Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan is a 29-year veteran of Federal Law Enforcement and is currently Senior Executive Vice President for International Law Enforcement with MZM, Inc. She previously served as the Assistant Director for the Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) where she was responsible for the design and implementation of an intelligence-led organizational strategy to mine and disseminate data related to explosives, firearms and illegal tobacco diversion, the traditional and non-traditional tools of terrorism. Dr. Kiernan has a Doctorate in Education from Northern Illinois University (with highest honors) and a Master’s of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College in Washington, D.C. She also holds a Master’s of Arts degree in International Transactions from George Mason University in Virginia. In 2001, Dr. Kiernan was recognized as an outstanding scholar by Northern Illinois University. Dr. Kiernan has been involved with the Intelligence Community for over a decade, and served as the ATF representative to the Counterterrorism Center (CTC) at CIA during 1993-1995. She is a Council Vice President for ASIS, International, with oversight of 5 Councils to include Global Terrorism Law Enforcement, Academic Institutions, Defense and Intelligence and Privacy and Personnel Information Management and is the former Chair of the DCI’s Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG). Dr. Kiernan is a senior member on the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Terrorism subcommittee, and has presented training on Critical Incident Management and Explosives response protocol on a worldwide basis. Dr. Kiernan is currently leading a nationwide Intelligence Community project involving the active interdiction of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) throughout the law enforcement and public safety communities. Additionally, she is leading a multi-disciplinary team bridging the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security under the auspices of the ACTD program.