Guest Speakers Sept 19 & 20, 2025
Each day of our event we will welcome a guest speaker. We are pleased to give you a brief intoruduction to each of them below as well as they day and time they will be speaking.
Sheriff Wayne Ivey – Friday Sept 19th at 2pm
Sheriff Wayne Ivey has over forty years of public safety service. His career includes both law enforcement and correctional disciplines. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy 237th Session and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Supervision and Management from Daytona State College. His background in law enforcement includes Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
Ivey began his career in 1980 as a corrections officer in Clay County. He later served as a deputy and detective before joining the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), where he led major investigations and helped establish the Child Abduction Response Team.
Honors and Affiliations
State Law Enforcement Officer of the Year state finalist, 1996; FDLE Special Agent of the Year for Florida; 1996; IACP’s “Excellence in Investigation” national finalist, 2003; IACP’s “Choice Point” national award winner for excellence in investigation, 2005; Brevard County Commission Resolution for implementation and participation in the GAMEOVER partnership, 2009; FDLE Commissioner’s Contribution to Criminal Justice Award, 2009; Florida Crime Prevention Association Crime Prevention Unit of the Year, 2014; Richard H. Stottler Humanitarian Award, 2015; Florida Retail Federation President Award, 2015; Central Florida Humanitarian Award, 2015; National Rifle Association of America Defender of Freedom Award, 2016; State of Florida’s Medicaid and Public Assistance Fraud Strike Force Board, 2013; FSA Advisory Council to the Florida Highway Patrol, 2013; Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Circuit Advisory Board, 2014; FSA Legislative Committee, 2015; Florida Model Jail Standards Committee, 2015-2017; FSA Training Committee, 2015-present; President of Florida Organized Retail Crime Association, 2015; United Way Board of Directors, 2015-present; board member: Circles of Care Executive Board, 2014-present, American Cancer Society, AMI Kids, Eastern Florida State College Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs, Crimeline, Crosswinds Youth Services, Promise of Brevard, Sheriff’s Police Athletic League, YMCA of Titusville, Brevard Heart Foundation member; National Sheriffs’ Association, Florida Sheriffs Association, FBI National Academy Associates, Inc., Brevard County Chiefs of Police Association, Take Stock in Children, TRIAD, Children’s Advocacy Center, Cocoa Rotary, CivMil, Honor Flight, National Rifle Association of America The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.
Ric Prado – Saturday Sept 20th at 2pm
Enrique “Ric” Prado is a paramilitary, counter-terrorism, and special/clandestine operations specialist, with a focus on international training operations and programs. Mr. Prado is a twenty-four year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency where he served as an Operations Officer in six overseas posts. He was Deputy Chief of Station and “Plank Owner” of the original Bin Ladin Task Force/Issues Station under Senior Analyst, Michael Scheuer, as well as Chief of Station in a hostile Muslim country. He also served as Chief of Operations in the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center (CTC) during the September 11th attacks, where Mr. Prado helped coordinate CIA/CTC’s special operations (SPECOPS) activities with the National Security Council and FBI, as well as with elite U.S. military representatives from Delta Force and SEAL-Team Six, then detailed to CTC/CIA. He retired as Senior Intel Service-2 (SIS-2, Major General equivalent at CIA).
Mr. Prado spent his first ten years at CIA as a paramilitary officer in Special Operations Group/Special Activities Division (SOG/SAD, Ground Branch) which is CIA’s “special operations force.” His service included 36 months in Central America jungles as the first CIA officer living in the anti-Sandinista “Contra” camps. Subsequently running counter-terrorism/insurgency operations in Peru and in the Philippines. Other key positions included head of the CIA’s Korean Operations and Chief of CIA Liaison in Seoul, ROK. He is fluent in his native Spanish and once held a 2+ level in Japanese.
His military training and qualifications include Airborne, SCUBA, Advance Combat Medical Rescue, S.E.R.E., Mountain Climbing, and Jungle Survival under the auspices of the US Air Force elite Pararescue Teams (1971-1976). CIA training included: Ops/Case Officer certification training (The Farm), Counterterrorist Operations, Advanced Tradecraft Course, Free-Fall parachuting, Draeger close-circuit (Combat Diver’s 1984 and SEALS 2003), Korean Ops, and numerous CT driving and weapons-related courses. Mr. Prado is also a graduate of the elite Henk Iverson’s Lone Operator course (2018).
Mr. Prado is now co-owner of Camp X, Special Operations Lone Operator Training Group and continues his service training and supporting the “SPECOPS” Community as Subject Matter Expert (SME ) at the SWCS’ ASOT (Advanced Special Operations and Techniques) and ASOT Managers Course, Dragon Warrior, Emerald Warrior, among others.