Our Team

SENIOR PARTNER

 Mark Tallman is a Creative Assurance founding Partner and Senior Consultant. He has been a security and emergency management educator, consultant, and practitioner for 12+ years. He taught Homeland Security and Emergency Management at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and at the Center for the Study of Homeland Security (CSHS) and Center for Cybersecurity Education & Research (CCER) at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a virtual adjunct instructor in the Department of Disaster and Emergency Management at Nova Southeastern University. Tallman is the author of “Ghost Guns: Hobbyists, Hackers, and the Homemade Weapons Revolution" available through your friendly local online retail monopoly. Dr. Tallman currently serves as Director of Campus Safety at Illinois Wesleyan University. He previously served as Senior Risk Manager for Security and Safety at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was an emergency planning consultant for the Center for International Security Policy Research in Westminster, Colorado Tallman has a Ph.D. in International Security from the University of Denver. He has been an armed security officer and range safety officer, and is an ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP), IFCPP Cultural Institution Protection Manager (CIPM), DRII Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP), and IHCPP Advanced Healthcare Protection Administrator (CAHSO). 

SENIOR PARTNER

Kerry Robarge is an emergency management consultant with experience in business IT consulting, global health, public health, and international humanitarian aid. Kerry has been a security and emergency planning consultant since 2012. Her experience includes technical advising for the Carter Center in South Sudan, and program management for Catholic Relief Services during the 2014 Lesotho coup. Kerry was a GIS Specialist for the US Army Corps of Engineers and responded to Hurricane Katrina with FEMA. She has an M.A. in International Human Rights with graduate certificates in Humanitarian Assistance and Global Health Affairs, and a B.S. in Imaging and Photographic Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

SENIOR PARTNER  

Kate has supported security and emergency planning projects since 2012. She is an Associate Professor and Head of Liaison Services at Illinois State University's Milner Library. She is a former member of the Steering Committee for the State of Colorado’s Cultural and Historic Resources Task Force, a multi-stakeholder organization focused on safeguarding Colorado’s historic resources during disasters and emergency operations. Kate has a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois-Champaign, an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.A. in Anthropology from Northern Illinois University. 

SENIOR CONSULTANT

Tim is an experienced physical and facility security specialist with 20+ years of experience in physical security, industrial security, and facilities management. Mr. Powell served MillerCoors as Security Manager for Enterprise Systems, Security Systems Administrator, and Regional Security and Emergency Services Manager. In these roles, he designed, implemented, evaluated, and supervised MillerCoors security, fire, emergency management, and life safety systems at enterprise, regional, and local levels. Mr. Powell was a project coordinator for Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, where he managed security maintenance and improvements for IT and telecom providers. Tim attended Warren Technical University, and is a certified automotive mechanic. He holds a CDL with endorsements for multi-trailer, tanker, and HAZMAT operations.

CONSULTING ASSOCIATE

Jake Diliberto is a policy planning consultant and former USMC non-commissioned officer. Jake has experience in local, state, and federal emergency planning. He has advised for police training, rapid terrorism response, foreign partner military advising and standards implementation. Jake was a Research Associate for the United Nations in Afghanistan, an international security instructor at the University of Birmingham, and a Fellow at the Center for International Policy. Jake is a certified jump instructor with more than 13,000 jumps. He has set three Guinness World Records for skydiving.