Management Team

Dennis Mazone serves as Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Environmental Health & Safety at Teachers College, Columbia University. In this role, he provides executive leadership for campus safety, emergency preparedness, and environmental health and safety programs.

Prior to joining Teachers College, Dennis served as Assistant Vice President for Campus Safety and Preparedness at the Pratt Institute from 2018 to 2022.

Before entering higher education, Dennis built a distinguished career of more than 25 years in local and state government. From 2014 to 2018, he served as Director of Special Operations for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where he led disaster preparedness and response efforts and served as the operational lead for the Medical Examiner Special Operations Response Team.

Earlier in his career, Dennis held senior leadership positions with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, attaining the rank of Deputy Chief of Detectives. He supervised multiple investigative units, including the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor and the Major Crimes Bureau, and served as Director of Operations for the New Jersey Office of the State Medical Examiner. In that capacity, he was the state lead for mass fatality management, overseeing emergency planning, preparedness, and response.

Dennis is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and holds a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Monmouth University. He is also a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security.