of
Feder- al Law Enforcement , previously serving as the Assistant Director for the
Office of Strategic Intelligence and
Informa- tion for the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco ,
Firearms , and Explosives ( ATF
)
where she was responsible for the design and implementation of an
intelligence-led organizational strategy to mine and disseminate data related to explosives
, firearms and illegal tobacco diversion
,
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