Bio

ASC founder Laurie Ayers is a speaker, author and personal safety and crime avoidance specialist who has given seminars in schools, organizations and corporations. Her message is inspiring, humorous and empowering; delivering the importance of making wise choices to protect ourselves and those we love.  She is an active contributor on the subjects of preventing abduction and safety for high school and college students as well as educating parents in techniques to prevent infant abduction. Laurie is a member of AWSDA (Association of Women’s Self Defense Advancement).  She holds a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and is the former owner of LA Self Defense and co-founder of Defensive Countermeasures Institute.

Professional Training

Laurie is a certified self defense instructor. Just a few types of intensive training she has received includes: car jacking situations, multiple assailant attacks, knives & edged weapons defense and firearms training. Laurie is a member of AWSDA (Association of Women’s Self Defense Advancement). AWSDA is the leading educational organization dedicated to furthering women’s awareness of self-defense and rape prevention. She holds a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and is the former owner of LA Self Defense and co-founder of Defensive Countermeasures Institute.

Her training includes: Homeland Security, Intuition Studies, Terrorism, Criminal Profiles, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Risk Management, Contingency Planning, Supply-Chain Security, Bomb Threat Assessment, Risk Management Development, Managing Victim Fear and Violence in the Workplace.

Her academic achievements include a Bachelors of Arts in Business Administration, in addition to graduate studies with Michigan State University Homeland Security certificate program. She is also a Landmark Education graduate. She is a mother to two and resides in West Michigan.

Favorite Quotes:

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. — Ayn Rand

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. — Susan B. Anthony

Be who you are and say what you feel. Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. — Dr. Seuss

Well-behaved women rarely make history. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Tough times never last, but tough people do. — Robert Harold Schuller