Dr . Kathleen Kiernan is the Founder and CEO of national se- curity , education , risk mgmt , and training firm Kiernan Group Holdings ( KGH ), Chair Emeritus of InfraGard National Members Alliance , and adjunct faculty member at the Naval Postgrad- uate School .
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With a special focus on the ulti- mate soft-target , our Nation ' s schools , Kiernan believes pre- paredness is a mindset that when learned and when prac- ticed , can prevent ordinary days from turning into extraordinary ones due to an active threat in any form , including those posed by insiders .
A 29-year veteran of Federal Law Enforcement , Dr . Kiernan retired as Assistant Director for the Office of Strategic Intelli- gence and Information for ATF , serves as a subject matter expert for the defense , intelligence , and law enforcement commu- nities , and works with organiza- tions to make a difference in the world including the Business Executives for National Securi- ty ( BENS ) Resilience Council , the AFCEA Intelligence Committee , and the Center for Advanced Red Teaming ( CART ), University of Albany , SUNY .
Dr . Kiernan believes experience brings an obligation to foster professional development in others through mentoring and education which she does both inside and outside of formal classrooms .
She developed an approach to citizen engagement and ed- ucation to increase confidence and decrease victimization in active threat environments .
Her dedication to public service includes her support to Veter- an organizations and her 18- year participation in the Susan G . Komen 3-Day Walk to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research .
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