Pat Cunningham

Biography

Pat came to Belmont University as the chief of Campus Security in May of 2014 from Colorado College, where he had led the Campus Safety department in a renewed focus on providing outstanding customer service, engaging the campus community, strengthening partnerships, and investing in technology to make the campus safer. Pat, who has 35 years of campus police work and security experience at Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, and Colorado College, has continued those points of emphasis here. He is a graduate of Belmont University and is a member of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police as well as a graduate of the FBI National Academy. Pat and his wife Cathy have three children, the youngest of whom graduated from college in 2014. Pat says that his goal has always been to provide the same level of security, service, caring, and support as he would want others to provide for his own children.