15 Dec Dr. Marisa Randazzo
Dr. Marisa Randazzo, counselor at ASERO Worldwide, is a national expert on threat assessment and targeted violence, operating in consultation with a network of security experts across the United States to help businesses, educational institutions and security professionals assess threats and prevent violence.
Prior to joining the private sector, Dr. Randazzo served for 10 years with the U.S. Secret Service, most recently as the agency’s chief research psychologist. She directed U.S. Secret Service research on presidential threats and attacks, insider sabotage, security breaches, stalking and other types of targeted violence. She has interviewed numerous stalkers, school shooters and other attackers in prison. She has reviewed and consulted on hundreds of investigations involving threats against the U.S. president and other public figures, including presidential children.
Dr. Randazzo works with law enforcement agencies and celebrity protective services to investigate threats and stalking cases, and trains individual clients on basic and advanced threat assessment strategies. She also trains high-profile clients, their families and their protective details on kidnapping prevention and escape tactics; advises clients on sensitive internal investigations; and trains investigative professionals how to detect deception and interview more effectively.
An accomplished public speaker, Dr. Randazzo has trained more than 10,000 law enforcement, intelligence and security professionals, throughout the United States, Canada and the European Union, on threat assessment investigations and threat management strategies. Her work has been credited with preventing planned attacks.
Dr. Randazzo has testified before the U.S. Congress and briefed Cabinet secretaries and White House staff. She has been interviewed by various national and local television, radio and print news outlets, including “60 Minutes II,” “TODAY,” “48 Hours,” “Dateline NBC,” MSNBC, The New York Times and National Public Radio. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on threat assessment and violence prevention (including under her maiden name, Marisa Reddy) and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Threat Assessment.
Dr. Randazzo received a doctorate and master’s degree from Princeton University in social psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and religion from Williams College. In 2005, Dr. Randazzo was awarded the Williams College Bicentennial Medal for her work in preventing violence. She is co-author of the new book, The Handbook for Campus Threat Assessment and Management Teams.