Tad Roberts, native of Decatur, Tennessee, serves as the Supervisor of Safety and Student Services for the Meigs County School District. He began his career as a School Resource Officer and later developed the first criminal justice program for high school students in Meigs Co. Today he serves as a TN School Safety Specialist and Safety Mentor throughout the State of Tennessee.

Mr. Roberts has extensive training and experience in the development of multi-hazard emergency operation plans, behavioral threat assessment, social work/school-based law enforcement, crisis management, and postvention recovery. Tad is a licensed POST Certified Law Enforcement Officer, as well as a NASW Licensed Social Worker. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at Tennessee Wesleyan University. He holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice and a Master of Science in Social Work from The University of Tennessee, and is currently, pursuing his Doctorate of Social Work at The University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, MN.