Keith Germain, Director of Development

Keith has a substantial history of accomplishments and successes during his decades long career in law enforcement and emergency management. Whether restructuring the personnel allocation system to reduce overtime by over 60% while reaching a historic low crime rate, or directing the project team that earned international accreditation under CALEA, Keith has time and again accepted management challenges and completed difficult projects ahead of schedule.As a chief of police and emergency management deputy coordinator with more than 20 years of supervisory and command experience, Keith has held command positions at innumerable critical incidents from major crimes to large-scale wildfires and Superstorm Sandy. He has overseen multi-jurisdictional responses and served as incident commander under a unified command structure during hurricanes, floods, winter storms, and wildfires, and has managed the evacuation and repopulation of thousands of residents.

As a public speaker in the areas of emergency management, the firefighting services, and law enforcement operations, Keith has presented and instructed at local, state, and national level symposiums and conferences on topics ranging from media relations to cross-discipline emergency preparedness. He has been invited to speak at a wide range of locations and events including the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, the New Jersey Excellence in Policing Conference, the International Association of Fire Chiefs Wildland Urban Interface Conference, and the Congressional Fire Services Caucus in Washington, D.C. He has appeared in numerous regional media broadcasts and live nationally televised media broadcasts.

As Co-Founder and Exec VP with Critical Response Group, Keith works with an elite team of US Military Special Operations and domestic public safety professionals to deliver emergency planning and response solutions to clients from a broad range of critical infrastructure sectors.