With 28 years of experience in educational leadership, this school safety expert focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of safety policies and crisis response systems across K–12 environments. She provides expert witness services in school safety and administration matters, with work centered on safety planning, policy development, and crisis response. She is also the founder and director of a national school safety organization that delivers training and consultation. Her expertise includes school safety and violence prevention, including threat assessment management, active shooter response, bomb incident management, parent reunification, emergency planning, and district-level safety practices, along with the development of training programs and curriculum for educators and professionals.

Her professional background includes serving as a professor of educational administration and leadership, as well as prior roles as a principal and curriculum director with responsibility for operations, policy implementation, and student safety initiatives. She is a certified instructor and master trainer for federal emergency management and homeland security programs. Her litigation experience includes cases involving student assaults, bullying-related harm, supervision issues, accidental injuries, and emergency response concerns.

She has authored research publications and a book on school safety and holds a Doctorate in Educational Administration, an Educational Specialist degree, and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, along with superintendent and principal licensure.