Lynn Fairweather
Advisor
Lynn Fairweather, MSW, is a domestic abuse survivor who has worked in the violence response and prevention field for more than 30 years. As president of Presage Consulting and Training LLC, she provides individually tailored guidance and education to a diverse portfolio of public and private organizations, including Federal Government agencies and multinational Fortune 500 employers. Presage’s services include domestic violence threat assessment and management training, workplace violence program and policy consultations, awareness campaign development, and on-call assessment and advice for employee involved cases. As a sought-after public speaker, she presents regularly at industry conferences around the world and contributes to a variety of violence prevention publications and standards.
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Ms. Fairweather’s unique expertise in domestic violence threat assessment and management was developed by working on thousands of high-risk cases through positions in criminal justice, social service, university, and shelter systems. She holds a master’s degree in social work, as well as training certifications from multiple institutions such as Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and Gavin de Becker’s Advanced Threat Assessment Academy. Throughout her career, Ms. Fairweather has participated in advisory boards and multi-disciplinary response teams, as well as the design of victim support groups and batterer’s intervention programs. She has also served as a subject matter expert on various corporate and community projects, civil and criminal cases, and legislative issues.
Ms. Fairweather is an active member of the National Speaker’s Association, the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, and the American Society for Industrial Security. She also writes professionally on the topic of domestic violence, authoring dozens of articles, releasing her first book in 2012 (Stop Signs: Recognizing, Avoiding, and Escaping Abusive Relationships” – Hachette Publishing), and appearing as a featured contributor in Asta Publishing’s 2015 compilation “Tales of Women Survivors”.
Rachel Rojas
Advisor
Ms. Rachel Rojas joined Boyd Gaming in March 2023 after retiring from the FBI after 26+ years. She initially joined the FBI in September 1996 as an Investigative Specialist for the New York Field Office (NYO). In 2000, she was promoted to Special Agent where she was assigned to investigate administrative and drug matters. Following the attacks on September 11, 2001, she pursued investigative leads and analyzed terrorism financing data and communications tied to the attacks.
In 2005, Ms. Rojas was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Terrorism Financing Operations Section. In 2007, Ms. Rojas returned to NYO as SSA to address the severity of the mortgage fraud crisis and threat to the financial and housing industries. In 2012, she was promoted to ASAC within the Criminal Division, where she oversaw white collar crime matters. In 2013, she was promoted to the Violent Criminal Threat Branch, leading Safe Street Task Forces to address the gang threat, bank robberies, fugitives, and extra-territorial violent crimes.
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In 2019, she was named SAC Jacksonville. She was named Assistant Director of Insider Threat Office in October 2021. In March 2022 she received the Presidential Rank Award for her SES service.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications/Journalism from Boston University and a Master of Science in International Management/Leadership from Manhattanville College.
Patrick Van Horne
Advisor
Patrick Van Horne is an emergency management and homeland security professional with nearly 20 years of experience in the private sector, local government, non-profit organizations, and the military.
Mr. Van Horne co-authored the book, Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life, and has supported homeland security and public safety professionals in terrorism prevention education as an entrepreneur and consultant.
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Mr. Van Horne graduated from Fordham University with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and from Marist College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Connect with Mr. Van Horne on LinkedIn, through his newsletter Paths to Preparedness, or by email.
Jill Lemond
Advisor
Jill Lemond was in a cabinet leadership role in Oxford Community Schools in Oxford, Michigan when they experienced a mass shooting in November 2021. Four children were taken from this world and, in the wake of the tragedy, Lemond felt called to impact change on a broader scale. She chose to leave education two years ago for work in violence prevention. She now serves as Evolv Technology’s Head of Education. She has more than 15 years of experience in education, having served over twelve years at Oxford Schools.
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She is an active member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, a member of Moms in Security, and an advisory council member of ZeroNow. Jill is dedicated to the mission of keeping our school communities safer.
Mike Ferrandino
Advisor
Michael Ferrandino is a 25-year veteran of the FBI who retired in 2012 as the Senior Supervisory Agent of the Bureau’s Long Island Resident Agency, a satellite office of the New York Division. During his Bureau career, he was a subject matter expert on violent crimes, led long term undercover investigations, and supervised the joint FBI/NYPD Violent Crimes Task Force while serving as a Field Coordinator for the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. In this role, Michael served as a liaison between the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies investigating crimes involving the aberrant behavior of offenders. Michael was also a member of the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team based at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. This team is composed of agents experienced in crimes against children who deploy on a nation-wide basis to provide on the ground investigative, technical, and resource assistance to state and local law enforcement in matters involving non-family child abductions, ransom child kidnappings, and mysterious disappearances of children.
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Michael had also served as a Medic on the FBI’s New York Office SWAT Team as well and as having been a Class-A Firefighter, an Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic. He was involved in the FBI’s Active Shooter Program from 2007-2012 and has provided training on the topics of school and workplace violence,
He is an ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP®), a licensed private investigator, and an active member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) among other professional organizations.
Prior to his Bureau service, Michael was an officer in the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator and is a FAA Licensed Commercial Pilot as well holding a Remote (Drone) Pilot license. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from St. John’s University, an M.B.A. from Molloy University, and a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management Studies from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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