Ken Lewis is the President and Director of Training at Prevent – Prepare – Protect Training and Consulting and teaches Anti-terrorism Force Protection for the US Navy Master-At-Arms school. He is a Range Master, Firearms Instructor, NRA Training Counselor, NRA Practical Pistol Coach Development Staff, NRA/USA Shooting Shotgun Coach, Training and Shooting Range Consultant, a college professor with active security, military, and law enforcement experience, and formerly a National Shooting Sports Foundation Range Action Specialist. Recognized as an expert witness and subject matter expert he is often called to review and testify in training and use of force. His experience includes emergency management and disaster response, working with numerous employers and enterprise-level corporate customers to manage and minimize risk through the application of periodic assessments, intelligence, and threat management techniques.

After retiring from 24 years in the US Air Force, and prior to joining the National Protective team, he was the Range Program Manager at UXB International Inc. and Concept Planner with AMEC Earth and Environmental. Mr. Lewis is the principle operational adviser in development of RATPAC™. He has held leadership and management doctrine positions, and worked a broad range of specialties throughout his career, e.g. communication systems, facility maintenance, law enforcement/security, Emergency Service Teams (SWAT), small arms training and repair, and instructing/teaching intellectual and mechanical skills. Mr. Lewis has extensive experience in project and program management. Noted speaker, writer and an Eagle Scout, he is a member of the NRA-Life, TxHA-Life, TSRA, IALEFI, ILEETA, and NSSF. He holds an A.A. in Security Administration from the Community College of the Air Force, an A.A. in Business Management from Wayland Baptist University, a B.S. in Occupational Education from Wayland Baptist University, and a Master of Business Administration from Our Lady of the Lake University.

Angelique Salas is a certified firearms instructor, Chief Range Safety Officer, and the Chief of Staff at Prevent – Prepare – Protect Training and Consulting in San Antonio, Texas. Along with being a professional trader and instructor in domestic and international markets for the last 18 years, she has decades of experience in leadership, project management, sales, marketing, and business management. Angelique is an author with a passion for making otherwise boring or difficult subjects and breaking them down to be exciting and understood. In her spare time, Angelique ran a program for youth, ages 8-18, and continues to give back to her community and Veteran’s organizations.

Bobby Clakley joined the United States Navy in September 1975. He was trained as an aviation ordnanceman and certified in the building of numerous types of bombs, rockets, missiles, mines as well as the twenty MM cannon. After serving in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Bobby was given his choice of orders and went to Millington, Tennessee. While in Tennessee, Bobby earned his Department of Defense instructor certification and began teaching multi-platform weapons systems to new recruits at the aviation ordnance school.

After retirement in 1992, he worked at the Department of Labor’s Gary Job Corps program for seven years and then went to work for the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department, where he was a juvenile detention officer working with the Intensive Supervision Probation unit. After seven years with the Travis County, Bobby moved on to work for the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as a program specialist in the certification division where he reviews fire service training and issues certifications in specific disciplines to firefighters in Texas.

Bobby currently holds Instructor II certification through the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and is certified by the Texas Department of Public Safety as a License to Carry Instructor. In addition, he is certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as a Firearm Instructor and the National Rifle Association as a Basic Pistol Instructor.

Alison Adams is a Life Member of Texas Handgun Association, Texas Rifle Association, as well as the NRA. She is a member of the Well Armed Woman and A Girl and A Gun. Alison is a Chief Range Safety Officer, Texas License to Carry Instructor, USCCA Instructor, and NRA Instructor and Coach ( Basic and Advanced).

Alison and her 4Range Training, LLC instructs in the San Antonio area, as well as the Victoria/Yoakum Coastal Area. Alison’s gift is teacher, and she enjoys the time she has on the Range focusing on safety, while instructing various skill training. She believes in starting with a good foundation for learning and that “Safety is the foundation by which all skills are built on”.

Alison has a BAAS in Business Administration from Tarleton State University and continued studies in Business Teacher Education from the University of Houston, Victoria Campus. She brings with her years of experience in personnel and office management, overall business management, organizational skills, time management, administrative, marketing, public relations writing skills. She has been married 28 years and her and her husband Tim also own and run Adams Tractor Sales and Accessories.

George “Bulldog” Pena was one of the first in the state to achieve a Texas Department of Public Safety Concealed Handgun Instructors Certificate in 1995. George started teaching at his local gun club which he was Range Officer at the time. He got involved with the Texas Concealed Handgun Instructor Association in it’s infancy. George was elected to the Board of Directors, served as President and Executive Vice President for thirteen years and all that it includes. He also wrote a column for the newsletter and later served as the newsletter editor. George lives with wife Kathy in Uvalde who also served in the Association.

Dean McCormick was born in California in 1949, but with a Texas connection. His dad had been a dust-bowler, leaving Amarillo/Canyon in the late 1930s. He first got gunpowder in his veins from following an older cousin around on a dove hunt, escaping from a boring family picnic. First formal training was in a police-sponsored rifle club, shooting bullseye with .22 target rifles. After a couple of years with the club, he tested and qualified as an NRA assistant instructor, that being the highest rating available to a shooter under eighteen.

Dean became a CHL instructor in 1995, as part of the initial cadre, and was in on the formation of the TCHIA in 1997. He wrote a proposed draft of the original bylaws, some elements of which are still incorporated in the current document. He’s been active in small ways all through the history of the organization, but first ran and was elected to the BoD in 2007. He teaches in his living room and does the shooting at his own range, a pretty Spartan setup 300 yards from his front door. He teaches on weekends, having kept his day job, which is not shooting, police, or security-related.

He’s an NRA and TSRA member, almost an “of course.”

Cheryl Bunyard enlisted in the United States Air Force from Columbus, Ohio in 1973 as a jet engine mechanic.  In 1975 she was selected for the prestigious award as “Airman of the Year” for the Air Force.  In 1979 she was hand-selected as a mechanic for the world famous Air Force “Thunderbirds.”  Cheryl served in Desert Storm, setting up and managing the only Air Force jet engine repair shop within the war zone.

Cheryl retired from the Air Force in 1999 in San Antonio and was immediately hired as a firefighter at Shavano Park Fire Department, where she was working part-time while still in the service.  Once the new Toyota plant opened in San Antonio, Cheryl was hired as a firefighter/paramedic where she quickly moved up the ranks to shift Captain.  Many years later Cheryl became the Assistant Fire Chief at the Bexar-Bulverde Fire Department.

Cheryl has two masters’ degrees through Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.  She holds an instructor III certification through the Texas Commission on Fire Protection along with many other fire certifications.  Also, she has been a fire and EMS adjunct instructor for the San Antonio College First Responder Academy since 2001.

Brad Tarno is a Husband, Father, follower of God. He is a gadget geek and loves technology. He has been working in the IT industry for over 20 years where his main focus has been on building massive scale global computer networks. He spends a lot of spare time in photography and film making which allows him to share some of his favorite experiences with the world. He is a dedicated 2A advocate and carries a handgun for personal defense on a daily basis. He is passionate about firearm safety and training so he often does one-on-one handgun training courses that focus on proper handling, self defense techniques, and improving accuracy. Brad feels strongly that while it is our right as Americans to own firearms, it’s also our responsibility to be sure we properly store them, practice often, know the local laws, and follow the four universal firearms safety rules at all times.