Why advance ?
At ADVANCE, we are on a mission to ignite a security and leadership competency movement across the nation!
We believe:
Movement saves lives.
Pressure changes things.
Security is essential!
Education changes the world!
Leadership matters!
Security and leadership are inextricably linked, and as “keystone” actions, they are the ultimate performance multipliers!
There is no going back in a world that is changing at light speed around us! Forward with purpose, speed and agility is the only way to achieve the full potential of your mission, your project and/or your initiative. No retreat is our modus operandi!
Our commitment is simple - to help others ADVANCE !
slow is smooth, smooth is fast
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At ADVANCE, we believe that security and leadership are the bedrock of thriving communities, fostering a future where every community member can live, learn and thrive, and every leader can inspire.
Effective safety and security are fundamental to creating an environment where everyone can reach their full potential.
We have moved beyond the era of effective security programs and competent leadership in our schools, business and organizations being an option. Hope is not a strategy when lives are impacted!
The most dangerous belief in security and mass casualty incidents in our communities is:
“It could never happen here.”
It can happen here. It has happened here. No community is immune from the threat of violence.
It takes one time to be forever!
Tragedies across our nation have occurred over and over again, and they have surfaced best practices and hard lessons learned that we have an inherent responsibility to heed.
We are here to help your teams systematize security in your organizations quickly, effectively and with a cost effective approach so that you can stand on your own but never alone in this endeavor.
Securing schools, businesses and communities and high performing leadership development can be done at scale. It's more than possible!
Let’s get started!
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Systematizing security in schools and other organizations throughout communities
Architects of the secure school tool
Designers of the game changing security locker
Conducting one of the largest school based community emergency response exercises in the nation
Dynamic leadership development and team building experientials that you will not forget anytime soon!
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Systematize security in your organization
Create clarity and a roadmap for how to implement a security program
Accelerate your learning curve
Make you bigger than you are
Enhance the good work you have in place
Teach, coach, mentor and advise
School security leader academy
Do the work that you may not have the time or staffing to do
Build confidence and competence through high quality training
Assess your organization's current security program
Conduct dynamic leadership development experientials
Team building
Keynote
meet the team
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Ron has extensive experience in the military, the corporate world, and education. He is known as a dynamic leader, skilled in creating systems to help teams get to solutions in complex and high-stakes operating environments.
Ron has served as the Director of Security and Leadership for multiple organizations. While in these roles, Havniear designed a large-scale community emergency response exercise involving over 450 participants and more than 30 agencies. He has been recognized for excellence on numerous occasions by State, local leaders, officials and organizations for his work in security and leadership throughout the community.
Ron is very adept at systematizing security in organizations and creating dynamic leadership development experientials to build teams of leaders.
Ron is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He advocates for community-level solutions to community level issues and emphasizes safety and security as a core value for organizations across our nation.
He currently leads ADVANCE Security and Leadership, where he applies his expertise to enhance security and leadership for various organizations and communities.
His mission in life is to security and leadership!
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Tina Chasteen has dedicated her career to children and safe learning environments, a passion rooted in her deep commitment to parenting and raising her own children.
Her professional journey began in K-12 education, starting as a volunteer in her children's schools before becoming a valued member of the education team. Over the years, she gained wide-ranging experience, working in roles across special education, reading intervention, office management, and behavioral support settings. This hands-on experience provided her with an in depth understanding of student needs and school operations.
Tina eventually transitioned this comprehensive background into a full-time role in school safety, security, and leadership development where she served as a security specialist for many years. In this role, she was instrumental in orchestrating numerous large-scale security initiatives, including planning a multi-agency exercise, leading multiple active shooter response trainings, conducting command post training for 20+ school sites, onboarding School Resource Officers (SROs) and School Marshals, and overseeing hundreds of security drills.
Tina is currently expanding her impact through ADVANCE Security and Leadership. In her current role, she is working relentlessly to make a difference in security and leadership development in organizations across the nation!