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Administration

Mark Songer

Chairman & CEO

Forensic evidence, crime scene investigation, white collar crime, domestic terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, handwriting identification, crime scene reconstruction, military and police operations.

Mark is a former FBI Special Agent and FBI Forensic Examiner. He is court qualified as an expert in the field of Forensic Document Examinations and Crime Scene Reconstruction. He has developed and implemented Forensic and Criminal Justice programs at several institutions both domestically and internationally. He is a past member of the FBI Evidence Response Team as well as FBI Rapid Deployment Team. In addition, Mark served honorably in both the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army. He is a life member of the VFW and dedicates his time helping veterans and their families.

Ronald E. Armstrong, M.F.S., M.A.

President / Chief Learning Officer

Forensic Anthropology, Medico-Legal Death Investigation, Criminalistics, Victimology, Human Trafficking, Digital Forensics.

Professor Armstrong has been creating classroom and field based forensic curriculum for over 20 years. He holds a Master of Forensic Sciences from National University, a Masters in Anthropology from the California State University at Fullerton, and his Bachelors in Anthropology from the University at Santa Cruz. He has twice served as a department chair of criminal justice and has advised in the development of over a dozen academic forensic sciences laboratories and programs.

Michael Kane, Ph.D., M.S.

Chief Academic Officer

Rural policing, asian warfare, criminal justice curriculum strategies, criminal justice course development.

Dr. Kane holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, a M.S. degree in Forensic Sciences, and a B.A. degree in Law Enforcement. He has taught and developed criminal justice and forensic science curriculum at several universities in the United States. Dr. Kane is currently a tenured Professor with a major university. He has served as a former U.S. Marine, Police Officer, Corrections Officer, Correctional Counselor, and Medicolegal Investigator (Chief).

Kevin Grant, PhD, MBA

Financial Advisor

Dr. Kevin Grant is a pioneer in the emerging field of spiritual leadership within the work force. He is a widely published author and a sought after lecturer and keynote speaker.  Dr. Grant teaches leadership, corporate finance, and organizational behavior at leading colleges and graduate schools in California.  His consulting clients include Fortune 500 and international non-profit organizations.

Dr. Kevin Grant’s career spans  over 30 years in corporate and non-profit environments as a strategist, coordinating organizational work-outs, turnarounds, and has held significant senior management positions as a CFO and COO. Along with his background he has taught full-time in the classroom, developed course curriculum taught internationally, developed online courses and a Dean for Graduate Campuses. His strengths have been his strategic and creative thinking to enhance and expand and grow the organizations.

Heidi Armstrong, M.S.

Director of Operations
Documentation Specialist, Editing, Administrative Support

Heidi has 25 years of experience in the field of freight forwarding dealing primarily with Aerospace clients.  She has extensive experience with documentation, logistics, customer service, and vendor negotiations. Her attention to detail has the interests of the student as well as the organization in mind.