Willie has decades of experience helping districts and schools create and maintain safe learning environments. A former New York City police officer, Willie has successfully assisted large urban districts in designing and evaluating school safety plans, performing facility audits, and initiating community-based violence prevention programming.

 

Expertise:

• Directed and coordinated large-scale personnel and security officers in daily operations and investigations.

• Directed enforcement of compliance with standards, codes, city ordinances, state law, federal law and court orders.

• Determined organizational goals and objectives to prevent and reduce crime in order to promote high-quality learning environments.

• Developed and implemented methods for monitoring emergency response, crisis management, and other special concerns for a large school district and/or organization.

• Evaluated efficiency and effectiveness of investigative operations and objectives.

• Acted as a liaison and coordinated activities between local, state, and federal agencies.

• Conducted reviews, evaluated security operations, and generated reports for federal, state, and local officials.

• Developed presentations to share with stakeholders—parents and community members—at community forums to improve police and community relations.

• Managed a multi-million dollar budget.

• Conducted a strategic data analysis, utilized data to set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) goals, and implemented progress monitoring and benchmarks to assess progress.

 

Education:

• M.S., Criminal Justice, Long Island University

• B.S., Criminal Justice, St. John’s University

• Graduate, 182nd Session - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy, Quantico, VA