Full Name
Lindsay Burton
Job Title
Director, Division of Public Safety Training & Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety
Company
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Speaker Bio
Lindsay Burton serves as the Director of the Division of Public Safety Training and the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety at the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. In this role, she leads statewide efforts to strengthen public safety, school and campus safety, and emergency preparedness through training, technical assistance, strategic partnerships, and resources for K-12 schools, institutions of higher education, law enforcement agencies, and communities across Virginia.
Her portfolio includes initiatives focused on school and campus safety, behavioral threat assessment and management, critical incident preparedness and response, law enforcement and school safety personnel training, crisis management, and other emerging public safety needs. She works closely with state and local partners to advance coordinated, prevention-focused approaches that strengthen preparedness, response, and recovery across the Commonwealth.
Ms. Burton brings more than 15 years of experience advancing national security, school safety, and public safety initiatives, with an emphasis on prevention, collaboration, and whole-community approaches to complex safety challenges.
Previously, Ms. Burton served as the Associate Director of the School Safety Task Force at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she led department-wide efforts to enhance the safety and security of K-12 schools nationwide. She oversaw the establishment and administration of the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse and SchoolSafety.gov, an interagency initiative designed to coordinate federal resources and provide schools and communities with actionable guidance to support safe and supportive learning environments.
Ms. Burton also served as Deputy Executive Director for the DHS Office of Academic Engagement, where she strengthened partnerships with the higher education community and academic institutions to advance homeland security priorities through collaboration, research, and workforce development.
Prior to this role, Ms. Burton served as the Deputy Executive Director for the DHS Office of Academic Engagement where her work focused engaging with the higher education community and other academic partners on a range of homeland security-related issues. As part of this role, she led the management of the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council, which provided advice and recommendations to the Secretary and senior government leadership on matters related to homeland security and the academic community. In addition, she led the Department’s Campus Resilience Program, dedicated to helping colleges and universities build, sustain, and promote resiliency to the threats that confront institutions across the nation.
Her portfolio includes initiatives focused on school and campus safety, behavioral threat assessment and management, critical incident preparedness and response, law enforcement and school safety personnel training, crisis management, and other emerging public safety needs. She works closely with state and local partners to advance coordinated, prevention-focused approaches that strengthen preparedness, response, and recovery across the Commonwealth.
Ms. Burton brings more than 15 years of experience advancing national security, school safety, and public safety initiatives, with an emphasis on prevention, collaboration, and whole-community approaches to complex safety challenges.
Previously, Ms. Burton served as the Associate Director of the School Safety Task Force at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she led department-wide efforts to enhance the safety and security of K-12 schools nationwide. She oversaw the establishment and administration of the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse and SchoolSafety.gov, an interagency initiative designed to coordinate federal resources and provide schools and communities with actionable guidance to support safe and supportive learning environments.
Ms. Burton also served as Deputy Executive Director for the DHS Office of Academic Engagement, where she strengthened partnerships with the higher education community and academic institutions to advance homeland security priorities through collaboration, research, and workforce development.
Prior to this role, Ms. Burton served as the Deputy Executive Director for the DHS Office of Academic Engagement where her work focused engaging with the higher education community and other academic partners on a range of homeland security-related issues. As part of this role, she led the management of the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council, which provided advice and recommendations to the Secretary and senior government leadership on matters related to homeland security and the academic community. In addition, she led the Department’s Campus Resilience Program, dedicated to helping colleges and universities build, sustain, and promote resiliency to the threats that confront institutions across the nation.
