Chuck Paris | Courage Leads BIO

COURAGE LEADS, LLC – MISSION

EDIFY & FORTIFY LEADERS

I believe in Servant Leadership. I founded Courage Leads as a proactive effort to build-up, strengthen, and invest in, rising and veteran leaders with platforms of support, networks and resources to enhance their unique talent for leadership. Courage Leads applauds the significance of an individual, their calling and courage, past and present preparation, and the potential for every person to live and leave a lasting leadership legacy.

CHUCK PARIS BIO

I am blessed by the enduring leadership of unique individuals who invested in me over the years in my diverse arenas and pursuits. They demonstrated character, style, integrity and a most notable sense of being secure in their own leadership capabilities to allow me to explore mine. Their leadership precedents I recall with specificity. They built platforms under me that made it possible to go where I have been and make it probable to go for more.

I offer my experiences and credentials to build platforms to edify and fortify leaders:

Certified Leadership Coach - currently train actors for TV/Film and professionals for on-camera media skills and leadership enhancement.
Former ten-year veteran police officer, College Security Officer, High School Security Team Leader
U.S. Army Veteran, Military Police canine handler – 101st Airborne Division & 553rd MP Company
Screenwriter/Producer/Director/Actor - Since 1990 worked in the Independent film industry. Member of AFTRA/SAG. Police procedures technical advisor for filmmakers and actors. From 1996-2006, trained actors for realistic police hostage negotiation and counterterrorism training scenarios. (Actor Resume)
Violence Prevention Political Advisor to 1994 State’s Attorney Candidate
POSITIVE I.D. Founder, non-profit organization to teach on-camera conflict resolution skills to teens in court system.

Served as a deputy sheriff with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), police corporal with the Prince George’s County police (MD), a 9-11 emergency dispatcher with the Howard County police (MD), and as a canine handler with the U.S. Army Military Police, 101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell (KY).

EDUCATION

MASTER’S:

Regent University, Organizational Leadership/Terrorism & Homeland Defense with Leadership Coaching certification (1 year course)

BACHELOR’S: American University, Multimedia Approaches to Violence Prevention
ASSOCIATES: Montgomery College, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement

TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION (ICISF)
Strategic Response to Crisis
Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support
Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Implications
Critical Incident Stress Management: Group Crisis Intervention
Corporate Crisis Response: Critical Incident Stress Management in the Workplace
From Battlefield to Street: Post Combat Recovery and Reintegration of First Responders

HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION
Crisis Negotiation and Response (semester)
Two-Day Basic Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Program (16 hour)
Advanced Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Program (27 hour)
I also trained actors for use in police hostage/counterterrorism training scenarios.

AMERICAN RED CROSS
Damage Assessment - Emergency Rescue Vehicle (ERV) - Disaster Action Team (DAT)
Intro to Disaster Services - Instructor Candidate Training - Mass Care - Public Affairs in Disaster I & II - Emergency Assistance I

MAINE MEDIA WORKSHOPS
Producing the Feature Film

MEMBERSHIPS
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Independent Feature Project (IFP)
Women In Film & Video (WIFV-DC)
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
Television, Internet, & Video Association of DC (TIVA-DC)
American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA)
American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC)(DC)(past)
International Association of Counterterrorism & Security Professionals (IACSP)