Meet the G.O.T. Preparedness Team

Kathleen L. Kiernan, Ed.D Founder

Dr. Kathleen Kiernan is the founder and CEO of Kiernan Group Holdings, a company built by practitioners, for practitioners.
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Dr. Gene Deisinger Behavioral Psychologist

Dr. Deisinger is President of Deisinger Consulting, LLC, a professional services firm specializing in protective intelligence and behavioral threat assessment & management services for an international base of clients.
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James Carlino, DBA Practitioner, Scholar

Dr. Carlino is a leading expert and trainer in the area of active shooter prevention methods, employee response training and security methods to prevent active shooters.
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Laura J. Falvey Ph.D Educator

Dr. Falvey is a career long educator in public elementary schools from Massachusetts to Alaska specializing in early childhood education. She is state certified and a twice-certified National Board Teacher in Early Childhood.
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Jim O'Brien, Ph.D Certified Emergency Manager

Dr. O'Brien has a distinguished forty years' record providing leadership, program management, planning, training and exercises in the field of emergency management.
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Laura Mannning Johnson, Ph.D Educator

Dr. Laura Manning Johnson most recently served at the National War College as the Department of Homeland Security Chair and a Professor of Strategic Studies.
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Dr. Michelle Ward Educator

Dr. Michelle Ward is a lifelong educator with experience in working with both K-12 and university level students for which she brings incredible energy and passion.
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Kathleen D. Timmons Chief of Healthcare Security and Strategy

Kathleen Timmons serves as the Chief of Healthcare Security and Strategy for KGH. She has 10 years of Corporate Security and Emergency Preparedness leadership in large hospitals and healthcare systems.
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Marcie Roth Advocate Expert

Marcie Roth is CEO of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, leading disability inclusive emergency management initiatives for 61 million people with disabilities across the US and over 1 billion people globally.
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Clare O'Loughlin Preparedness Without Paranoia® Program Manager

Clare O'Loughlin is an accomplished, results driven professional with over nine years of experience in Business Development, Account Management, Marketing, and Customer Service.
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DR. Crystal Lewis Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Crystal Lewis has ten years of experience as a grant writer, an adjunct professor, an academic researcher, and as a professional editor.
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David Song Chief Marketing Officer

David is transforming the way companies look at marketing and technology to yield success.
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Alan John Chief, Southeast Operations

Alan John is a nationally recognized trainer in both law enforcement and private security services in a multitude of topics including leadership, and active shooter mitigation techniques.
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Linda S. Millis Educator

Linda S. Millis currently leads the intelligence concentration in the Forensics and Legal Psychology Department at Marymount University.
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Kathy L. Francis Emergency Management Educational Leader

Kathy L. Francis has dedicated her career to service in education and public safety.
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Rachel Sisk Researcher

Rachel brings both an academic and analytic approach to her work at KGH. She supports the development of content for the dynamic Preparedness Without Paranoia.
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Chloe Sexton Researcher

Chloe Sexton is a Researcher for Kiernan Group Holdings. As a researcher, she assists with intelligence and analysis of various security and threat issues.
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Lindsey Hedrick Intelligence Research Analyst

Lindsey Hedrick is an Intelligence Research Analyst for Kiernan Group Holdings. She assists with the analysis and exploitation of open source data for various threat vectors, and researches state of practice content for curriculum development and training.
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