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Rondeau appointed to private investigators board

The United States Association of Private Investigators (USAPI) has named investigator and anti-terrorism program director, Don L. Rondeau to the USAPI Executive Advisory Board. The USAPI Certification Board consists of such notables as reknown criminal forensics scientist, Dr. Henry Lee.

Don Rondeau has served as a contract investigator for the Department of Interior and the chief security consultant for the Embassies of the States of Kuwait and Qatar. As chief executive officer of the publicly traded Rondeau & Smith, Inc., Rondeau cultivated numerous relationships in the Middle East to include reaching a teaming agreement for investigative / security projects with various Middle Eastern security groups. Mr. Rondeau is the former director of asset protection for Boat America and the former director of loss prevention for Blockbuster Entertainment. Don is a 2005 Presidential Volunteer Award recipient and a 2005 Points of Light Honoree.

In response to this appointment, Mr. Rondeau stated, "This is really an exciting project. I am expected to make my subject matter expertise available to those in the investigative community. I hope to not only support USAPI and its membership by giving my operational insight, I intend to be very active as it relates to legislative matters as well."

Rondeau continues, "This is an honor. I have served as a private, corporate and federal investigator and know first hand the skills sets needed to be successful. I am active in the homeland security environment, but my origins are in the investigative community. It is my hope that I can support our nation`s ability to make better use of private investigators in the war against terror. I accept this appointment and will work to give this profession the respect that it deserves."