Kenneth Trump, Ed.D., is the President of National School Safety and Security Services, a Cleveland-based national firm specializing in school security, emergency preparedness, school safety litigation consulting, and safety/crisis communications consulting and training. Ken has more than 30 years in the school safety profession where he has worked with school and public safety officials from all 50 states and internationally.
Ken earned a B.A. degree in Social Service (Criminal Justice concentration) and Master of Public Administration degree from Cleveland State University. Ken has more than 2,500 hours of specialized training including from the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) and the Advanced Physical Security Training Program from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). Ken earned a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Education with a research focus on school administrator strategic crisis leadership and
school safety communications in highly ambiguous and uncertain contexts.

Ken has authored three books, five book chapters, and more than 450 articles on school security and crisis issues. He is one of the most widely quoted school safety experts, appearing on all national news networks and cable TV and in top market newspapers. Ken is a member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, Education Law Association, National School Public Relations Association, and other associations.

Ken is a four-time invited Congressional witness testifying on school safety and emergency preparedness issues, and he testified on the role of the federal government in bullying at a hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Ken has testified on school security and emergency preparedness to the Connecticut Governor’s Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, the Oklahoma School Security Commission, the Council of State Governments, and other public policy agencies. Ken serves as a civil litigation consultant and expert witness on school safety, has briefed Israeli educators on school safety on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, and testified in Congress to the House Homeland Security Committee on schools, terrorism, and
emergency preparedness.