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Incident Management Team

Marilyn Knight, M.S.W.

Marilyn Knight, M.S.W. is the President/CEO of the Incident Management Team (IMT), an international Crisis Management, Security and Violence Prevention consulting company. As a lecturer and trainer in the areas of Workplace Violence Prevention, Crisis Response and Organizational Change, she has presented at over 250 conferences and seminars in North America and Asia.

Ms. Knight assisted US Army Infantry Units with critical incident stress management (CISM) activities after the World Trade Center Terrorist attack. In the aftermath of the terrorist bombing of the Alfred Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Ms. Knight was the on-site Crisis Responder and Consultant to the Ryder Corporation. She was an on-site Crisis Response Consultant assisting the United States Postal Service in Critical Incident Response and site-logistics after the mass shootings at the Royal Oak (1991). 

Ms. Knight has consulted with Fortune 500 companies in the areas of Violence Prevention, Threat Assessment, and Organizational Change Management. She assisted Intel Corporation in the design of their Workplace Violence Prevention System and training of their Workplace Response Teams in North America, the Philippines, Malaysia and Southeast Asia. She was the strategic Organizational Change Consultant to Los Alamos National Laboratory during their period of large-scale reorganization and reduction in force.

 Ms. Knight has consulted with United States Army, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Redstone Arsenal, STRICOM-Naval Warfare Center, Fort Bragg Special Operations, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Fort Meade, Fort Lewis, Kirtland AFB, Polk Air Force Base, the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), Army Evaluation Center (AEC), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Fort Belvoir, the Army Defense Logistic Agency (DLIS), Fort Drum, U.S. Coast Guard, New Jersey National Guard and the Air National Guard, Selfridge Air Force Base.

 Ms. Knight was a sworn Special Deputy of the Wayne County Sheriff's Department, Coordinator of the Sheriff's Department EAP and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team, and has assisted in training law enforcement departments in Advanced Hostage Negotiations and Critical Incident Response. She is a Psychological Consultant to the Wayne County Emergency Operation Center Weapons of Mass Destruction (Chemical/Biological) Response Team and has trained or consulted on Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) for the State of Michigan MIOSHA Investigators, Accident Fund, the Macomb County Emergency Response Team, and is the Director of the Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team serving 65 police departments.

 While employed at General Motors, she held numerous UAW positions including President of her Local Union. She was a member of the EAP Team, Community Coordinator and Business Unit Advisor during implementation of their joint programs.

 Ms. Knight is the Co-Director of Violence Prevention and Crisis Management Programs, Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice, and Director of Corporate Education Program for Michigan State University Safe Place. She is also the Director of a State of Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services (CIS) Safety, Education and Training (SET) funded Grant, the purpose of which is to help corporations, employers and governmental entities develop Violence Prevention Policies and Infrastructures, Threat Assessment Teams and Post-Incident Crisis Response contingency plans.

 Ms. Knight received her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and her Masters of Social Work (M.S.W.) from Wayne State University.