Don A. Huggins, Executive Vice President/Chief Security Officer

Mr. Huggins has over thirty years of hands-on management experience developing risk-based contingency plans in high-risk environments worldwide and includes twenty-three years as a Special Agent of the United States Secret Service, a United States Air Force Pilot, and as a supervisory Federal Air Marshal.

Don developed counter-terrorism tactics as a Secret Service Special Agent Counter Assault Team Member, in support of Presidential and Vice Presidential missions involving sensitive operations globally. He conducted risk-based event planning worldwide for the United States and foreign heads of state. His planning for these events often began years in advance and involved hundreds of people and dozens of varied entities.

Mr. Huggins was responsible for the planning of events that included G7 and G8 Summits, Space Shuttle launches and recoveries, United Nations General Assembly meetings, Organization of American States, Pacific Asian Economic Summit, Caribbean Economic Summit, NATO, Visits of Pope John Paul, 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Presidential Inaugurations, and security of many classified military and industrial locations.

Mr. Huggins retired from the Secret Service in 1999, but was called to public service again after the events of 9/11. As the Region Supervisor in charge of training and operations for the Federal Air Marshal
Service, he oversaw the daily operations of Federal Air Marshals and was instrumental in developing the operational model and training in tactical concepts.