Dr. John D. Byrnes, D. Hum, FACHT

Dr. John D. Byrnes is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Aggression Management, a published author and Navy Veteran (SSN Nautilus 571). He formed the Center for Aggression Management, Inc. in 1993. He authored the NaBITA Threat Assessment Tool, which is now used in over 177 college campuses.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Trustees and graduate of the Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative (VEI), is a successful businessman, author, and lecturer. He became deeply interested in aggression management after recognizing that no comprehensive programs existed to prevent aggression before it escalates. His research revealed that programs like Conflict Resolution, Threat Assessment, and Restorative Justice, along with efforts to address sexual harassment, abuse, bullying in schools, and discrimination, are all reactive. They respond only after harm has occurred, after there is a victim and a perpetrator, and an enormous cost to an employer in both human and financial terms. Determined to change that, Dr. Byrnes developed a proactive-preventive system that identifies the pre-incident, observable precuror-signs of aggression so organizations can prevent destructive conflict, abuse, bullying, discrimination, and violence before they happen.

Over the past 25 years he has consulted and conducted training for many Secondary School Districts, Institutions of Higher Education and Educational Associations, including: National School Board Association (NSBA); Texas Association of School Boards (TASB); Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA); New Jersey School Boards Association, Insurance Group; Mississippi Safe School Center; Central Dauphin School District, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lenape Regional High School, New Jersey; Keansburg Board of Education, New Jersey; Lawrence Township Board of Education, New Jersey; and Trenton Board of Education, New Jersey, just to name a few.