Personal Security: A Guide for International Travelers

About Tanya Spencer

When Tanya Spencer was 18 years old Rigoberta Menchu a Guatemalan human rights activist personally thanked her for helping save countless lives because Tanya ran an alert network that involved writing to U.S. politicians about urgent cases. Rigoberta Menchu many years later was the first indigenous woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tanyas professional career spanning over 25 years has focused on supporting peoples ability to work and live with a peace of mind. She owns TrainingSolutions a provider of travel security and crisis management courses consultations and coaching for global organizations. Tanya has trained thousands of people (the United Nations governments business people engineers journalists refugees aid workers rural people amongst others) for an AZ range of destinations literally Albania to Zimbabwe and most countries in between. She has traveled to more than 40 countries most of them hot spots. Tanyas approach to travel security is based on insights gained from her intercultural interreligious and international experiences. Internationally published Tanya has written about travel security peace education and confl ict resolution security management international policy and leadership skills for security professionals. She is active in ASIS International the worlds largest security network as an Assistant Regional Vice President the European representative for Women in Security and a member of the Crisis Management and Business Continuity Council. She served four years as a board member of the ASIS Denmark chapter and was named the Danish chapters Member of the Year 2009. Her educational credentials include an MSc in social policy and planning in developing countries from the London School of Economics a BA in peace and conflict studies and a diploma in conservation and resource studies from the University of California Berkeley and management certificates from Wharton/ASIS International and the University of London.