BOB LALLY
Dean
Colorado Technical University
Mr. Bob Lally currently serves as Colorado Technical University’s (CTU) Dean for developing strategic direction for all security programming as it relates to Homeland, Cyber, Critical Infrastructure, Public Safety, and Health. His role is as the leader of the CTU programmatic direction into the security field, which will entail building significant relationships that will embed CTU into the fabric of the security apparatus through its educational offerings. The programmatic focus includes guiding and collaboratively adapting appropriate bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, and other certifications and contracts for training programs.
Mr. Lally currently sits on the board of the Journal for Homeland Security Education, is a member of the Homeland Security Educational Consortium, authored and published numerous articles, and has moderated and presented at homeland security forums.
Mr. Lally’s active duty Naval Aviation career spanned 28 years during which he commanded in combat at multiple levels. His background includes a full spectrum of senior leadership and management from unit-level organizations of some 200 people to 3,500 Task Force-level, where readiness was essential to mission success. His military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (two), Bronze Star, Air Medal (two Strike/Flight), and Navy Commendation Medals with two Combat Distinguishing devices.
Mr. Lally earned an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, and received his Master’s degree from National War College. He is a graduate of the Executive Level Leadership School at the Naval Postgraduate School in Newport, Rhode Island.
CTU is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, an independent corporation founded in 1895 and recognized by the U.S.Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.
CTU was founded in 1965 in Colorado Springs and is headquartered in Schaumberg, Illinois, where it has served for many years a very robust and demanding population, which now includes students who work at numerous Department of Homeland Security agencies; Environmental Protection Association; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Department of Justice; Northern Command; Air Force Space and Cyber Command, as well as numerous major defense contractors; and Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Verizon. In recent years, CTU has expanded to include campuses in Pueblo; two in Denver and Sioux Falls; and an Online Service Center to service its many online students. CTU now has approximately 28,000 students.
Mr. Lally’s main reason for attending the Emergency Management Higher Education Conference is to gain insights and best practices from the other participants, and to explore networking and partnership opportunities.
May 3, 2012