Director Jerry Granderson is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent of 23 years. He previously served with the 82nd Airborne and the 12th Special Forces (Non-Tabbed) HHC element. He has been appointed by the Governor of Oregon as the Director of the Public Safety Academy for the State. He previously served as a Senior Police Advisor with the SAIC and PAE Corporations where he was responsible for establishing and maintaining CT-Watch Units throughout the world. Mr. Granderson was previously assigned to the FBI National Security Branch, Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force where he supervised Intelligence Analysts in detecting and obstructing terrorists from entering the United States Homeland. As a member of the Intelligence Community, Mr. Granderson coordinated actionable leads with the field and intelligence platforms in detecting and capturing terrorist operatives and their supporters. Jerry has instructed senior police executives on topics specific to leadership, ethics, and the management of Police professionals. He is also a subject matter expert on Civil Rights, Public Corruption, African, Russian, and Mexican organized crime investigations. He is an expert in deploying Civil Rights and leadership courses to local Police Departments under federal consent decree for civil rights violations. Jerry has a tested reputation in investigating white collar, public corruption, and economic crimes.

Mr. Granderson has a proven record in assisting and advising African, Asian and Arab regions with international training initiatives as well as providing extensive consultation and training to international law enforcement executives on leadership, intelligence development, and investigative partnerships. Specifically; best practices in investigating international terrorist acts, corruption, human trafficking, narcotics smuggling, intelligence development, human rights investigations, and professional ethics in government institutions.

Mr. Granderson served as the FBI program manager for the Middle East Law Enforcement Training Center in the United Arab Emirates; International Law Enforcement Academies in Botswana Africa, Hungry, and El Salvador. He has also managed the National Executive Institute, the Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Seminars, and the FBI Academy's Regional Command Colleges. Mr. Granderson is an alumnus of the FBI's Leadership in Counter-Terrorism (LINCT) executive training initiative. Jerry is married to Jennifer who blessed him with three sons: Jeremy, James and Justin. All are U.S military officers. Justin is an Eagle Scout.

Topic: "Officer Morale During Difficult Times"
As law enforcement leaders, it is our moral and ethical responsibility to detect signs of stressors in our workers and to pay attention to the morale of our officers. Perhaps now more than ever, the risk of depression and suicide has never been greater and leaders that are attentive and that care for their people have never been more important.