Chinook Safety Consulting LLC was founded with one goal in mind: to prevent targeted violence. For too long, violent acts have spread fear and destruction across our communities. Increasingly in the past decade, we have been forced to question whether we are safe in our schools, universities, churches, concerts, movie theaters, and even grocery stores. The aftermath of violent attacks often leave us feeling angry, confused, afraid, traumatized, and desperate for feasible solutions. We rely on available media sources to educate us about the responsible attackers, which may be fraught with sensationalism and misinformation. We may grow resigned to repeat attacks and begin to feel this violence is normal. Our research reveals that it does not have to be this way.

At Chinook Safety Consulting LLC, we provide solutions to stop targeted violence in our communities. How do we achieve this? With education and practice. We provide trainings and consultation that are backed by scholarly research. We do not allow politics, partisanship, or fear to inhibit the work that we do. We strive to equip individuals such as students, teachers, administrators, police officers, probation and parole officers, state and federal agents, physicians, parents, attorneys, mental health professionals, and more, with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent future attacks. We do the work for you; all we ask that you do is listen.

Owner/Founder

Kelli Frank, M.S.

Kelli Frank is the founder of Chinook Safety Consulting LLC and has provided violence-prevention training to audiences across the country. Kelli has presented for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, educators, mental health professionals, victim advocates, and more. She spent over a decade working on college campuses providing administrative leadership in the areas of student affairs, student conduct, case management, crisis intervention, and residence life. Until 2019, she served as the Director for Behavioral Intervention and Student Conduct at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she supervised professional case managers and led the University’s Behavioral Intervention Team. She was also a member of the tri-campus threat assessment team on the Auraria Campus and provided crisis-response alongside police & mental health staff. Kelli has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in law, human services, counseling, and sociology. Kelli earned an M.S. in Student Affairs from Colorado State University and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Washington. Her research has focused on community safety, threat management, prevention of targeted violence, domestic terrorism, and gender-based crimes such as stalking & domestic violence.

Education

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
M.S., Student Affairs in Higher Education

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
B.A., Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences: Sociology concentration

Affiliations

• Association for Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP)
• National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA)
• Higher Education Case Managers Association (HECMA)