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Trinity Security Allies will host the 2nd Annual Church Safety and Liability Conference on Saturday September 15, 2018 from 8 am - 3 pm at Generations Christian Church. Doors will open at 7 am for registration and breakfast.
Stay tuned as we continue to add our confirmed speakers for this years upcoming event. Contact Wendy@TrinitySecurityAllies for groups of five or more for a group discount or if you would like to send a check instead of paying online. **Host Hotel**RSVP by August 17 for guaranteed rate of $109 per night. The Holiday Inn Express is offers a free daily hot breakfast buffet ($10 value) and free WI-FI. We have a 24 hour business & fitness center, an outdoor hot tub and heated pool. Each room has a 50’ flat screen T.V., microwave, refrigerator & Keurig. Call 727-835-7820 to make reservations with the front desk using your 3 letter code CSC (Church Safety Conference). For more information click the link below. Holiday Inn Express |
Kevin Smith, CEM
Director, Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives
Department of Homeland Security -
A Center of the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative
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**Due to the hurricane, Kevin Smith is not able to join us. Jim Howard will be discussing the assaults against children - not just in the Catholic Church**James “Kevin” Smith became Director of the DHS Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives in July 2018 (DHS Center). Mr. Smith is a Certified Emergency Manager who has worked with faith and community based organizations for more than 20 years. Most recently, Mr. Smith served as the State Director for Emergency Disaster Services for The Salvation Army, Florida Division.
In 2001, Mr. Smith served multiple roles for the Salvation Army following the attacks on September 11. In 2004, he supported recovery efforts as the Area Commander for Salvation Army disaster relief in Florida following the unprecedented hurricane landfalls that year. For Feeding America, America’s largest network of more than 200 local and regional food banks, he coordinated immediate response efforts for Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi, and then supported their recovery operations for the entire Gulf Coast. From 2005-2008, Mr. Smith served as the National Disaster Specialist with Feeding America. His primary role was to build resilience and response capacity within food banks and community based organization member agencies. In 2008, Mr. Smith returned to the Salvation Army where he served as the Florida Area Commander for all Salvation Army disaster response efforts until he left to join the DHS Center. While in Florida, he led the Salvation Army’s efforts to support the 2016 Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew and the 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Outside Florida, he also supported the Salvation Army for the Haiti earthquake response in 2010, and served a leadership role during the South Carolina floods in 2015, and Hurricane Harvey in 2017 in Houston, Texas. As the Director for the DHS Center for Faith and Opportunity initiatives, Mr. Smith and his team promote developing partnerships between the public, faith and community based organizations, emergency managers and first responders to strengthen the resilience of our nation. This includes increasing faith-based and community engagement in support of the DHS Blue Campaign, the unified voice for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to combat human trafficking. In 2015, Mr. Smith completed Harvard University’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. He received the Distinguished Service Award at the National Hurricane Conference in 2005, and again at the Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference in 2018. |
Mark Lee, Developer at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. Mark's focus is on creating innovative software to keep children safe.
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Mark Lee is a developer at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He originally hails from Missouri where he graduated from Central Christian College of the Bible in 2007. Even before leaving college, he began his career in family ministry where his passion for technology in the church emerged. This eventually led him to Southeast where his focus of work has been on creating innovative software to keep children safe. He and his wife Heather have been married for ten years and have four children --all boys. Mark has worked with churches of all sizes and is looking forward to sharing his experience. Click HERE to see Mark's presentation.
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Jim Howard, Executive Director, Trinity Security Allies and President/CEO, Tampa Bay Security Allies
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Jim Howard was born and grew up in the Fort Worth, Texas area. At age 18, Jim, following his dream of becoming a police officer, joined the Air Force Reserves to be a part of their Security Forces. At 21, Jim then joined the Norfolk Police Department.
