Dr. Brian Van Brunt , past president of the American College Counseling Association, is Senior Vice President for Professional Development Programs at the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NHCERM, www.ncherm.org). He is the president-elect of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA, www.nabita.org), current president of the School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (SCOPE, www.wearescope.org) and the managing editor for Student Affairs eNews (SAeN, www.studentaffairsenews.com). Over the past thirteen years Brian has taught counseling theory, ethics, program evaluation, statistics and sociology topics at both public and private schools for both graduate and undergraduate students at five different colleges and universities. Brian has served as the director of counseling at New England College and Western Kentucky University. He is the author of several books including: Ending Campus Violence: New Approaches in Prevention and A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and Dangerous Behavior in the Classroom. Brian is an expert on campus violence and has been interviewed by the New York Times, National Pubic Radio, LA Times, USA Today and has appeared on Headline News and Anderson Cooper 360.

Dr. John Wesley Lowery joined the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM) as an affiliated consultant in August 2009. He is an associate professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He previously served on the faculty at Oklahoma State University, where he coordinated the college student affairs and higher education programs. His first faculty appointment was at the University of South Carolina, where he taught in and coordinated the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Program.

John has a Masters degree in student personnel services from the University of South Carolina and his undergraduate degree in religious studies is from the University of Virginia. He earned his doctorate at Bowling Green State University in Higher Education Administration. Before beginning his doctoral work in 1996, he was Director of Residence Life at Adrian College in Michigan and University Judicial Administrator at Washington University in St. Louis.

John served as ASJA’s (now ASCA) CAS Director for five years. He served on the Board of Directors for both NASPA (2002-2004) and ASJA (1996-1999). He has previously chaired the ASJA’s Legislative Issues and Resolutions Committees as well as co-chairing the Interassociation Task Force on the National Baseline Study on Campus Sexual Assault. John also previously served on the Core Council on Outreach and Advocacy for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and on the directorate body of ACPA’s Commission XV: Campus Judicial Affairs and Legal Issues. John also currently serves on the Board of Contributors for About Campus. John is the co-author of Navigating Past the “Spirit of Insubordination”: A Twenty-First Century Model Student Conduct Code.

His areas of consultation center around legislative issues, CAS standards, student conduct best practices and as an expert witness.

David Burnett s the Director of Public Relations for Students for Concealed Carry (SCC). A graduate of the University of Kentucky business school and future law student, David got his start with SCC during the first empty holster protest in October 2007. Before serving on the Board, he served as a campus leader, media liaison and state director. He has written multiple articles, appeared on numerous radio shows, addressed the Second Amendment March in Washington, D.C., and appeared on the John Stossel Show to represent Students for Concealed Carry. He currently resides near Lexington, Kentucky. You can contact David at David.Burnett@concealedcampus.org.