Dann Sternsher, our lead instructor, has been instructing and training people aged eight to eighty for over thirty years. He is passionate about helping men, women, and youth develop personal safety knowledge, skills, and abilities to be confident, prepared, equipped, and empowered to be safe, enjoy various shooting sports, and protect themselves from those who seek to cause harm to them or their families.
He is an NRA Appointed Training Counselor, Advanced Pistol Instructor, and Certified Instructor, an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, an appointed Regional Counselor and Instructor for the Refuse To Be A Victim crime prevention program, USCCA Associate Instructor, Glock Certified Amorer, and a SABRE Red Pepper Spray Personal Safety Academy Instructor. Dann is also an A.L.I.C.E. Certified Instructor for his local school district where he serves as chairperson for their Safety Advisory Team.
With previous experience in law enforcement as an Ohio certified police officer and certified 911 Emergency Medical Dispatcher, he has completed hundreds of hours of training in firearms, self-defense, defensive mindset, legal use of force, law enforcement, defensive knife use, and empty-hand self-defense. A firm believer in life-long learning and skill development, Dann continues to seek out new training opportunities every year to continually improve his knowledge, skills, and abilities to protect his family and share with his students.
With a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology and a Master of Education degree in Career & Technology Education focusing on Instructional Design, Dann has over 18 years of collegiate-level teaching experience. He also works with area youth as an Ohio 4H Shooting Sports Instructor for Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun. Dann enjoys hunting and all shooting sports including competing in various local and regional competitive events ranging from GSSF Shooting League matches to long-range rifle competitions and sporting clays.
He is an NRA Appointed Training Counselor, Advanced Pistol Instructor, and Certified Instructor, an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, an appointed Regional Counselor and Instructor for the Refuse To Be A Victim crime prevention program, USCCA Associate Instructor, Glock Certified Amorer, and a SABRE Red Pepper Spray Personal Safety Academy Instructor. Dann is also an A.L.I.C.E. Certified Instructor for his local school district where he serves as chairperson for their Safety Advisory Team.
With previous experience in law enforcement as an Ohio certified police officer and certified 911 Emergency Medical Dispatcher, he has completed hundreds of hours of training in firearms, self-defense, defensive mindset, legal use of force, law enforcement, defensive knife use, and empty-hand self-defense. A firm believer in life-long learning and skill development, Dann continues to seek out new training opportunities every year to continually improve his knowledge, skills, and abilities to protect his family and share with his students.
With a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology and a Master of Education degree in Career & Technology Education focusing on Instructional Design, Dann has over 18 years of collegiate-level teaching experience. He also works with area youth as an Ohio 4H Shooting Sports Instructor for Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun. Dann enjoys hunting and all shooting sports including competing in various local and regional competitive events ranging from GSSF Shooting League matches to long-range rifle competitions and sporting clays.
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G4 Personal Safety also partners with other instructors to provide quality training opportunities. Greg Ellifritz from Active Response Training has presented his Tactical First Aid and System Collapse Medicine, Defensive Knife for Concealed Carry, and Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting courses at our facility over the last several years. He also debuted his Snubnose "Snubby" Revolver for CCW/Self-Defense course in 2019 at our facility. Check our Course Schedule for more information.
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