ZeroNow was formed to increase the pace and scale of technology innovation,  ideas, and investment in school safety designed to bring about real change, now.

With your help, there’s nothing stopping us from getting to zero.

We accomplish this in (3) core areas

Ideas

Think outside the box.

  • Desensitized Video + Audio Podcast (Student-Led Interviews)
  • Monthly Sessions Webinars
  • Community forum
  • Contributed content
  • America’s Safe Campuses Documentary Series
  • PSA’s (Digital/Print)
  • Social Media
  • #ZeroNow
  • Influencers

Innovation

Invent the future.

  • Partner collaboration
  • Establish Standards & Interoperability
  • iTIP- Innovation Technology Introduction Program
  • Safety Innovation Lab

Investment

Fund school safety.

  • Grant assistance
  • Policy briefings
  • Advocacy

Join us in our pursuit to make schools safer for good.

Let's merge our passion for change, our relentless pursuit of innovation, and the calling to create safe and inspiring environments for our youth. Together, we can develop the ability see around corners to create the level of school safety we need now, and maintain it well into the future.

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Founding Partners

As pioneers and creators of education safety technology and programs, we have the responsibility to work towards finding new ways to prevent harmful events, more quickly mitigate the scope of harm and ultimately achieve the complete absence of harm to our most valuable asset. 

Through alliance we have the potential to align around one bold and simple goal. Now we must come together as one to achieve zero.

Industry Partners

Board of Directors

Ara Bagdasarian

ZeroNow Founder, Board President
Co-Founder
Omnilert

Bruce Canal

ZeroNow Vice President
Account Executive, Education
Genetec

Dr. Miles Davis

Jeff Cullop

VSaaS Product Lead
Johnson Controls

Jeff McWeeney

ZeroNow Founder, Board Secretary
Founder, Design Director
Additional

Joe Samaha

ZeroNow Founder

John Wood

Martin Renkis

VP Technology Architecture
Johnson Controls, Inc.

Mary Beckendorf

ZeroNow Operations Director

Melissa Agnes

Michael Campanella

Podcast Host

Advisory Council

Andrew Ko

Founder

Kovexa

Antoinette King

Head of Cyber Convergence

i-PRO Americas Inc

Bob Jensen

Founder

Strat3

Brandon Rhone

Coordinator of Emergency Management & Safe Schools

North Penn School District

Chris Grollneck

Principal

Active Shooter Prevention Project

Cleveland Smith

Deputy Director (ret) Public Safety

Anne Arundel Community College

Dan Murphy

Chief Marketing Officer

Navigate360

Daniel Dusseau

Director Public Safety (ret)

Northern Virginia Community College

Dr. Beth J Sanborn

School Safety Coordinator

Montgomery County, PA

Dr. Rich Contartesi

CEO and Co-Founder

Ask School Data

Dr. Theodore Stec

Superintendent

Lombard, Illinois School District

E. Scott Geller, Ph.D

Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems

Virginia Tech

Elisa Mula

Founder

EM Designs

Gigi Thompson Jarvis

COO

Jarvis & Associates

Greg Shaffer

Supervisory Special Agent (Ret)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Jason Friedberg

Vice President

Blue Line Solutions

Jason Stoddard

Director of School Safety and Security

Charles County Public Schools

Jeff Morgan

Director of Security

Union County, North Carolina

Jeffrey Kelly

Director of K12 Solutions

Mutualink

Jennifer Henkle

Director, Sexual Violence Prevention and Response

NASPA

Jessica Mertz

Executive Director

Clery Center

Jill Lemond

Head of Education

Evolv

Jonathan Kassa

School Board Director

North Penn School District

Jose R. Figueroa

Former VP Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls

Josh Bronson

Director Of Education

IACLEA

Kasia Hansen

Global Sr. Director, Physical and Cybersecurity Ecosystems

Intel

Kevin J. Eberle, EdD.

Chief Operations Officer/School Principal (ret)

Buffalo Public Schools

Kirk Arthur

Worldwide Public Safety & Justice

Microsoft

Lori Alhadeff

President

Make Our Schools Safe

Marc Molina

Director of Public Safety

Elmhurst University

Robert Iskander

Founder

GG4L

Robin Hattersley

Editor In Chief

Campus Safety Magazine

Ron Jarvis

Attorney

S. Daniel Carter

Founder

SAFE Campuses, LLC

Stephanie Gordon, Ed.D.

Vice President Professional Development

NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Tom Badders

Director, Strategic Development and Government Relations

Telos

Student Correspondents (Journalism Majors)

Angelea Preston

State University of New York College at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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Hannah Brody

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

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Jillian Kasmore

State University of New York College at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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Michael Campanella

New York University

New York, NY

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