The 2008 Speaker of the Year, Don Rabon, retired Deputy Director of the North Carolina Justice Academy, was announced on Friday, September 19th 2008 at the 2008 CFE Excellence Awards.

Retired as Deputy Director Western Campus, North Carolina Justice Academy, Don Rabon, was formerly the Manager of the Investigations Center of the North Carolina Justice Academy in the North Carolina Department of Justice. His instructional areas include: corporate security operations, interviewing, rapport building, interrogation, persuasion, detecting deception, investigations and investigative discourse analysis.

Over a period of 30 years, instruction and investigative assistance has been provided to investigators in 44 states, Asia, Europe and Australia, as well as the private sector investigative and corporate security personnel.

Mr. Rabon holds an A.A.S in Criminal Justice, from Davidson County Community College and a B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration, from East Tennessee State University. He performed graduate studies at Eastern Kentuckey University. His military experience consists of three years with the US Army, which included a tour of duty in the Republic of Viet NAm (1968-1969).