Over the next 26 years, Jim played several roles in the Norfolk Police Department, including Vice and Narcotics Investigator, Crisis Negotiation Trainer and Supervisor, General Instructor, Y2K compliant Project Manager, working his last two years as a Patrol Sergeant. Jim retired in 2001 where he later spent time doing worldwide security operations analysis and executive protection at the World Bank in Washington DC. In late 2002 Jim brought his family to Florida where he spent the next four years working with a public safety software company which eventually led him back as a detective for the Belleair Police Department. Leaving Belleair in January 2017, Jim is currently serving as an auxiliary police officer with the Port Richey Police Department. Jim is also currently an adjunct instructor for St. Pete College - instructing legal, crime scene to courtroom classes and lead firearms instructor. Jim started working with churches in 2006, educating them on how not to be a soft target and is now a safety consultant for Generations Christian Church in Trinity, Florida. Jim currently holds the position of the Executive Director of Trinity Security Allies working with churches across the United States in training them on how to protect their congregations. |
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CLICK HERE to see Jim's presentation regarding Assaults on Children - in place of DHS Kevin Smith.
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David Gibbs III, President and General Counsel, National Center for Life and Liberty (NCLL)
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David C. Gibbs III serves as president and general counsel of the National Center for Life and Liberty (NCLL), a legal ministry that protects the rights of churches and Christian organizations nationwide, with offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. A graduate of Duke University School of Law, Mr. Gibbs speaks regularly at churches and conferences across the country, while also litigating cases as a trial attorney. He has authored five books, including Fighting for Dear Life and Understanding the Constitution. Mr. Gibbs manages the Gibbs Law Firm and has argued before the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal circuit and district courts nationwide. He has also been admitted to the state bars of Florida, Minnesota, Colorado, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Michigan, and the District of Columbia. He was the lead attorney in the Terri Schiavo case, representing her parents as they fought to save their daughter’s life. This case went before the US Supreme Court twice in ten days. Mr. Gibbs is a frequent spokesperson on radio and television, having appeared on many major news and talk programs. Mr. Gibbs’s personal mantra is: “If it’s wrong, fight it. If it’s right, fight for it.” His favorite verse is Matthew 25:40, where Jesus said, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
CLICK HERE to hear David Gibbs III presentation |
Ron Holland, survivor of the Wedgewood Baptist Church shooting September 15, 1999.
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In 1979, Ron Holland graduated from Auburn University with his B.A in English. In 1982 after graduating from DePaul University Law School (J.D.) Ron was the Assistant State Attorney for 7 years, specializing in child abuse cases and served as a division head. For the next 7 years, Ron was part of a private practice law firm specializing in criminal and juvenile cases.
In 1996, Ron felt called to go into ministry work and graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2002 with his Master of Divinity. Ron is marred to his wife of 43 years Lynn Ann Harvey Holland where they share two children, Suzanne and Scott, both whom are married. Ron enjoys time with his two granddaughters ages 8 and 3. Ron was in attendance with his youth group at Wedgewood Baptist Church on September 15, 1999 and will share his testimony regarding the incident at that church 19 years ago. CLICK HERE to hear Ron Holland's story. |
Jeromy Harding, Vice President, Executive Managing Agent, Barrett Harding Insurance, Inc.
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Jeromy Harding is Vice President, Executive Managing Agent, for Barrett Harding Insurance, Inc., a top-producing multiple-lines Insurance agency. Jeromy utilizes his construction and insurance adjusting skills in heading up the agencies personal and commercial departments as well as the Non-Profit team that include congregation risk management techniques to best utilize construction and safety measures resulting in insurance-related cost control. Jeromy is a pilot which has allowed him to hold insurance licenses in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Jeromy is the fourth generation owner and operator of Barrett Harding Insurance located in Port Richey and Lutz on the Florida west coast where Barrett Harding has been in business in for the past 45 years, in addition to their previous 35 years in Ohio, representing more than 100 major insurance markets including companies based in London, New York, Lansing, Chicago, and Atlanta. |
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Melissa White is a registered nurse with over 23 years of experience in the field of nursing. She graduated from Park University in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then she has worked in various areas but the majority of her experience has been in critical care nursing. She worked at a 1,000+ bed hospital in St. Louis, Mo in the trauma/surgical ICU. While working in this unit she was able to provide care for patients after car and motorcycle accidents, shootings and stabbings but also after liver transplants and other complicated surgeries. For the last 10 years she has worked in the medical ICU at Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, Florida. She has several years of experience teaching basic first aid and CPR as well.
Melissa is originally from St Louis, Mo. She moved to Florida in 2000. She has 3 grown children in the Tampa Bay Area and 3 grandchildren with another grandchild due in September. She began attending Generations Christian Church in 2014 and started serving on the medical team in 2015. |