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2007 National Campus Security Summit
Speaker Profiles
Clinton R. Van Zandt
NBC Crime Analyst, former FBI
Profiler
 Clint
Van Zandt was with the FBI for 25
years where he served as a
Supervisor with the FBI's
internationally respected Behavioral
Science or "Silence of the Lambs"
Unit.
He was also the FBI's Chief
Hostage Negotiator and managed the
FBI's Major Case/Crisis Management
Program. Prior to this he was an
Agent with US Army Intelligence and
is a Vietnam War veteran. He has
been the primary hostage negotiator
for numerous national and
international kidnap and hostage
situations and he has testified
before the US Senate.
As an FBI Profiler and Hostage
Negotiator, he personally negotiated
with Branch Davidian cult leader
David Koresh in Waco, Texas and he
has conducted negotiations that have
brought about the release of
hostages held by prison rioters, and
kidnap victims held by both South
American guerrillas and terrorists
in the Philippines. He correctly
profiled Oklahoma City bomber
Timothy McVeigh on the day of that
fateful bombing and also led the
analytical team that helped to
identify the "Unabomber."
A well-known author and television
and radio commentator concerning
crime and human behavior, he has
made more television appearances
than any other FBI Agent in history,
to include over 2,500 national and
international TV shows (NBC, MSNBC,
Fox, CNN, ABC, CBS, Discovery
Channel, History Channel, and NPR,
etc.) and has appeared on programs
such as The Today Show, Larry King
Live, Dr. Phil, Fox and Friends,
Charlie Rose, Inside Edition,
Anderson Cooper 360, The NBC Nightly
News, The View, Meet the Press, The
O'Reilly Factor, Imus in the
Morning, and The Oprah Winfrey Show,
and he has contributed to many media
print and radio stories. His life
and career were profiled in "The New
Yorker Magazine" and Court TV aired
a biography on his life (The
Negotiator).
Clint's newest book, "Facing down
Evil, Life on the Edge as an FBI
Hostage Negotiator," is available
nationwide and has been published in
a number of foreign languages, as a
book on tape, and as a Reader's
Digest Condensed Book. His book
"Dynamic Processes of Crisis
Negotiation," was awarded the 1998
Best Book Award by The International
Association for Conflict Management.
In addition to his weekly and
sometimes daily television
appearances, he also has written a
weekly Internet column for MSNBC.com
that was read by 1/2 million viewers
each week. Clint is an extremely
popular corporate, social, and
cruise ship lecturer. He has spoken
before many diverse groups such as
the US Naval Academy, the American
Psychological Association, and the
American Society for Industrial
Security and at a number of major US
and international institutes of
higher education as well large fund
raising, yearly corporate and other
social events such as Chamber of
Commerce meetings.
His seminars, lectures and after
dinner speeches are exciting,
interesting, dynamic, educational
and humorous at appropriate times,
and he leaves his audiences with
valuable insights and critical
information that can help them
better understand human behavior,
and perhaps even save their lives!
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