Meet the Director
An introduction to the Center of Excellence Director.
Mike Campbell
Mike serves as the Director for Pierce College’s Center of Excellence for Homeland Security. Previously, Mike has served on the Pierce College Criminal Justice faculty, as the Director of Public Safety for the Town of Steilacoom with responsibilities as Police and Fire Chief, Emergency Medial Services and Disaster Emergency Management. Serving as a consultant for Washington State Homeland Security Region 5 (Pierce County) he coordinated the 2003 Office for Domestic Preparedness Homeland Strategy and Security Assessment, and consulted with the Terrorist Research Center, Arlington Virginia in the conduct the initial and final Pierce County Emergency Operations Center capability evaluation. He has worked with the K-12 system evaluating the Bethel School District earthquake exercise “Bethel Rocks” and conducting a security personnel assessment for the Highline School District. In addition, he has conducted numerous Awareness Level table top exercises for the Community and Technical Colleges in Washington and is currently providing Communication Capability Functional exercises for the system as requested.
Mike is Train the Trainer certified for C-CERT (Campus-Community Emergency Response Team) through Michigan State University; Frontline Responder through the University of Nevada Las Vegas; and Homeland Security Planning for Campus Executives, through West Virginia University.
As Director, the Center of Excellence completed the curriculum for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's, AWR 159 Emergency Responder Interface with Ferry Systems in August 2007 and published the Homeland Security Trends Analysis 2007-2008, Considerations for Education, Government, Business and Industry in the spring of 2008. The Center conducted 11 Skill Panels assessing training gaps and needs in the 10 Homeland Security designated responder disciplines with a final report submitted in 2008. The Center is currently working with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to implement the Critical Incident Planning and Mapping System on college campuses.
Mike retired from the Army as the Provost Marshal of Ft. Lewis at the rank of Colonel, and has over 35 years of combined law enforcement, fire and emergency management experience. He served as the Deputy Director for Security and Intelligence for the 1989 Presidential Inaugural and his training includes FEMA emergency management courses, Washington State Patrol Incident Command classes to include HAZMAT, and numerous national and state sponsored fire command courses. He is a graduate of the Army's National War College, the Northwest Executive Law Enforcement Command College, the Basic Law Enforcement Academy and the University of Washington's, School of Business, Executive Management School for Public and Non-Profit Managers. Mike received a B.S. in Police Administration and Psychology and his M.S. in Criminal Justice Education from Eastern Kentucky University.
