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Michael Ferrence Jr.
Senior Consultant - Principal
Academy Leadership Associates, LLC
Mr. Ferrence has 36 years of work experience including nine years as first line supervisor, and nine years as program manager for leadership development at the FBI Academy. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Wayne State University and the University of Virginia’s undergraduate and graduate level programs. In addition to his responsibilities of managing and leading a professional staff of educators and consultants as Chief of the Leadership Development Institute at the FBI Academy, he has taught leadership courses to include its challenges, systems thinking, and contemporary issues. He has developed or supervised the development of all internal leadership programs at the FBI Academy, primarily focused on individual leadership competencies and operational management. These programs have provided training to approximately 1,200 management level employees over the course of his nine-year tenure as Chief. Mr. Ferrence has designed and/or managed the delivery of executive level programs for SES members and law enforcement chief executive officers providing him with critical experience in the training and development of current and future leaders.
He designed a life cycle leadership development program for the FBI that includes leadership principles for recruits, classroom based instruction for selected pre-supervisory employee, first line supervisors, mid-level managers and executives. The plan also utilizes developmental assignments, experiential learning, and distance learning (synchronous and asynchronous). The comprehensive plan utilizes the leadership competencies developed by the Office of Personnel Management as well as others that are FBI specific.
He has experience as an internal evaluator and consultant for the FBI and local law enforcement organizations. Mr. Ferrence serves on the Excellence in Government conference planning committee, Major City Chiefs Human Resource Sub Committee, Board of Advisors of Envisage Corporation (IT and Learning Management System developer), is a Research Associate for the Institute for Operational Readiness and Continuous Education in Security, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Executive Institute Associates.
Mr. Ferrence holds a M.P.A. from Wayne State University and a M.S. in Human Development, Adult Learning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his B.S. in Police Administration, from Wayne State University. Mr. Ferrence is presently pursuing Post Graduate Studies in Adult Learning Human Development. He is certified as a Blanchard – Situational Leadership II instructor in the administration of the DISC instrument. |
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