Michele Sweeney Boudreau (Abrams), President

Michele Sweeney Boudreau (Abrams) is a survivalist, stemming from a nature loving, patriotic upbringing in Central Pennsylvania. She loves the outdoors and down to earth living. She relocated and settled in the Chicago area in 2000 but didn't leave her skills behind.

In addition to being a Certified Firearms and Conceal Carry Instructor Michele highly values serving as an Emergency Responder,  Executive Protection Security and in Law Enforcement. She has served on Search and Rescue Teams, Public Preparedness Outreach and Mass Care Response. Michele has also had many deployments as a  Reservist and Specialist with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  More recently Michele serves as “On Call” for County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Offices. Michele has a background in National Preparedness, Incident Command Systems, Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, Jurisdictional Threat and Infrastructure Security, Anti Terrorism and Incident Response to Bombings. Michele holds an Illinois Explosives License and has trained at New Mexico Tech EMRTC where she also earned Instructor Certification in Incident Response to Suicide Bombings.

Michele has trained with Women's Golden Gloves Boxing Trainers and studied Wado Ryu Japanese Karate. She is also a SAG AFTRA Actress and Stunt woman for commercials, films and TV shows.

Kenny brings with him thirty-three years of experience as a decorated law enforcement and security professional. Ken holds a Master’s Degree in Public Safety Administration and has served as a Commanding Officer of the Chicago Police Department’s Criminal Enterprise Unit and as a Commanding Officer of the Gang Enforcement Division’s Gang School Safety Teams. He was also supervisor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy HIDTA Money Laundering Group. He was previously deputized as Federal Task Force Agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and as a Special Federal Officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Ken further brings his knowledge due to 18 years of experience from serving with the US Army and earned the Bronze Star while serving as an Aide De Camp / Protective Service Officer to the Commanding General of Engineer Forces, US Central Command during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. He is a graduate of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and is certified as Anti-Terrorism instructor. He achieved further certification as a Physical Security Inspector for the United States Army and was the Supervising Member of a Physical Security Team in an eight state region. Ken was certified as an Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer by the Illinois State Police and serves as the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Licensee in Charge.

Lior Ofir is not only a Former Israeli Navy SEAL, but also a World Champion martial artist with years of experience in the Israeli Ministry of Defense as a Defensive Tactic’s Specialist in the security field. He has dedicated his life to teaching different communities Personal Safety Concepts to stay safe in dangerous situations.

Lior Ofir was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 2003 where he joined the elite Naval Commando Unit "Shyetet 13". His was a sniper, a medic and a hand-to-hand Krav Maga combat instructor. Lior served for almost five years. As a reserve duty serviceman – he is one of the team members in charge of selecting the future students in the trials.

In 2008, Lior was accepted to the Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) in Herzliya, where he graduated with a Law and Business degree while working for Israel’s Ministry of Defense for four years. In this position, he is part of a team preparing Operational/Emergency plans for government's facilities & security teams.

For over decade, Lior has been practicing martial arts. He started by mastering Krav Maga then found his love and passion when introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In just two years (2016-2018), he won 8 different world championship titles in the sport.