Robert Martin

• Senior Advisor, Gavin de Becker and Associates
• Senior Advisor, Violence Prevention Agency
• Captain of Los Angeles Police Department (1966 – 1994)
• Founder of the LAPD’s Threat Management Unit, the first of its kind in the nation
• Senior founding member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
• Member, National Speakers Association
• Spearheaded the development of Mosaic Threat Assessment Systems used to assess threats at schools and colleges, as well as domestic violence, workplace violence, judicial officials and public figures

James McGee, PhD

• Directs Forensic Psychological Services for Gavin de Becker & Associates
• Special Consultant to the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group
• Trained Executive Protection Specialist
• Director of Psychology & Forensic Services, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital (1983-2002)
• Served as Chief Psychologist of the Baltimore County Police Department
• Received FBI training in Advanced Hostage Negotiations and Threat Assessment and Profiling
• Diplomat of the American Boards of Forensic Examiners and Professional Psychology
• Member of the Gavin de Becker, Inc. MOSAIC-2000 development team responsible for creating a computer-assisted risk assessment method for use in schools

Sheridan Ryan, JD, PT, CPHRM

• Associate Director of Risk Management at the Medical College of Wisconsin
• Received training in October 2011 at Gavin de Becker & Associates' Advanced Threat
• Assessment and Management Academy in Lake Arrowhead, California
• Assisted with developing the MCW risk management department’s standard operating procedures for assessing and responding to threats and threatening behavior directed toward MCW’s 1600 full-time and 400 part-time providers
• Member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
• Formed MCW’s Threat Assessment & Management committee for managing threats against providers
• Prior to joining MCW's risk management department in January 2009, Sheridan worked as a plaintiffs’ personal injury attorney in Texas and Chicago, litigating medical malpractice and other injury cases. Before becoming an attorney, Sheridan practiced as a physical therapist in a variety of health-care settings.

Jonathan Wertz, JD, RN, CPHRM

• Director of Risk Management at the Medical College of Wisconsin
• Received training at Gavin de Becker & Associates’ Advanced Threat Assessment and
• Management Academy
• Developed the MCW Risk Management department’s standard operating procedures for assessing and responding to threats and threatening behavior directed toward MCW’s 1600 full-time and 400 part-time providers
• Member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
• Before joining MCW, Jon worked as an attorney in the litigation department at Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP. Prior to his legal career, Jon worked as an RN in the emergency department and ICU at Aurora-Sinai in downtown Milwaukee.