The Vigilance Briefing

Central Oregon is deceptively beautiful, apparently peaceful and unthreatening. Yet, nearly every day, the unthinkable happens in our region. A devastating cyber-attack occurs. A wildfire ravages thousands of acres and destroys lives and property. Street violence erupts. A child is trafficked. A woman is raped. A parent is murdered. A co-worker commits suicide. A tragic car wreck takes precious lives. A son or daughter overdoses. Millions of dollars are embezzled. A business is burglarized. An innocent shopper is accosted in a parking lot. A mentally ill shooter goes on a rampage in a local Safeway. All is not so placid and safe. Violence and loss are not just happening in big cities. And lurking off the coast is the threat of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. An earthquake and tsunami would change everything in Oregon. So, how do you prepare for the unimaginable? How do you prepare for the risks you don’t see coming? What contingency plans do you need? How will you respond? How will you recover? How do you build resilience and survivability? How do you prepare for crisis and position for opportunity? Answering those key leadership questions is the objective of The Vigilance Briefing.

Laurence Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy is CEO of Kennedy International Logistics and Services, among other companies. He is a nationally recognized expert in secure logistics, tactical defense and high-risk operations, with over 25 years of real-world leadership spanning warzones, global supply chains and domestic/international security infrastructures. He is a trusted voice in the private security sector and a strategic advisor to numerous U.S.-based NGOs, Law Enforcement Organizations, Department of Defense and private-sector leaders. Kennedy challenges audiences to rethink what security looks like in an increasingly volatile world.

Christie Hutcherson. Ms. Hutcherson is a distinguished geopolitical expert, accomplished strategist and national security advocate with over 20 years of leadership experience in defense, secure logistics, security sectors and public advocacy. She has championed initiatives addressing border security, combating human trafficking and exposing transnational criminal operations. As the leader of over 100 border operations, Christie has exposed cartel tunnels, trafficking networks and drug smuggling routes, achieving a 100% detection and interdiction success.

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