NJSBA Holds School Security Conference - New Jersey School Boards Association

More than 140 school board members, school administrators, school security personnel and others attended the recent NJSBA School Security and Student Safety Conference held at the Conference Center at Mercer. Featured were presentations, breakout sessions, and opportunities for networking with experts in school security.

Representatives from the F.B.I. were among presenters at the security forum. James A. Cochran, assistant special agent in charge of the administrative branch of the Newark Division of the F.B. I., spoke about the agency and how it interacts with schools.
New Jersey Acting Commissioner of Education Kimberley Harrington gave a welcome address at the school security conference.
Former New Jersey Commissioner of Education David Hespe, at left, speaks with NJSBA Executive Director Dr. Lawrence S. Feinsod; NJSBA Immediate Past President Don Webster, Jr.; and NJSBA President Dan Sinclair.
A panel discussion on cybersecurity for the connected classroom featured, L to R, Caroline Conboy, executive vice president of Brown & Brown Metro, Inc.; John Leo Jr., supervisory special agent managing computer network intrusion investigations for the F.B. I.’s Newark field office; Philip Frigm, supervisory special agent within the F.B.I.’s Newark Division; Walter F. Rant, assistant director of the Cybersecurity Center at Kean University; and Shawn Hopkins, chief technology officer for Jefferson Township.
A robust networking session brought together school officials with security providers, experts in security and safety issues, and others.
Also featured on the cybersecurity panel discussion was NJSBA Vice President for Legislation/Resolutions Brandon Pugh, who is president/CEO of a homeland security consulting firm and served on NJSBA's School Security Task Force.