Eric M. Heath serves as the Associate Vice President for Safety and Security at the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago’s Department of Safety and Security is a full-scale public safety entity that includes the University of Chicago Police Department (an accredited law enforcement agency), Environmental Health and Safety, Transportation and Parking, Emergency Management and several other public safety units. Prior to returning to the University of Chicago, Eric was the Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police at George Mason University where he led a fully accredited public safety entity.

Eric is actively involved in the advancement of Campus Public Safety and works extensively with the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). Most notably, Eric serves on the Board of Directors for IACLEA as the current Vice President for Finance and was recently elected as IACLEA’s next President-Elect. As a Board of Director and the previous Co-Chair of IACLEA’s Government Relations Committee, Eric has represented IACLEA on numerous public safety initiatives over the past several years in Washington D.C. For his work with the association, Eric was awarded with the 2015 IACLEA President’s Award.

Eric is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Sociology and has attended the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. A Veteran who has served overseas in the Middle East, Eric has served in a public safety leadership capacity at several prominent institutions including the University of Arkansas, Vanderbilt University, and George Mason University.