NCHERM FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, BRETT A. SOKOLOW, JD

Curriculum Vitae: Brett A. Sokolow, J.D.

Brett Sokolow is a specialist in campus safety, security and high-risk student health and safety issues. He is the President of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM),
a national multidisciplinary risk management consulting firm.

He serves or has served as outside counsel/advisor to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Concordia College (MN), Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Tulane University, La Salle University, Warren Wilson College, The Colorado College, Loras College, Hamilton College, Hendrix College, the University of the Incarnate Word, Saint Leo University, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker and Rhodes, Barton County Community College, the University of Dayton, Saint Mary's College (IN), Lake Forest College, Dominican University (IL) and Elmhurst College.

Mr. Sokolow is a risk management consultant, author, editor, and higher education attorney admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Studies from the College of William and Mary (1993), and a Juris Doctorate from the Villanova University School of Law (1997). Mr. Sokolow founded NCHERM in 2000. NCHERM provides specialized consulting, seminars, training and publications on:

• Sexual Misconduct
• Investigations
• Judicial Training
• Psychological Distress
• Disruptive Students
• Culture Change Initiatives
• Campus Safety
• Hazing
• Sexual Harassment
• Problem Drinking
• Drug Abuse
• Student Organization Risk Management
• Student Suicide

NCHERM has provided services to over 500 school, college and university clients, including programs for campus and school district administrators, faculty and staff training, sexual assault and Title IX case management, risk management for fraternities and sororities, workshops and seminars. In addition to his consulting activities, Mr. Sokolow has also provided awareness and education programs for students at over 1,400 colleges, high schools and military institutions. Through NCHERM, Mr. Sokolow has published numerous books and articles on student affairs and risk management topics. He provides expert witness services, and lobbying efforts for campus crime and sexual assault-related legislation.

Mr. Sokolow holds memberships to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA), the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA), the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies (IACLEA), the American College Personnel Association (ACPA, where he is Vice President for Education of Directorate Body of the Commission for Campus Judicial Affairs and Legal Issues), the Association of College and University Housing Officers- International (ACUHO-I) and the Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE), where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees.   He serves on the Advisory Board of the Higher Education Program at Old Dominion University. He is Editor Emeritus of the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development published by the Civic Research Institute. He served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the College and University Legal Advisor, also published by the Civic Research Institute.  He served as Legal Issues Editor of the CLHE Student Affairs Law & Policy Weekly and was the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The NCHERM Chronicle of Campus Conduct, which is now out-of-print.

Read the remainder of Brett Sokolow's Curriculum Vitae.
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