About Speaker

Guy Grace has worked in the security field for 38 years. He served for over three decades as the director of security and emergency planning for Littleton Public Schools in Littleton, Colorado. before retiring in August 2020. Grace was recognized as the 2020 Campus Safety Director of the Year for his work at Littleton Public Schools. He is also the recipient of many other national and security industry awards and recognitions, including the Association of School Business Officials International Pinnacle Award, the Security Executive Magazine Security Leader of the Year, Security Magazine’s Most Influential People in Security, the 2014 American Red Cross Century of Heroes Award, SIA’s Insightful Practitioner Award, the 2019 NSCA Volunteer of the Year Award and the 2019 NCS4 Professional of the Year Award.

Grace is a regular speaker at school safety trade conferences and a regular security media commentator for various trade magazines and media. He has diverse hands-on experiences in school safety regarding technology, processes and emergency response, and his specialty is understanding and recommending how life safety technology components can be deployed to help K-12 schools meet their all-hazard needs. Grace also serves as the chair of the Advisory Committee for Partner Alliance for Safer Schools and serves on the School Safety Advisory board for the National Sheriffs Association, is a member of Security Magazine’s Editorial Advisory Committee, and is an advisor for ZeroNow.org.

Since retiring from being a security director, Grace has worked on many projects, including duress systems with location services, analytic software for cameras, access control and numerous other technologies. He also served on a team of school safety experts who conducted advanced student e-cigarette use assessments for secondary schools in school districts that are part of a massive federal civil action filed against JUUL and affiliate companies. This work resulted in the development of a comprehensive and locally tailored approach to prevent and detect student vaping using a combination of policies, practices, student supervision techniques, technologies and supported by awareness campaigns and cessation programs recommended by other subject matter experts. This litigation was filed by 209 school districts which operate a combined total of more than 2,000 secondary schools serving millions of students. Grace also serves as the K-12 national security program manager for ASSA ABLOY.