Biographies

DR. GEORGE B. ELDER
Founder/President

Dr. George B. Elder, educator and innovator, is on a mission. He travels from coast to coast consulting with educational organizations and presenting at conferences on his passion- drug use deterrence and prevention for the youth of America. No one in the nation has more experience in the implementation of drug testing programs in schools, colleges, fraternities and other leadership organizations. He speaks about their importance and effectiveness and advocates for drug free schools.

Dr. Elder received his undergraduate degree from Rhodes College and his Master’s and Doctorate from the University of Memphis. He is a graduate of Leadership Tennessee, Leadership Memphis and Leadership Tuscaloosa. The George B. Elder Performing Arts Center was dedicated in his honor after a long tenure as Headmaster of Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis. In 2005 he was honored with the Humanitarian of the Year Award by the National Conference of Community and Justice citing his commitment to diversity and innovation in education.

In 2005 as Headmaster, Dr. Elder chose Psychemedics to provide accountability and a powerful deterrent to drug use as he tested the faculty, school board and all students in grades 7-12. The results were and continue to be extraordinary. Dr. Elder feels that implementing this powerful deterrent made possible through real accountability provided by Psychemedics hair tests was “the single most important thing he did for his students in his entire career.” After 40 years in education that included coaching, teaching and 32 years as Headmaster/President, Dr. Elder became Vice President for Schools and Colleges of the Psychemedics Corporation in 2009. Psychemedics is the world leader in drug testing using hair. Their proprietary and patented science has been chosen by thousands of corporations, major police forces, court systems, schools and colleges across the globe.

In 2009 Dr. Elder and his wife Suzanne founded Secure Test Results © (STR), an independent company that provides Drug Testing Program Administration for schools, colleges, fraternities, leadership organizations and individuals. The first to seek program administration services were college fraternities, familiar to Dr. Elder who is a Sigma Nu from Rhodes College and who served his national fraternity as Division Commander for Mississippi and Tennessee. STR began offering “The Right Start”© in 2014 which provides a substance abuse protection program for individual students during their high school and college years.

WIL ELDER
Vice President

After an eighteen-year career in nonprofit leadership in education, the arts and health care, Wil Elder joined Secure Test Results in 2013. Wil received his B.S. in Psychology from Presbyterian College and then completed a Master’s Degree in Leadership at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has served in multiple leadership roles in schools, arts organizations and health care.  Whether addressing campus risk, workplace safety, or substance abuse prevention, Wil’s passion is rooted in personal experience. Having witnessed the devastating effects of addiction, he brings empathy, insight, and action-oriented solutions to every stage.

DR. SADIE LEDER ELDER
Director of Operations

Dr. Sadie Leder Elder received her Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Master’s Degree in Experimental Psychology from Wake Forest University.  Sadie received her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2010.  She spent fourteen years as a Professor of Psychology at High Point University before transitioning out of academia.  Dr. Elder’s research focus was on interpersonal relationships, specifically, how people balance their competing drives for connection and protection within close relationships.  Her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed outlets such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Science, and her teaching garnered numerous recognitions including being a two-time national award winning educator.  Sadie joined Secure Test Results in 2024.