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SEPTEMBER WOMEN IN SECURITY MEETING

Posted by [email protected] on 09/14/2025 5:49 pm  /   Women in Security

Heather Miller, committee chair for Women in Security reported that WIS had a great turnout to Wednesdays meeting on September 10 2025, at Status Solutions in Westerville. There were about 25 attendees from Status Solutions, some end customers, integrators and one distributor - Wesco. Meeting attendees had City BBQ for lunch and Status Solutions did a quick intro to their team and what they sell, then Michael Harey from Scotts Miracle Gro spoke about active shooters. He did a great hands on presentation.  Michael's bio appears below.
Please note that if you did not see the invitation, there were a number of people who  fell out of the WIS email group. If you want to be listed in the email group again for WIS, please contact Heather at [email protected] and she will add you back in.
Thanks,  Heather Miller

BIO for Michael Harey – Retired FBI  Agent: Speaker for Women in Security meeting September 10, 2025.

Michael Harey, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent, currently holds the position of Chief Security Officer at Scotts Miracle-Gro. Possessing over twenty years of experience in high-threat environments and law enforcement operations, he is an accomplished tactical expert. His prior service includes the United States Marine Corps where he served as a Reconnaissance Marine, along with roles as a U.S. Embassy Marine and the Lead Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) for tactical response teams at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, the U.S. Interest Section in Havana, Cuba, and the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Austria.

Subsequent to these assignments, he served as a Border Patrol Agent and a member of the Special Operations Group (SOG)-Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue Team (BORSTAR). His federal tenure also includes service as a Federal Air Marshal, where he functioned as the Principal Aircraft Tactics Instructor, and subsequently as an FBI Special Agent. Within the FBI, he occupied numerous leadership roles, such as FBI SWAT Senior Team Leader, Principal Tactical Instructor, Vehicle Tactics Instructor, and Principal Firearms Instructor. As a certified Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) instructor, he provides extensive knowledge in active shooter response and tactical training. His varied and distinguished operational history grants him a distinctive understanding of practical threat mitigation and expedited response strategies.