Restorative Justice (RJ) 101

Ryan Petty is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive with over 25 years in the telecom, media & technology industries including; co-founder of Myrio, as a senior executive with Siemens and Nokia, Senior Vice President of B2B Solutions with Liberty Latin America’s Cable & Wireless subsidiary and as the Vice President of Product Development and Innovation at ADT. Ryan is currently the managing partner at Evio Group, a management consultancy. Ryan was appointed in March 2018 by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission. Ryan was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to the Florida State Board of Education in January of 2020. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Florida State Board of Education.

Ryan is also a board member of Stand With Parkland and is the co-founder of The WalkUp Foundation (walkupfoundation.org).

Ryan lost his daughter Alaina in the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s day 2018. Alaina was one of 17 students and teachers killed. Since the tragedy that took their daughter, Ryan and his wife Kelly have been actively involved in the public policy arena as advocates for improving school safety, through early identification, and intervention of potential threats.

The WalkUp Foundation‘s mission is to protect our children & teachers at school through the support of evidence-based policies and programs which improve the culture in our schools, educate everyone to identify and report potential threats and encourage robust and accountable interactions between students, educators, parents, mental health professionals, and law enforcement.

Ryan has been featured in the NY Times, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, & CNN. He has been a frequent guest on MSNBC, Fox News, HLN as well as local Florida media. Ryan currently writes for Bearing Arms and is a frequent guest on Cam & Company and Armed American Radio with Mark Walters.

Rhyen Staley is a Researcher for Parents Defending Education where he assists staff and parents in collecting, organizing, and correlating data. He has fifteen years of experience as a public and private school teacher ranging from grade six to freshman in college. He is also the father of two school aged children.

Mark Lamb is best known as the American Sheriff, but it wasn’t always the case. After being a business owner for over a decade, he joined the world of Law Enforcement in his thirties and has thrived as a leader in his field from day one.

Valedictorian of his training class, Rookie of the Year, Officer of the Year, Detective of the Year, and now Sheriff of Pinal County, he has always risen to every challenge in his path.

His empowering leadership style, western attire, and huge smile have set him apart from his peers and his no nonsense approach to Law Enforcement has made him a beacon of hope to many in his county and all over the world.

Lamb is a frequent guest on Fox News and other national outlets. Lamb was featured in 20+ episodes  of the #1 Rated Cable TV Show “Live PD” on A&E (2017-2018), featured in Season 5 of “60 Days In” and had a major role in the production which is currently airing on Netflix. Lamb also co-hosted 20 episodes of  “Live PD Wanted” on A&E with Tom Morris Jr. And Michele Sigona (2019-2020) and was set to come back for 10 more episodes in July 2020 but is postponed due to COVID.

With an attitude of “Fear Not, Do Right” and common sense approach, his patriotism is as infectious as his positive attitude.