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    • Integrated Strategy
    • Healthcare
      • Comprehensive Healthcare Campus Protection
        • Environment of Care Partner
        • Access Control and Patrol
        • Visitor Wayfinding, Screening and Management
        • Hospital Staff Training
      • Management Only Program
      • High-Risk Patient Monitoring
      • Security Operations Center
      • Master Security Officer Support
    • Aviation
      • Regulatory Services
        • Perimeter Security
        • Access Control
        • Employee Inspections
        • Vehicle Inspections
        • Vendor Inspections
        • Exit Lane Staffing
      • Customer Service
        • Queue Management
        • Traffic Control and Parking
        • Security Support Services
    • Government Facility
      • Facility Patrol
      • Access Control
      • Employee and Visitor Screening
      • Vehicle Inspections
      • Crowd Control
      • Security Support Services
  • Security Systems
  • Risk Consulting & Training
    • Workplace Violence
      • Aggression Management
        • TEAM® Essentials
        • TEAM® Advanced
        • TEAM® Certified Instructor Course
      • Active Shooter
      • Emergency Department Safety
      • Violence Prevention Consulting
    • Emergency Management
      • Training
        • Active Shooter
        • Decontamination
        • Evacuation
        • Hospital Incident Command System
      • Exercises
      • Planning
        • Emergency Operations Plan
        • Business Continuity Plan
      • Consulting & Program Assessment
      • Emergency Management Program Outsourcing
    • Consulting
      • Full Security Program Assessments
      • Focused Security Program Assessments
      • Anti-Ligature Assessment
    • Expert Services
      • Case Review & Assessment
      • Litigation Support
  • Medical Equipment Management
  • Careers
    • The Story of HSS
      • Why HSS?
      • Career Path Stories
      • Hero Stories
      • Work Perks
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      • MEM Internship Program
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Leadership

There are many extraordinary healthcare security leaders in our organization that advance the mission of HSS every day. We will be highlighting many of our security professionals in the future, but we’d like to start by introducing you to these four.

Kirsten Benefiel
Chief Executive Officer
Kirsten Benefiel
Kirsten Benefiel
Chief Executive Officer

Though I’m originally from New Jersey, the pull of Colorado – and of the University of Denver in particular, proved irresistible and I’ve now been a resident here for some 25 years. The idea that the future isn’t somewhere we are going, instead something we get to create, fuels my passion for innovation. Prior to joining HSS, my experiences focused on customer service, information technology and leading transformational changes in large organizations. All skills I’m excited to leverage at HSS as we begin to reimagine security and the value we can create for our customers. I’m honored to lead a diverse team of security professionals using intellect, discretion and diplomacy to create safe environments wherever we serve. Creating a vibrant, thriving community in Denver and in communities we serve is equally as important. Currently, I’m the chair of the Board for Urban Peak, a nonprofit organization which helps youth exit homelessness safely, and I participate in the Colorado Governors Fellows Program to improve public service through innovative solutions. Combined with the extremely rewarding work I do here at HSS, it makes for an exciting time. And, knowing the vision we have for the future, I wouldn’t trade places with anyone! 

John Butler
Chief Financial Officer
John Butler
John Butler
Chief Financial Officer

I came to HSS from Saint Joseph Hospital here in Denver, where I served as Director of Strategic Analytics for several years. Today, as Chief Financial Officer, I support our finance and accounting operations and identify opportunities for leveraging new technology to facilitate decision making. I’m also deeply involved in strategic planning and financial model development. Our smaller environment here offers the chance to be more creative in finding solutions to problems – and to ensure we maintain a healthy work life balance. Two kids, sailing, golf, tennis and flying make up the vast majority of my time away from the office – and being a part of our “Force for Good” brings a sense of personal pride to myself and to my family that I’ve not found anywhere else.      

Berenice Nuss
Esq.
Vice President of Legal and Risk Management
Berenice Nuss
Berenice Nuss
Esq.
Vice President of Legal and Risk Management

Though I studied journalism and sociology at the University of Maryland, regulatory law had always been my passion – and I’m very proud to have earned my juris doctorate degree at Duke University. Afterwards, I honed my skills working on the legal side of the financial industry for several years before being lucky enough to join HSS. I’m happy to say that being located in Denver allows me to indulge one of my other my other passions –  ice hockey – though I must admit I am a Capital’s fan, while my husband pulls for the Avalanche. In fact, as soon as my skating skills improve a bit more, I hope to be joining an adult hockey league. My time on the ice and with family, along with my work here at HSS, keeps me more than fulfilled both personally and professionally – and it’s simply great to be a part of such a forward-looking and strongly-driven organization.

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