Mr. Charles “Chuck” Kelley is a 39-year law enforcement veteran and a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Mr. Kelley started his law enforcement career after receiving his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Southwest Texas State University

Dr. Sean Maika is entering his 29th year in education, serving the students and community of the North East Independent School District for 15 of those years. Most of his career has been spent in schools – first as an elementary school

Dr. Celina Bley is the Associate Director of Training and Education at the Texas School Safety Center, located at Texas State University. She started at the Center in February 2019 and brings with her 18 years of district administrator experience in the

Angelina Hudson is the Executive Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.  Prior to her current role, she served as NAMI Greater Houston’s Vice President of Programs and Partnerships where she supported earlier identification of those facing a mental health condition,

Dr. Jo Ann Fey is the 20th Superintendent of Schools for Killeen Independent School District. Before transitioning to Killeen ISD, she was the Superintendent of Midlothian ISD. She grew up in San Antonio and attended Southwest High School. It was there she

Chief Marlon Runnels is a Houston native and a Klein ISD parent. He is a seasoned police administrator with 16 years of experience providing protection, safety, and security to students throughout the greater Houston area. His time working in Klein has afforded

Todd Pauley serves as the Deputy CISO and Cybersecurity Coordinator at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Along with being responsible for internal infosec functions at TEA, he also works with districts and education service centers around the state to promote cybersecurity. With

Officer Dingman has been a commissioned police officer in the state of Texas since December 2020. He has a Bachelors in criminal justice from UTSA. He worked as a school resource officer for a year and a half and is currently assigned

Special Agent Steven Lupo is a former police officer and detective, who has been with the FBI over 20 years. Agent Lupo is the Active Shooter  coordinator for the Houston Division of the FBI, an 18-year member of the SWAT team, and

Dr. Kimberley Cantu is in her 32nd year of service in public school education with 25 years of service to MISD. She began her career as a teacher and coach at Llano High School in 1992. The following year, she accepted a