Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) and the “Hunting Matters with Joe Betar” podcast welcomes Tim Crockett. We will be discussing Tim’s plan to row 2,400+ nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean, from California to Hawaii, for Veterans mental health

Tim has a strong military background that serves him well in designing and providing security and risk management solutions. A native of Hereford, England, he became a member of the Royal Marine Commandos in 1990 and joined the Special Boat Service in 1992. In 2001 Tim moved into the private sector and continued to pursue a varied career providing support to a number of private clients in the areas of threat and vulnerability assessments for projects and personnel often cumulating with the implementation of safety, security, and risk management systems for projects throughout the globe.

Prior to founding Flying Frog Consultants, Tim was SVP of Business Operations for a global travel assistance company, Healix International, headquartered out of the UK where he led a small team here in the Americas supporting business development and client support. Prior to joining Healix Tim was the Senior Director of Global Security Operations for a major news & media network for nearly 14 years and held various leadership positions for Security Risk Management companies both in the US and for a leading UK security company. Tim in all his roles trained and advised clients, many of which operated predominately in hostile environments. Tim worked alongside many of them in the field, with numerous deployments to Afghanistan, The Middle East, Central & West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Amazon jungles of Brazil.

For two years beginning in 2002, he worked for CNN, training their personnel to operate in hostile environments and co-coordinating all their field safety and security requirements before, during and after the 2nd Gulf War. He attended the first U.S. Department of Defense media-training course and made recommendations to the P.A.O (Public Affairs Office/officer) personnel at the Pentagon to better tailor the course to help prepare embedded journalists for the dangers of covering the war. Tim continues to work with news teams throughout the globe today, providing them with on-going safety and security advice and support in high-risk situations.

Tim remains an avid traveler, and as such has been able to use his skills and experience to plan and help produce several television productions, including reality shows, feature films, factual and topical documentaries.

Tim has given presentations on safety and security training in a number of forums in the media, humanitarian (NGO)

and energy sectors, including the Media Leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2005. Tim has appeared on a number of major news networks (CNN, CBC, Fox News, Al Jazeera America, NewsNation) and has been quoted in several publications.

Tim previously held the position of Chairperson for the Media & Entertainment Working Group for OSAC, a department within the US Department of State. While working with the media, he has helped contribute to safer newsgathering. He has been honored by the Royal Television Society, the Overseas Press Club of America, a Golden Eagle Award and won Peabody Awards his roles in CNN’s ‘Terror on Tape’ series and ’72 Hours Under Fire’ the story of a news team under fire in the besieged city of Homs, Syria.

In 2018 Tim also rowed 3,000 nautical miles solo across the Atlantic from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua to raise awareness and support for veteran mental health charities.

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About Houston Safari Club Foundation
Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a powerful mission: To preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation, and the promotion of our hunting heritage. Our diverse membership spans a wide array of backgrounds and interests, from hunting and fishing to various outdoor pursuits. What unites us all is a profound passion for the outdoors, a love of hunting, and an unwavering commitment to the responsible management of our natural resources, educating future generations, and the responsibilities that come with being hunter-conservationists. We are a dedicated community of hunters who take immense pride in our role as stewards of wildlife and wild places. We are unwavering advocates for the Second Amendment. Our mission is to safeguard the sport of hunting through impactful education, proactive conservation efforts, and the celebration of our hunting legacy. At HSCF, we gather not just to share our knowledge and experiences, but to strengthen our collective impact on conservation. Join us in our mission to protect and preserve the natural world for future generations. HSCF is an independent organization, is not affiliated with Safari Club International (SCI) or its affiliates and is not a chapter or affiliate of any other organization. For more information and to connect with us on social media, visit https://hscfdn.org/ for more information. We are HSCF. We Hunt. We Give.