Security Operations Summit 2026

Jeffrey Toeppe was born in Racine, WI in 1956, and has been a follower of Christ since 1973. He is married to Barbara and resides in Caledonia WI. He has a daughter and son-in-law living in Phoenix, AZ.

Jeff was elected to the FBSN Board of Directors on July 26, 2025.  He also serves as the Faith Based Security Network (FBSN) Membership Director, FBSN State and Regional Director and Region 5 Leader. He is a member of on the Best Practices and Threat Information Sharing Special Interest Groups. He serves on the Ad Hoc Committee to research and recommend a primary defensive liability coverage provider to the FBSN Board of Directors.

He has been a member of Grace Church since 2010, has served on the Discipleship Committee (2012-2015), as a Life-Group Leader (2019-2022), as the Prayer Team Co-Leader (2019-present).  He has been on the Grace Safety Ministry Team (GSMT) since 2012. He is the GSMT Co-leader (2022-present) and GSMT Training Coordinator (2016-present)

Jeff is the President/Owner of Wisconsin Plating Works of Racine ( www.wisconsinplating.com ), a family-owned metal finishing business established in 1919, which employs 28 and provides metal finishing services to the Automotive, Agricultural Equipment, Defense, OEMs, and other fabrication industries.

He is also the Owner and Chief Instructor of Personal Defense Training, LLC ( www.personal-defense-training.com ) an FBSN Affiliate, where he trains individuals, families, businesses, and Church Safety Ministry Teams. He is a United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) Training Counselor, and Instructor, NRA Instructor, Certified SABRE OC Spray PSA and AIP LE Instructor, Reflex Protect Aerosol Irritant Instructor, TASER Civilian EW Instructor, UTM Civilian Force-on-force Instructor, ALERT Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) Instructor, and Navigate360 ALICE Instructor.

He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee Wisconsin.