President of School Safety Consultants, LLC in Brandon, MS, and Education Management Group, LLC., Roy is a member of the National Speakers Association and does consulting work in school safety and crisis management throughout the United States and in Canada. He is experienced in crisis management, crisis planning, disaster recovery, working with the media, school security, identifying warning signs, and threat assessment. 

Roy is a native of Weir, Mississippi. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and a Master of Science in School Administration from Mississippi State University. His experience in the the field of education includes 14 years as a teacher and administrator. 

While serving as Principal of Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi, from 1997-2000, Roy, his students, and his staff experienced a life-altering event when a student gunman entered the school and killed two of his fellow students, and injured seven others. That experience, along with the subsequent shootings that have occurred around the nation, has led to his current involvement in the field of school violence and crisis management. He serves as President of School Safety Consultants, LLC, a national school safety consulting firm. In that role, he travels extensively throughout the United States and Canada, speaking and conducting seminars and training.

Roy is available for keynotes, seminars, and workshops which provide fact-based information needed to increase sensitivity to the far-reaching effects of school violence. Specific topics include identification of warning signs, characteristics of safe schools, dealing with the media, crisis management, and the development of an effective crisis management plan.