Featured Speakers for June 19th Meeting:
Ken MacDonald & Danny Caraway
TSA Specialists
Ken MacDonald is originally from Coastal New Hampshire and has been living in Florida for the past 5 years. He has been with TSA for 20 years and has been a canine handler for 4 years. Ken’s assigned partner is a 5-year-old German Short Hair Pointer named Don.
Danny F. Caraway is a Supervisory Training Specialist for the Transportation Security Administration at the Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) Mission Support/Training Department. His primary responsibilities are Field Evaluation Testing Coordinator supporting the live environment testing, analysis, and training of TSA Officers, Training Department Management and Supervision at RSW, and oversight for the Punta Gorda Airport Training Department. RSW TSA Education Coordinator and primary signature authority for RSW SIDA Badging for all TSA and support contractors and vendors.
Danny has been with TSA since October of 2002, entering as a Transportation Security Officer at Honolulu International Airport, working up the ranks to the TSA Security Manager position, and transferring home to Ft. Myers in December of 2007 due to the loss of family members. Prior to TSA, he worked for Japan Airlines as a Supervisor for International arrivals in Hawaii from 1994 to September 2001, from 1986 to 1994 with Japan airlines at Japan’s Narita International Airport Supervisor small cargo shipments and on-board courier.
He is a former United States Marine speaking fluent Japanese stationed in the Far East Marine: Barracks Yokosuka Naval Base, Marine Detachment Atsugi Naval Air Facility, and Iwakuni Marine Air station as a Liaison Representative for the United States and the Japanese self-defense force.