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Mark Cheviron - Featured Speaker

Corporate Vice President - Corporate Security and Services, Archer Daniels Midland

Mr. Cheviron is responsible for all security functions at ADM locations and their subsidiaries worldwide, which includes over 1,700 locations in 73 countries. He also serves as the corporate liaison with all federal, state and local law enforcement personnel. Prior to his employment with ADM, Mr. Cheviron was Operations Commander and Chief of Detectives of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office with a rank of Lieutenant. He was employed at the Sheriff's Office from 1971 until 1980.

Mr. Cheviron received his Baccalaureate Degree in law enforcement administration at Western Illinois University in 1970 and received his Master of Arts degree in social justice professions from the University of Illinois-Springfield in 1976. He also is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, where he was elected speaker of his class (106th session).

Mr. Cheviron currently is the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Private Sector Co-Chair for 2007 for the U.S. Department of State. Additionally, Mr. Cheviron is a founding member of the Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and chairs the Continuing Education Committee. He is also a committee member of the Food Products Association Security Council, the Private Security Advisory Group and the Global Strategy Institute Advisory Council for the Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the National Grain and Feed Association Bioterrorism Task Force, the Illinois Terrorism Task Force, the Business Roundtable Security Task Force, the Agro-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Board of Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC).

Mr. Cheviron is registered with the State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulations as a Private Investigator, a Polygraph Examiner and a Certified Physical Evidence Technician. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, plus still holds his commission with the Macon County Sheriffs’ Office. He has been named in Who’s Who of the National Security Institute, the Who’s Who in the National Register and Who’s Who as a Security Executive.

Mr. Cheviron is a member and past president of the FBI National Academy Associates of Illinois, a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association, the American Society of Industrial Security and the International Security Management Association where he has served as a board member.