Mike Branch:  Safety Training Expert — San Diego
Mike brings invaluable experience to the company, subsequent to a seven year career in law enforcement. Mike earned an Associate of Science Degree in The Administration of Justice from West Valley College. He started his career as a sworn peace officer in 1989 with the California Highway Patrol where he served for five years. In 1994 he began working for the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety as both a Police Officer and Firefighter for two-and-a-half years. He enlisted in the Navy in 1996 and served our country as a U.S. Navy SEAL for eight-and-a-half years. He has conducted counter-terrorist operations throughout the world, including combat tours in Iraq and the Philippines.

Kevin J. McCormick – Safety Training Expert, San Diego
Kevin has over twelve years in law enforcement in the county of San Diego to include specialty training and experience in SWAT, dignitary protection, threat assessment, riot suppression and fugitive recovery and transportation. As a deputy in the jail system he also worked as liaison with the agency’s Gang Enforcement Team. Kevin’s previous and current assignments in protection included a team leadership role for the Saudi Royal Family Executive Protection Detail – Beverly Hills, CA to New York, as well as protection of celebrities and high level executives. Kevin’s experience allows him to bring invaluable “real world” insight to the company from a training and content perspective. 

Bill Stobbart:  Safety Training Expert - Content Consultant - Spokane
Bill spent over twenty years in the US Army Special Forces community operating in most geographic environments throughout the world. Over time he has served as a weapons, medical and intelligence specialist during numerous overseas excursions and as detachment commander during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan just after 911. His Third World peace time exposure gives relevance to personal safety strategies for those traveling nationally or internationally from high level executives to students and vacationers. 

Lesley Blakeway: Safety Trainer - Seattle
Lesley's focus on safety training began after surviving a violent assault fifteen years ago. She began training in Taekwondo, earned her black belt and went on to become an instructor, and then added a certification in SHARP (Sexual Harassment Assault and Rape Prevention). Lesley is the chief instructor at Edmonds Martial Arts in Edmonds, WA. Her formal education includes a Certificate in Technical Writing and Editing from the UW Extension, and a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Human Resources. She serves on several non-profit boards and has been an active volunteer in her local schools and community.

Larry Kaminer:  Safety Trainer - Seattle
Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa during the height of Apartheid, Larry developed a keen sense of situational awareness at an early age. The unstable nature of that society, extensive travel experience in Southern Africa and the Third World, and as a victim of several assaults, Larry brings a real world civilian perspective to the issue of personal safety. His insurance consulting background in workers’ compensation while in health care provided extensive experience in writing, organizing and presenting content.