R.A.D. Systems
23305 Hwy 16
Denham Springs, LA 70726
Voice: (225) 791-4430
Fax: (225) 791-4431
Hours: 10am-3pm Central

R.A.D. Systems: Executive Board

This incredible network of Instructors is governed by an all female Executive Board, who in turn manage Rape Aggression Defense Systems, Inc. Communication is maintained within this alliance through The Instructor's Voice, a quarterly publication for Instructors only, through innovative Internet use and through the R.A.D. International Training and Certification Conference conducted every July. The members of the Executive Board are as follows:

Jan Barrymore Jan received her Associates Degree in Law Enforcement in 1974 and joined the US Army Military Police Corp in 1975. She served in Germany, Korea and then returned to civilian life as a Corrections Officer at the women's prison in Kansas. She attended the first R.A.D. Instructor's Program in 1991 while working at CNU and then moved to The College of William and Mary, primarily investigating sexual assaults. In 1997, Jan received her M.Ed. in Counseling and is currently the Crisis Intervention Specialist at a women's domestic violence/sexual assault shelter.

Theresa has been a R.A.D. Instructor since April of 1991, where she attended the very first R.A.D. Instructors Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology from Indiana University of PA and then worked 10 years as the Administrative Supervisor for the Security Department at Virginia Wesleyan College. Theresa is a staff instructor in the Basic Physical Defense System and r.a.d.KIDS Awareness and Defense System. She is also the editor of R.A.D.'s Newsletter, The Instructors Voice.
Theresa Barker

Sheri Iachetta Sheri has been with R.A.D. Systems since it began in 1989. She has undergraduate and master's degrees from Radford University and started her career in Student Affairs at Old Dominion University and The College of William and Mary. From 1994, she worked full time as the Systems Coordinator for R.A.D., and the Academy Coordinator for the Tidewater Academy Law Enforcement Training Division. Sheri is currently the Registar for Charlottesville, Virginia. She is a Staff Instructor for the radKIDS Awareness and Defense System, and Senior Staff Instructor for the Basic Physical Defense System.

Kathy is a former City of Buffalo and Virginia Beach Police Officer with 14 years experience. She is a Staff Instructor in the Advanced Self Defense Program as well as a Staff Instructor in the Basic Physical Defense System. Kathy is a Personal Fitness Specialist (Cooper Institute), and a law enforcement staff Instructor at the National Academy of Defense Education in Virginia. A former Adjunct Instructor with Heckler and Koch, I.T.D., Kathy teaches defensive tactics skills nationwide.
Kathy Wright