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The Experience Behind Every Assessment

Former law enforcement commanders, a retired FBI Special Agent, and board-certified safety professionals — working directly on your project, not a subcontractor.

120+Facilities Assessed Worldwide
35,000+Employees Under Direct Safety Oversight
28+Years of Frontline Law Enforcement Experience
FBI • NCHP • CSPFederal, State & Board-Certified Credentials On Staff

Ownership & Leadership

Led by the People Who've Actually Done the Work

American Priority Project isn't run by career marketers. It's owned and operated by the safety and law-enforcement professionals who built their careers preventing incidents — not just writing reports about them.

John Nain, MS, CSP, Owner of American Priority Project

John Nain, MS, CSP

Owner — Certified Safety Professional
  • Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with oversight of 120+ facilities worldwide and 35,000+ employees during his career
  • Helped prevent a specific active shooter incident, halted before the perpetrator carried out his plan — no injuries or fatalities
  • State-level law enforcement background, now serving community colleges, hospitals, private industry, and government
  • Court testimony and litigation-support experience, including documentation prepared to withstand extreme legal scrutiny
Full Bio & Credentials
  • Board Certified as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
  • Experience auditing hundreds of facilities worldwide, including security, workplace violence, and hostile intrusion prevention assessments
  • Directly involved in preventing a specific active shooter incident, which was halted with no fatalities or injuries prior to the perpetrator implementing his plan
  • Corporate responsibility for over 35,000 employees during his career
  • Oversight of over 120 facilities worldwide in his area of responsibility — safety and health for his constituents
  • State level law enforcement experience
  • Master of Science degree in Safety Management, University of Central Missouri
  • Bachelor of General Studies in Behavioral Sciences & Associate of Science in Law Enforcement, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • Currently works with organizations ranging from community college systems to hospitals, private sector, and government entities
  • Court testimony and litigation-support experience
Brent Morgan, Retired Lieutenant NCHP, Owner of American Priority Project

Brent Morgan

Owner — Retired Lieutenant, NC Highway Patrol
  • 28 years of local and statewide law enforcement experience, including active shooter response at the high school and university level
  • Presidential & candidate security experience, coordinating state, federal, and local elements
  • Commanded the statewide VIPER emergency communications network and served as Acting Troop Commander over two multi-county troops
  • Incident command and court testimony experience, with documentation built to withstand extreme legal review
Full Bio & Credentials
  • 28 years of local and statewide law enforcement experience
  • Hands-on experience responding to active shooter events at high school & university levels
  • Significant training in appropriate law enforcement response in such matters
  • Incident command & court testimony experience
  • Security experience including the executive mansion for the State of North Carolina
  • Presidential & candidate security, interfacing state, federal, and local elements
  • Major event security & traffic control for large-scale sporting events
  • Supervisory experience for hundreds of law enforcement personnel
  • Expertise reviewing levels of documentation to withstand extreme legal review
  • Command of the statewide VIPER system (statewide emergency communications network)
  • Acting Troop Commander for two troops, each consisting of ten or more counties
  • Significant & intricate knowledge of transportation & traffic systems

Our Support Team

Specialists Who Round Out Every Assessment

Beyond our founders, American Priority Project draws on a bench of specialists in occupational health, federal investigations, and regulatory compliance — so every engagement gets the right expert, not a generalist.

Adam Coffey

Adam Coffey

MBA, CSP, MESH – CEO

Leads company operations and strategy, pairing safety-management credentials with business leadership to keep client programs both compliant and practically run.

828-781-2743
Nicole Coffey

Nicole Coffey

DrOT, MS, OTR/L, CLT

Doctor of Occupational Therapy and ergonomics specialist. Applies clinical expertise to reduce injury risk and improve workplace safety design.

Jennifer Stafford

Jennifer Stafford

Strategic Services

Manages client strategy and coordination, connecting assessment findings to practical, on-the-ground implementation.

828-838-7574
Kevin Ranieri

Kevin Ranieri

Retired Special Agent, FBI

Brings federal law-enforcement investigative experience to threat assessment and security planning engagements.

Stephen Jenkins

Stephen Jenkins, REM, CSP

Board Certified Safety Professional

Full bio coming soon.

Bill McQuiston

Bill McQuiston

Law Enforcement

Full bio coming soon.

Why experience matters at American Priority Project

Why Experience Is the Whole Point

Anyone can write a safety checklist. Very few people have actually stood in front of an active threat, commanded a statewide emergency response network, or been cross-examined in court on a security assessment they authored.

Our team has. That's the difference between a generic template and a plan built by people who know exactly what an incident looks like — and exactly what it takes to prevent one.

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