Chapter Officers

Chair
Jared Oakden, CPP, PSP, CC
Burns & McDonnell

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Jared Oakden is a Senior Security Consultant at Burns & McDonnell. Prior to that, Jared held other positions in security consulting and corporate security management positions in the financial services and pharmaceutical industries. 

Jared graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. from CSU Northridge and then attended George Mason University, earning a M.A in Global Affairs with an emphasis in Global Security.  Much of his coursework at George Mason focused on Terrorism, WMDs, and Intelligence, centered on U.S national security.

Jared is a board certified Physical Security Professional (PSP) and Certified Protection Professional (CPP) from ASIS International, Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) from ISC2, and certified in interview and interrogation techniques by Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates. He enjoys work focused on enterprise security risk management, risk assessment, and insider threat. He and his wife have been married 15 years and have 4 children, ages 7 to 13. 

Vice Chair
Brandee Gary
Children's Mercy

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I am Assistant Director of Security at Children’s Mercy and have been with CMH for 16 years. Experienced Assistant Director Of Security with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry.

Retired Deputy Sheriff. Yale School of Mgmt Executive Education Women’s Leadership. Proud member of ASIS International , Kansas City ASIS Vice Chair (2024), Past Kansas City ASIS Council Liaison.

Member of ASIS Women in Security Council and ASIS W.I.S. Steering Committee. I have had the pleasure of serving as Children’s Mercy Co-Chair for Injury Prevention, CMK Co-Chair Kansas Intimate Partner

Violence Task force and Co-chair Children’s Mercy Council Violence Prevention.

Treasurer
Tess Schorr

Wesco

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Tess Schorr is a Business Development Manager for Wesco International, a multinational electrical distribution and services company. 

Secretary
Brock Josephson, PSP
Teecom

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Brock Josephson, PSP, is a principal consultant at TEECOM, where he focuses on designing sound and effective physical security systems for Mission Critical clients across the U.S. Brock has extensive firsthand experience in physical security system management with more than 13 years of experience in the full spectrum of system implementation including system planning, design, construction administration, and commissioning.