Gavin de Becker is Founder and Chairman of Gavin de Becker & Associates, an 820 -person consulting and service firm for at-risk public figures. Gavin de Becker developed the MOSAIC threat assessment systems used to screen threats to Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as members of Congress, and designed MOSAIC systems for the Central Intelligence Agency, and many others.

Twice appointed to the President’s Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of Justice, he is a Senior Fellow at UCLA’s School of Public Policy & Social Research.

He is the best -selling author of THE GIFT OF FEAR and other books on violence and safety currently published in 17 languages.